Picking my own freight baby! My journey to & of being on Schneider choice, the Adventure & Numbers!

I've followed the rates since I've been here..I have every rate I've pulled at.
They are constantly moving up and down..the FSC is changing all the time.
It seems like SNI doesn't follow it too closely.
Our bonus at the pump seems to be behind by 2 weeks or so..which can cause some concern.
IMO SNI could give a better bonus..some weeks it's a joke.
I've talked with a couple of other companies(yup..thinking about leaving) about their fuel bonus and they are higher then SNI..and yet SNI is bigger than just about anyone out there.
According to most of the freight publications I read..SNI hauls about 10% of America's freight.
Which is huge..so where's the love?
It's in someone else's pocket..not mine.

So on to some of the turmoil that has been posted here the last few days.

Now granted I do well here..I run a lot of the same freight week to week.
SNI Choice is a great program..But.

Load planners post loads all over the place..there is no specific day the load board refreshes.
So run those cheap loads while we get things up to speed..which I believe is their strategy.
Then a lot of the loads are described as Preload/Drop...and turn into live on one end or both.
No compensation..so sorry..after all YOU knew what you were getting into when you signed up.
HUH?!
No I must have missed that part..but hey whatever.

Detention is a joke..give up 6 hours before getting a paltry amount..F U take the load off me.
My time is VALUABLE..bit not according to SNI.

Which leads into M/T searches..good luck with that.
Out of route when there are trailers closer..not wanting to pay you for going to get one because technically it's not out of route..whatever.

So you have to be flexible and think on the go.
Do what's good for your business.
And not share everything with your fellow IC's..it's tough enough without giving away my mastery of the darkside of Choice.
I'm mean hell most IC's wont even wave to you or talk to you..but again I'm cool with that.
It's not a warm and fuzzy world..works for me.

All I'm trying to say it's not all Roses here in Choice land..it's better than most companies though.
As we DO have control of where,when and how much.

As for Whipper..well honestly you talk ALOT of crap for someone with 30K on their truck.
For the short amount of time you've been driving and on choice you come off as an expert and know it all.
So you rub people the wrong way..some love you some don't.
Me..I don't care one way or another.
No more being nice and PC..like it was said a few weeks back..RANGER UP!

Sorry for the book but I do love to rant!

Peace out and word to your Mother.

 

I've appreciated you posting up your experiences FW...before following Sadwar and yourself, I never even new this program existed. While every job/program will have its pros and cons, Choice seems like the best of its kind out there and I'm sure quite a few people never would have known about it. I'm just coming into this industry but just like every other career field out there, everyone was a newbie at some point, and anyone coming into a career field with an open mind not only learns from their experiences, but also from the knowledge they gain from veterans in that field. I can't understand why some people can't remember where they came from and judge someone for trying to share knowledge with rookies when someone at some point did the same for them. Anyway, my rant over lol..stay safe!

 

no, way too much!! IMO. Is that at a dealer? If using a dealer, Try finding a Rush Truck Center, SNI gets a discount. $250-300.

 

It sounds to me that SNI choice really is only a choice to be mostly regional and not truly OTR unless you own your truck outright and don't have that high fixed weekly cost of a thousand bucks. Yes you pick you freight at a price that keeps you profitable but as FW keeps pointing out, it is mostly NE freight to maybe Indiana and back. What about Southwest, Northwest, long runs that are relaxing? Numbers aren't every thing. I got into trucking to make a living while enjoying what I do. If Choice would get me around the country more it might sound better. And I believe a company should have a good reliable fleet if trailers. It costs time which is money for the driver to constantly fix old trailers.

 

Think it's .43. May be up to .45 now.

Wintersville walmart tops out on the 70k+ a year.