I've only been hauling crude now for a few months; furthermore, this is the first time I have pulled a liquid tanker before. When I first started,...
When I was hauling sand for Schneider Bulk the safety guys were always giving us a hard time about being clean shaven. Even after a couple of days...
When I was driving for May, my father flies small air planes and had an airplane hanger on private property right next to the airport that he...
This is also a common thing at Chalk Mountain, I was told by a driver that if you screw up or tear up the equipment they like to can you. I'm not...
When I was hauling sand for Schneider I was making $1200-$1500 a week, but I was sleeping in the truck 3 nights a week and also I was working 6/1....
Schedule is 4 days on/2 days off. I was told by one of the drivers there that you must start out working nights, your issued blue coveralls. So...
I drove up to Pleasanton today after downloading and filling out the app. The yard was easy to find and I talked to a couple of drivers there too,...
I'm trying to get some info on Chalk Mountain myself, I was a former sand hauler for Schneider National, before they decided to shut it down. But...
I'm at a RV park in George West Texas, but I'll be working out of Three Rivers. I'm between San Antonio and Corpus Christi on the I37. There is a...
Oregon Grown, Remember that Texas has a lot of desert, there's not going to be much to look at in the Odessa/Midland area besides pump jacks and...
Schneider is shutting down their sand division nationwide. This includes all of Texas, Pennsylvania and anywhere else they were hauling sand....
Richter has a good point; even with a inverter installed in the truck you may still need to idle the truck to keep from draining the batteries...
When I drove OTR as a company driver for May Trucking, they had their own inverter policy. First, you had to buy the inverter from the company...
What about putting on tire chains? What area do you plan to operate? If you drive OTR and run all 48 states you may need to "chain up". It usually...
I bought a 2010 Northwood Nash 22GQ model to live in while working the Texas oil patch. The main reason I bought the Nash was because it is what...
I'm currently in West Texas hauling Frac Sand with Schneider Bulk. I'm trying to get myself out to Corpus and get into hauling crude. I've talked...
When I was training in Dallas to work in the Permian hauling sand for Schneider they provided me with all my PPE; Nomex coveralls, FR rain gear,...
Well I've only been driving for a year OTR and was only making about $450-$650 a week doing that. I've never driven a CMV off road, but I'm from...
I'm still not sure why everyone is bashing Schneider. So I'm just going to update everyone on my progress with them. If anyone has any questions...
So I just got off the phone with Schneider and completed my phone interview. I was given a conditional offer of employment and a date to be in...