Schneider

I think Schneider is just a few days and TransAm is 11 days. Those two have the shortest training period that I know of.

 

You will have to attend 2 weeks at the schneider academy and then out with a training engineer for 5 days. Much better option. I learned so much from my instructor and my training engineer was complete trash. Thank God I went with the company with the shortest amount of time with a trainer.

 

For a beginning driver -- with zero experience -- that pay rate isn't bad.

Do yourself a BIG, FAT favor -- stay there AT LEAST a year.

Longer of course is better....(see prev posts on that).

-- L

 

Well, CPM doesn't really mean much......but yeah, log every minute you're not driving as "on duty".........EVERY FRIGGN MINUTE. You'll see what I mean.

 

That's why CPM doesn't mean that much. I could pay you $2 a mile, but if you're only running 100 miles a day, you're not making any money. But, yeah, as soon as you get up, go on duty 'pretrip'. Getting fuel? 'On Duty'. Checking in at the receiver? 'On duty'. Getting unloaded? 'On duty'. Post trip? You bet. 'On duty'.
Always remember, it doesn't matter if it's Schneider or anyone else, there's a reason why they pay what they pay. They have decided that there's a weekly rate that truckers will stand for.......my guess, in your case, around $1200 gross.

Good luck and best wishes. And Schneider really is a pretty good company. (Remember, if you're in that truck and you're not on your lunch break, for one reason or another, you're 'On Duty'.)
Ask @gentleroger

 

There is a balancing act with logging. You make more running miles than you do logging on line 4, so you want to run as many miles as possible which means you need time on your 70. But once you have more time on your 70 than you'll use, start logging every second on line 4 - including lunch breaks.

 

It's so strange for me to read about people in the modern era grossing what I did at Schneider in 2004.

For those couple/few years, I made $45-50k each year running Procter and Gamble...granted, I ran like someone who had mental problems, but even so, someone in the modern era should easily be making more than I did back then.

I just wish Schneider had kept up with the times.

Probably still a good choice for a rookie, but once you have your experience, it's a big world out there.