They’re waiting on a show date from me but I’m still weighing local options and TX oilfield positions before I commit. Guess I coulda just emailed the recruiter but curious what answers I could get here. If I go with Schneider I’ll be working outta Reserve, La so anyone who can throw some info re that location I’d greatly appreciate it. I’m a year outta school with (X) endorsement, TWIC, super clean MVR’s and exp (1 yr) driving heavy haul/flatbed for a bridge building outfit. Having pushed trucks (tankers included) over the course of my oilfield career I’m fairly familiar with the general job at hand.
Questions:
- Will I owe them anything for the training in Houston if I am offered a better position elsewhere?
- What options are available to me in this division outta Reserve or OTR in general (is pneumatic an option, etc...)?
- What are some suggested tools or non-provided equipment would you suggest I attain?
- Am I hiring in at a slow period? Are there generally slow periods in OTR tanker and when?
Any additional input would be helpful. I’ll be at their recruiting event on Tues 15th In Baton Rouge to see what other info I can gleen from whomever is there.
Thanks!!
?’s about Schneider Tanker Training (Houston).
Discussion in 'Tanker, Bulk and Dump Trucking Forum' started by sushi boy, Sep 13, 2020.
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Then they added safety vest.
They used to think, walking to the truck was as bad as unloading it, so they expected you to be in all that just to get out and walk inside the terminal.
Most didn’t, but you had to be aware, like when an OSR went to yelling at me for not being in the proper gear, and I pointed to the van beside my truck and told him that was me, I didn’t know anything about tankers.sushi boy Thanks this. -
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Sounds like scat pay for tanker. And 1 yr of heavy haul/flatbed experience too. Just at a quick glance, there's tanker gigs in LA paying twice that.
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Schneider tank has good training but you will sit a lot so the money just isn't there.sushi boy Thanks this. -
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Reserve used to be a black hole...everytime I went there I sat for three days
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I started at Schneider Bulk and stayed there a year. It wasn’t all bad, but they’re geared for the new driver. They nit pick, they don’t keep you moving.
Plus, now thru December is very slow and you’ll sit A LOT. Thats how it was when I was there, but that was several years ago. Chemical tanking is prolly a bit slow overall in the last quarter, but with schneider, it’s way worse. I’d have been much better off taking a voluntary lay-off in that period, but Schneider didnt give that option.
If I were in your situation, the first thing I’d look for is a chemical company with their own sleeper trucks (private fleet). It’ll be out and back runs, so you’d be out on the road a day or two then come home and get another load.
If there’s time to kill in between, you could sleep in your truck in the yard instead of making the 3 hour drive home. Your car would be there, you could do what you want instead of being detained at some muddy dumpy schneider yard in some hole like Gary, IN or Coraopolis, PA, or Reserve, LA, etc.Speed_Drums and sushi boy Thank this.
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