Pros/Cons of Truck Driving; Schneider will pay for training. (Need info)

Snow and slush totally depends on your weight and skill. Empty or bobtailing in snow (or wet roads for that matter) isn't fun. I have seen some drivers that handle it with ease and other drivers that make me suck the seat up my rear end when I see them coming. It is a lot different than your car but of course driving a truck in general is different than your car.

You always need to leave yourself space and time to react. If you are one of those people that likes to drive your car very aggressively be prepared to leave that mindset behind you when you step in the big truck.

When it comes to going new places don't be afraid to make a call to the customer for directions and check out the route on Google maps. A little bit of time spent making sure I knew exactly where I am going to has always put me at ease, I am the kind of person that tends to get all worked up over silly stuff like that so the more prepared I can feel the better.

Always take your time and don't let anyone else make you rush. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.

 

Really isn't much different than driving any rear wheel drive car. Like dfo said depends on weight though. With a heavy load it's hard to lose traction unless on ice. With a light or empty trailer it's much easier to spin the drives and go into a skid on wet and snowy roads. Bobtail is pretty unstable on wet roads, let alone snow and ice.

 

I do not mean to hijack the thread but I am also very interested in Schneider. I am in the Portland Oregon metro area, are there tankers in that area or am I looking at dry van for a noobie? My only concern is home time. I am really interested in trucking but I also am worried about being away from home for extended periods of time. Thanks in advance for any insight
-Onetime

 

In my first year I made $42K and change, date of hire to date of hire. You'll be making .03 cpm more than I did to start so $39K is very reasonable.

Median weekly paid milage in 2,600 so hitting 130,000 paid miles in a year is very attainable, which works out to a little over $40,000 at .31 cpm, with no bonus or raises.

 

Does Schneider have slip seating, allow pets, allow rider? I live in Kansas and will graduate from CDL SCHOOL at the end of November.

 

Generally OTR and regional drivers do not slip seat. You will most often see slip seating on the "home run" programs where a driver may have a full week off. Some dedicated and local accounts may have slip seating too.

Pets are not allowed in company trucks. L/O or O/O are allowed to have pets in their truck.

Riders are allowed after 6 months of no accidents.

 

Thanks for the information. I'm really excited to get moving into another career after pulling in 21 years of active duty Army. I loved every minute of it. I would not hesitate to do it all over again. Being a trucker seems to be hard work and I am up for the challenge. I am not use to going from job to job, stability is my key. I want to select the right company the first time and stay for awhile. This is why I need to hear the GOOD and the bad from a driver that has been with a company for years and stands up for that company. Even though I am recently retired I will still recruit for the Army, it is more than a job, it's a profession that turns into a WAY OF LIFE. I will go back today but my time is over that's how much I love the Army and stand by it. So I welcome the same attitude about your company. Just as I took a new private from the streets of America and molded and shaped him or her into the Worlds finest Soldier to meet America's enemy head on with out hesitation, I'm looking for the same as me being that new trucker.

In the civilian world it seems to me that is a dog eat dog world out here. Once I become an experience driver I will become a teacher of the industry. Well this is all Folks.

 

Good morning, which company is this?