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

2.10 was their average for that quarter. Some did better, some did worse. Obviously, the area you run would be much better.

1.97 is 65% of what Schneider getting. In most cases, running the same lanes, you should be able to beat what Schneider is getting, even if only by a little.

But, let's say you would get only what Schneider is getting. With the numbers you posted, you are leaving 115k on the table in revenue, not 15k. That is going with your rate, that transitions to 3.03/mile Schneider is getting, at 2100 miles per week.

 

Name the other places.

 

I know i could do better.
Take landstar for example the advantage that stands out to me there is working with agents, building solid relationships and just dealing with a few good agents and not relying solely on a load board. I know someone that was in orientation with me who took his truck to LS in December and is doing stepdeck, he says he loves it. I know stepdeck will be higher than van rates anyway but the POTENTIAL to do better there is probably more hopeful than the rates here lately.

With that said, im content here, sure there are problems and hassles like anywhere, and maybe i could do way better elsewhere but im comfortable here. I pretty much run the same lane, same customers, and im happy with that. If im not making the money weekly i need to make this worth it, i would have been gone. Im always looking for something better but even when i find something that looks and sounds good it doesn't mean it will be a good fit for me. I have only been here 1 full year this month and im still learning something new everyday. No company will be one size fits all but for my personal situation im very happy here.

 

One reason rates have probably gone down for Schneider in particular is the market they're in is getting undercut left and right.

How many places are there where swift has undercut sni? I know swift took over Sears and Kmart in manteno, il. It was a mass exodus of Schneider trailers off that lot. And swift pays their lease ops peanuts, not to mention their company drivers.

Also, I drive by mopar/Chrysler in streetsboro oh. There were also good light loads out of Pontiac.and really good paying ones out of Toledo. There was always a ton of trailers in that place. Now when I looked it's swift trailers as far as the eye can see.

Apparently to compete with swift they're either going to have to cut rates to peanuts or find other freight elsewhere.

 

Yeah..but swift won't have them long..as the old saying goes,you get what you pay for...when they have damaged goods from wrecks and late loads the customers will be screaming...I've seen it too many times..

 

Landstar rates are higher overall than here don't let one or two guys fool you... Mercer rates are higher than here... Just to name two