Trimac vs Schneider Bulk

Hey stranger! Been a while. No, my training days are over.

 

Okay it's been a while so I need to update on how things are going. Will be 6 months in the next few weeks.

We got taken off our Dow dedicated runs so we lost our minimum. But it actually worked out better, the runs have been long and the pay is up slightly. It's kinda strange but Trimac runs old school OTR, long, long haul. We almost never relay. At Schneider my longest run ever was 2400 miles and that was the only time I ever ran over 2000 in one run. In 6 months here I have done it 8 times. Longest run was 2600 miles. Shortest run was 389. I'm loving it but trip planning is a must here as you are expected to run recap hours.

I still get irritated at the lack of efficiency with all the different companies and terminals under the Trimac banner but I found a reliable guy for when I need help from the office so that's working out.

I really like the fact that they pay you what you deserve. For instance I was detained for over 30 hours because the plant didn't have room to take the product. I drove to a truckstop but got paid 16.50 an hour for 30 hours. Schneider would have just paid me layover.
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Maintenance has not been very good though. I've only used them twice but I was not very impressed. Had several issues, both truck and trailer. Nothing DOT or safety related but still it's there. The equipment is a bit better on average than Schneider.

People have been very nice and professional, no complaints there. Help is usually there if you need it. Night dispatch can't do much though, they have no authority.

Loads have been easy, unloads even easier. I haven't done a single pump off, I hope I remember how, lol.

So far it's been a great switch. Best money I have ever made, nobody bothers me and my runs are long. Can't complain about to much.

 

You can take a reset if you can get one in. From reading these boards and hearing other drivers talk I think lots of people think that once they run out of hours they have to take a 34. I left San Francisco with 5 hours on my 70 and recapped my way to Atlanta.

I don't mind Dow, the loading sucks but they deliveries, at least for us, have been cake.