Originally Posted by YankeeTexan

Well Mr Seanoleary you have no clue what you are talking about regarding schneider bulk. You even stated in one of your posts that one shouldn't believe what they hear in the drivers room yet, you are posting stuff like it is fact. Lets clear up a few things shall we.

First, Schneider does NOT haul fodd grade. Only chemicals, acids, oils, polymers etc. Getting home is not a problem unless you live out in the sticks, but most of the drivers in bulk live near the termal they run out of. (except the o/o's which all run out of Chicago) Thus not hard to get home, and they only tend to hire drivers for bulk who live near a bulk terminal or a major interstate route. (St. Louis, Memphis, Charlotte areas are examples where we have local, regional bulk drivers.)

Next, you stated that you were with QC and provided quite a list of places that you have never seen a schneider truck at. Impressive list, so lets make sure we are on the same page, because YOU never saw a orange truck there then that means that they never go there right? WRONG, I go to IMTT in Bayonne on a regular basis, I have also had the pleasure to p/u at the one in Joliet at well (much faster and easier to get in and out of then Jersey). Benjamin Moore, well, I have delivered loads to them as well as Behr in the last six months.

As far as the facility in New Jersey, you info in months out of date. They (snbc) moved out of Carteret back in early 2008. And have not been in Rahway in a few years. As far a pre triping a trailer, it is called common sense. Make sure everythig is buttoned up, tight and ready to go before one departs. I perosnaly don't trust any shipper, reciever, or other driver to make sure stuff is closed and tight. If stuff spills it MY responsibilty not the last knucklehead driver or operator/loader who loaded it and said all was fine. (early on I had more then a few times where the loader said all was tight and while driving down the road looked in mirror and saw stuff on the side of trl that was not there when I started. I should have checked myself. I have since learned)

Well I am on a roll so lets keep going shall we? You told gomer "Your experience amounts to a thimble-full and is in no way representative of the industry's as a whole, hence your uninformed, naive and altruistic responses which appear to be in no way grounded in reality" And this is different then you opinion HOW? You stated that you had 16 years in the industry, fine. I don't reacall seeing where gomer said how much he/she had, and yet you jumped on them like they just got out of driving school. (I stand corrected, I see on the side where is says drv exp). You have 16 years and seem to know it all, I have 13 (12 as an O/O ) years out here, and the last 10 have been with schneider pulling tankers. So where does my level rank in you little world? You also seem to have some personal bias against schneider. What is the source of this hatred of snbc.

In closing, to the original poster in this tread, don't listen to this person, he doesn't work for snbc and has no clue what he is talking about in regards to snbc.

Originally Posted by Preacher Man

I'm also interested in switching to tanks. I've driven frameless and vans since I started, but it's time to start thinking about advancing my career. What interests me about Schneider is that they pay o/o's a dollar a mile plus fsc. This fits my business model for making the switch to driving my own truck instead of being a company driver.

I'm with wysrob, if you're going to pay me for my time I'll do whatever you want and I have the skill to do. What I resent is that my present company expects us to carry tools so that we can work on engines, brakes and other "minor" repairs so they don't have to spend money on a service call.