Confessions of a Schneider Newbie

Dont get too excited. MA got hammered, especially close to Boston.

 

Yeah, 3 feet.

Draped up and drifted out. Know what I'm talking about? Three in the morning, just stashed up my stash spot.

 

Hey I got a quick question I drive a quad axel dump and longest trailer I pull is a 40ft and the equipment we haul is considered oversized Gota have all the signs and stuff on my truck when I pull it but I was wondering if that's considered tractor trailer exp. I'm only 21 but I have been driving since I was 18 for them I have driven some of there day cabs before when hauling around there cold mix plants but I have never been in anything with a sleeper or 53 ft trailer so just wondering what my exp would be considered as far as getting hired Otr anywhere

 

As long as you have a CDL you should have no trouble getting an OTR job.

 

I have my hazmat to but will I get hired as an inexperienced driver because I have no Otr exp technically even tho I'm gone 6 days of the week we sleep in motels we travel all over Wisconsin just don't leave the state and I've never had to do logs ither so I don't no how to do tht I work normally in the summer 80 to 100 hours a week and it's not uncommon for us to be driving 16 17 hours at the most a day very little sleep

 

Schneider will hire you as an inexperienced driver and put you through their 3 week training. They'll teach you to do e-logs as well as paper. You days of driving 16+ hours a day will be over. DOT limits a driver to 11 driving hours in a 14 hour work day. A 10hr break must be taken to reset the 11/14 rule. DOT also limits drivers to 70 work hours in 8 days. 34 consecutive hours must be taken off to reset the 70 hour clock.

 

Ya see that's like the stuff I have no idea about my day starts at 4am and ends when the foreman says so lol it's not uncommon to get five hours of sleep I could always squeeze another hour in but I guy has to shower and eat haha. I get paid hourly almost 20 an hour it's like 19.80 or something I've made as much as 1700 take home but it's average 1300 but keep in mind it's only from like April to November and then I'm laid off collecting max unemployment for winter I like the time off since we're so exhausted all summer but I'm really looking forward to a change into Otr we do alot of illegal stuff we avoid all weigh stations seeing as how we're constantly overweight and sometime even have full load of stone and ill be pulling something I feel like they really take advantage of us and it's getting old but I got free cdl out of the deal I'm debating weather or not I wana go back for another season

 

Could start as late as late may all depends on weather so it's always a gamble ill run out of unemployment sooner or later lol I just don't no what to do