Schneider Costco and Covenant questions

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Danny Herman Trucking
Quest Global

I don't know anything about Schneider Costco, but Schneider has Watkins-Shepard in Dallas which seems to be ok for solo drivers.

 

Why not work for Costco directly. They have they're own Fleet.

Not sure about Costco in Dallas, but Costco in Monroe Township, NJ uses private fleet, as well as Swift and other carriers. Pay starts off around $19 and it takes a year and a half to reach top rate, which is about $25.50. All drop and hook, but NO OT, strictly 40. Nice KW trucks and well maintained trailers, but I heard they plan on switching to automatics in the future, if they haven't done so already.

 

A couple of new cdl grads in that area hired on with Trimac Transportation running teams.

 

Costco Schneider in Dallas is a lot of shorthauls, but they keep you moving. Reefer runs deadhead back to the DC, dry vans normally pickup a backhaul. Guys I've talked to normally average 1000/week, which makes me think they only average 850 as drivers exaggerate like fishermen. Much better options available in the DFW metro, local food service carriers like MBM offer 1k/week guarantees with a 4.5 day workweek.

 

If they are local to DFW, lots of small carriers offering dedicated FedEx and Amazon runs, if they are wanting OTR follow @Chinatown's recommendations.

 

I've read US XPRESS runs good teams.

 

Used to be some husband/wife teams that posted, but they quit posting a few months ago.

 

Alot of ppl like working for Schneider. I just couldn't do the whole bare bones truck & no apu.