Starting Schneider National Dedicated Flex Fleet

Delivered to a Meijer DC just outside of Detroit and was bobtailing to a local Walmart to restock on supplies. Truck blew a DEF coolant line under the cab on 275. Managed to get off the freeway onto a local road. 4 hours for a tow to North Baltimore, Ohio. Didn't even know Schneider had a facility here, but apparently it's an intermodal yard. Got it fixed the same day. Literally 4-5 days later, i was coming back from Kansas and was hauling a loaded going to Flint, Michigan, truck blew the same coolant line again on I-94 just inside of Michigan. I was towed to the Gary OC and was stuck there for a couple of days. At this point I'm getting a bit frustrated with this truck. Got it fixed and it was fine for almost 3 weeks. Was coming from the middle of BFN in Michigan, just getting into Grand Rapids and the same line blew again on I-96. At that point i had just about had it with that truck. I'm not one to complain but this truck had costed me several hundred dollars in money i could've made and possibly even more to the company. My DBL agreed with me on this, and started working on finding me a better truck. This was about two weeks ago. Thankfully it hasn't blown again (fingers crossed that i just didn't jinx myself). I got a message on Thursday saying that they're getting me into a new truck early next week, pending final confirmation that it's ready, and was provided with a truck number. I'm 99% sure I'm assigned to a former IC truck based on the truck number (72xxx). I haven't seen a single company tractor with the number, unless they too are former IC tractors. Either 61xxx, 62xxx, 63xxx for the older Cascadia's and 51 and 52xxx's for the P4's (I've seen some oddballs but this is mainly the nomenclature for the regular 72" sleepers that Schneider has). Excited for this truck since the OO trucks are usually much better specced vs regular company equipment. And they also don't come in those boring gray's and white's that Schneider company trucks use.

But I've been with Schneider with 3 months and more or less enjoy it except for the questionable maintenance practices and rather subpar pay.

 

Double post and i can't find a way to delete this message.

 

Change companies. Schneider is well known for small paychecks.
Which city/town do you live in?

 

I never said they were a terrible paying company, but they're not great either. But I didn't expect to be making out like a gangbuster being new to the industry, and in any case I'm making double the money I made when I worked in retail.

I live in Kalamazoo, MI

 

Well, after 6 mos. experience, Performance Foodservice will hire you and probably be easy to make $70K your first year.

• Valid CDL A with Doubles Endorsement
• 6 months commercial driving experience

 

Sysco
Kentwood, MI
Up to $100,000 a year

• Recent driving school graduates welcome

 

Central Transport
Kalamazoo, MI 49001
Terminal Address: 3403 GEMBRIT CIRCLE DR KALAMAZOO, MI 49001
$1,000 - $1,200 a week
Qualifications:
· 3 Months Of Recent Experience
· HazMat and Tanker Endorsements or the willingness to obtain within 90 days.
Apply online at https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/centraltransport.

 

Stevens Transport Rail Division
Earn $250 GUARANTEED DAILY PAY in our Michigan Rail Division! If you have at least three (3) months SOLO CDL driving experience, you can qualify to join the Midwest Rail Division at Stevens Transport. WE PAY $250 FOR EVERY DAY YOU WORK! Our Regional Rail Drivers can earn $1700+ EACH WEEK GUARANTEED and drive in an area close to home! No-Touch Freight & New Automatic trucks make this one of the best driving jobs in the industry!
This is a great job for drivers living in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Pontiac, Ann Arbor, Lansing and all of Michigan!. Midwest Rail Division drivers can now get MORE HOME TIME! You will drive a regular schedule, do not handle freight and drive excellent late model equipment!

 

Watkins Transport
Kalamazoo, MI
$80,000 - $110,000 a year

• CDL – Class A
• Certificate from an accredited CDL school or two years of driver experience
• 24 years or older
• HAZMAT and Tanker endorsements required
• Watkins Transport is looking for qualified drivers to haul gas and diesel to locations in Michigan and Indiana. We offer competitive wages and benefits. Applicants must be safety conscious and detail oriented.
  
  
  

 

AmeriGas Propane
Kalamazoo, MI
The Delivery Rep - ACE delivers filled gas grill cylinders to customer locations that resell the cylinders to individual consumers. AmeriGas ACE customers can include large retail chains, such as Wal-Mart, Jewel, and Home Depot, and small independent retailers such as gas stations, convenience stores, or hardware stores. Full cylinders are placed into the customer’s storage cage and exchanged for empty cylinders, which are loaded back onto the truck and taken back to the AmeriGas facility for refill. The number of daily deliveries and quantity of tanks exchanged at each stop may vary based upon the region of the country and the season of the year. An average range of deliveries may vary from 10 stops per day exchanging 150 to 200 tanks, up to 25 to 30 stops per day exchanging 300 to 600 tanks. Upon return to the AmeriGas facility, empty tanks are generally unloaded, filled and reloaded back onto the truck by a Utility Worker.

 

NTB Trucking
Portage, MI

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