Starting at Schneider

I picked up in New Berlin, WI on Wednesday.

 

@Cherokee65 have you been tracking your loads and mileage for personal records to keep track of?

I had a trainer once tell me, “it’s not what your weekly check is, it’s your quarterly pay that you need to keep an eye on.”

Whether if he was on to something or not I couldn’t tell ya. But i did start tracking my weekly pay and broke it down to quarters. Week to week, things fluctuate based on payroll cutoffs, resets, or just plain trucking. But looking at your pay by the quarter really keeps you on track of what you really earn.

 

Costs more, without a doubt. That's a fact, Jack.

Maintenance, however is no problem.

Pull cassette/box & empty. Rinse out & put back in. Keep flush water topped off. Easy easy. No black water tank like RV's.

Only takes a few minutes & no trouble at all.

 

Thats easy, I know. I could handle that But we both know for a lot of the guys that just crap on the ground 20 feet from the bathroom door and wont wash their hands before eating 3 whoppers.....

 

Not only will it help with the psychology of piece rate pay, it will also help you identify freight patterns.

Delivering at the end of day and you have a choice of heading either north or south to s/l parking? If you know 3 out of 4 times your next load has you heading south to pickup, you can potentially put yourself in an advantageous position.

It's little things like that which differentiate between good drivers and smart drivers.