2 Weeks Before The Big Decision

OP, I got my training with Halliburton in New Mexico. The day I got my PERMIT I was off to a fracking job, no extra clothes, no food, not prepared at the least... Said fracking job took three full days... In the High Plains desert, in February. And I signed a contract for one whole year to get my CDL. You will do just fine for 9 months of just driving...

 

You’ll do fine at schneider for your first gig. Think of it like it’s a big year long adventure because it is.

 

Your post doesn’t even make sense.So which companies don’t hold your screw ups against you? Don’t all hold your screw ups against you.

 

No they don’t all hold your screwup’s against you. Seems to be mostly with the nanny companies. The vindictive ones that’ll put anything and everything on your DAC etc report.

Hope that makes more sense for you.

Seems my original comment chafed a few cabooses in this thread.

 

Maybe I don’t understand what you’re calling a screw up.So if you pull out of a space and rip the hood off the truck beside you.What company is not going to put that against you.

 

I’m guessing that you drive for a company that reports to DAC etc and believe every company does. You likely believe that every company checks those reports also.

There’s been countless threads on this forum in regards to DAC reports making it darn near impossible to find employment with another nanny Co.
Not sure why my replies are so hard for you to understand..unless you’re a Schneider driver yourself?
Or perhaps you don’t understand between a mvr vs DAC report.

 

I don’t know what all this garbage you spent time off your life to write. But all this crap you still didn’t answer my question I’m taking your not going to either .The original post was about making a decision and you act like you know about this super company where you can run over anything and there not going to hold you responsible but you’re not saying the name ru.Thanks for wasting my time

 

Nice snivel, lol.

 

Dac only matters if you plan on staying with Megas which I do not recommend after 1yr exp…
You’re lucky we have a “driver shortage” as those contract used to be 12 months. Schneider is a great starter company. They are strict but fair. The advice I give is to treat this 1st year as basic training / paid internship. With Schneider it’s Next available time. The more astute you are with your hos/ tripplanning the better your results will be. 1st year really work on your backing when solo, don’t avoid it!!! when you you need restroom stops pull into a truck stop and back in while the truck stops aren’t full.. the better your backing the better your life will be. Don’t know if they’ll teach you about paper rand McNally guide… but if you’re gonna invest in trucker gps… get the paper one and get efficient with that also as it teaches you self navigation and give you more of a picture in routing yourself.. the gps is easier but the atlas has all the all the major truck restrictions listed , low bridges.. when I was otr I would tripplan by using the atlas to get me to the nearest rest area then. Google earth the route in town to kinda drive it before getting there. Lastly get out and look everytime. Don’t trust spotters cause it you’re responsibilty.. And when in the truck don’t trust nobody or anything you haven’t verified yourself. Since you’ll be in a contract read the terms of repayment just Incase you need to leave…I’d recommend you stay put for a year then rank up to a better company as most good companies will want a year. Most megas are the same so try not to hop from one to another. Since you’ll be training in the warmer months make sure you talk to others about driving in the winter, make sure you know how to chain. Make sure the bunk heater is functioning, cause it’d suck to be in one of those safety traps xxx miles away from the nearest terminal and you can’t idle cause it shuts down every 5 mins and the bunk heater is no good.. could go on for days but best of luck to ya

 

If you’re reasonably careful and don’t make stupid mistakes, you won’t have any trouble. If you aren’t reasonably careful and make a lot of stupid mistakes, you shouldn’t be on the road in a tractor trailer.