Schneider Choice Program

yesterday I hauled a load of glass jars from ruston, LA to Ft. Smith AR. them things were every bit of 45k lbs., rode like a box of rocks and it's two lane the whole way. And I ran it FAST. that one run alone makes up for a good chunk of my weekly fuel use. there is always like a dozen of those loads on the board but I'm not sure they are worth $1.85/mi

today I have 13k lbs and one of the new trailers with skirting on it. didn't think a pumpkin trl could get uglier

 

I've hauled those jars outta Ruston when I was in Milky's truck.

We took 'em up to Ragu in Owensboro.

I think it paid $900 on 600 miles last year.

#### sure wasn't worth it to me, especially when I usually deadheaded from the Dallas area.

 

they pay me better then that. these go to planters peanuts in AR. Still iffy if you ask me though. just too much back roads, stop n go with that much weight. my truck doesn't like that

 

I think they got those thru CHR.

You know what that means.

 

ours are brokered thru werner. lol

 

I thought you took that load to Joplin specifically to get that fixed?

 

ya well like I said. That's what I get for letting s drunk work on my truck. He didn't have any sealant when I went to get it fixed. he siliconed where I thought it was leaking from and that did stop but it's got another leak. I thought it was just one spot and it was running across and dripping in multiple places but it's not, it's leakign in multiple places

 

I refuse to haul anyhting over 30k on SNI's board (except Chep pallets) just due to the fact of the weight and MPG loss. I'd rather take a load at $1.65 weighing at 15k than a load at $1.85 weighing at 40k.

Just for example, I have a 7 pallet load of battery powder (for - side of a battery) and it weighs 16k, pays $2.75 mile going to Toledo. I then will take a load from Coldwater, MI (pallets) that weighs 37,800 to grand Rapids and it's $350 on 100 miles. Then i got a 11k lb load from GR to Berwick, PA # $2.25 mile, then a load of potato chips back to Indy (4500 lbs) # $1.35 a mile (good for PA) then i think I'm gonna garb something going to the West Coast next week as i have found a niche that runs from CHI to LA and back and I can avg $2.15 for all the miles

 

Do y'all ever find the weights posted on the board to be lighter than it actually is once you get the bills?

I know that happens to me a lot with brokers.

 

Sometimes, but most of the time it is the opposite. Board will say 30,000 and the bills will turn out 42+ which pisses me off seeing I booked the load at 30k, not 42k, but they won't compensate for the overage. That is why I usually only take loads from places i know run light. And a Chep Pallet load is always the same weight.