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

Discussion in 'Schneider' started by freightwipper, Jun 1, 2015.

  1. freightwipper

    freightwipper Road Train Member

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    Anyways Schneider finance is stepping up their game with trucks..
    I never never seen soo many trucks, man they don't even have enough parking spaces for all of them
    Going all out with new and used Peterbilts also

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  3. T_TRUCKER.

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    I like how those 579s look if it wasnt for all the plastic lookin stuff on the outside, and the dash looks to scrambled. I like that color brown though
     
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  4. freightwipper

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    It's a nice truck but I still think the T-680 is the nicest truck and most advanced as well.
    One thing I don't like about the 680 idk if they're all the same but my truck has no air vents on the top bunk so it's always an oven up there.
     
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  5. freightwipper

    freightwipper Road Train Member

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    Without getting into all the complex details.. if after the lease is up I were to buy the truck in cash all the money invested between the lease money and cash would be about $184,000.

    If you went through Lonemountain to get the same kind of Kenworth it would be $168,500
    So that's what a difference of about $15,500.
    Schneider makes it's real easy and cheap to get into a new truck soo you pay a premium for that.
    If you have $13,000 to $20,000 laying around for a down payment and good credit obviously you can get a better deal elsewhere.
    The good thing about a lease if it you see the truck sucks and/or you don't like it you have an easy out.
    Schneider finance will lease a new Freightshaker for $1k down for one year and Schneider gives you a $1,400 bonus when you lease on with a new truck so that's a wash. I think that's the best deal with least risk and least time locked in.. I almost did it but I hate Crapcadias too much lol

    At the end of the lease between all my accounts I'd have a total of $29,460 waiting for me minus whatever I've spent in maintenance over the term.
    That's a combination of my fixed maintenance money that weekly goes in, $1000 escrow Schneider took weekly out to reach, $1,400 bonus in maintenance account and $6,000 which was my $3k Security deposit doubled and return to me.
     
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  6. freightwipper

    freightwipper Road Train Member

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    I think I remember you went to KS when you did your 3400 mile week.
    I love driving out there, peaceful and easy.
    Anyway so you basically averaged around $2,600 per week the last two weeks after fuel and fixed costs I'm guessing based on the numbers. Which is good especially for not dealing with Northeast BS lol.

    At the start of my thread I said:
    "When I'm out 7 days as long as I reach $2000 after fixed and fuel costs I'm content and that number hasn't been difficult to reach. My goal every full week is to do $2,500+ which is more difficult but not impossible as I've done so multiple times already."

    So you working in the chill states and with less time here than me are meeting my own income goals.
    Point of me bring this out is to show how $2000 a week isn't difficult to reach and $2,500+ is possible if you work a little harder and smarter.
    $3000+ is possible if you really push it working the good areas and working hard.
    That's just my opinion based on my time here.
    From yesterday till Thursday I have booked I'm looking at about 2850 miles and $5586 in revenue over 10 loads during that week period.
    While yes 10 loads in a week sucks, for me to get my rates up that's what I have to do.
    However that is a $3000+ week period for sure, probably hovering around $3,300-$3,400.
     
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  7. drvrtech77

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    I'm now completing my 2nd full week on choice...so far so good...the only hiccup was my load coming out of the house that was late getting loaded by shipper which threw off my schedule a bit but other than that...couldn't be happier.. I love the idea of knowing what I'm doing and what I will be making. ..makes my planning as to what I want to do much easier than some desk jockey trying to control my income and when I go home and such...this second week I've grossed just under $4000 to the truck on 2600 Mi...I'm pretty much running between texas the midwest...
     
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    That's pretty good for starting out.
    As time goes on you'll learn a lot and how work the system better and better.
    It took me 2-3 months before I felt like I knew how to get a lot out of working the system.
    Just to give an example my first week out I took a 1000 mile load to PA for like $1.50 lol I ain't ever doing that again.
    There's always more to learn..
     
  9. Opus

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    Bro.....go to the SNI garages.......they have no interest in flunking your truck just to make you buy something. In and out in 15 or less
     
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  10. TennMan

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    He needs pm not quarterly.
     
  11. dieselfuelonly

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    I think you can get PMs done at some of the SNI garages. The one in Carlisle has a good shop and I believe they do IC trucks there, seen the sign hanging on the front of the fuel island. Since most of the lease T680s have the same engine as the company T680s I'm sure they have the filters and everything in stock there.
     
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