Schneider

Yep, most drivers miss that point, Hustling, like getting your next load(s) set-up before the current one is delivered, calling to see if you can drop earlier, and so on. Don't amuse the DBL's (driver manager) are looking out for you, it's the only way to get the miles.

The "Master of confusion" is a nickname given to me at work. I worked as a network admin and ran a help desk.

 

Sni is not the problem it is some of the sorry dbl that work for the company i had one and he was a prick

 

sni is a great company i worked for them when i first started thought there was better at jb,and few others went local in a mixer trying to get back w sni as i been outa a truck a while need to get my feet wet again hoping they rehire me i call bull on the op of this thread sni fixes probles when you call .

 

If you had a company, the weak links would get cut also. You want to make money, not get sued. My condolences to your husband's career. He might get another shot with another company.

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This is a rather late reply but... Schneider has no problem sending you down the road with equipment issues. They wanted to send me into the northeast with a blizzard warning in effect, with no heat working in my truck. After I was shut down for 3 days they blamed me for not getting the load delivered on time (the roads were completely shut down, so even if I had heat, I couldn't have delivered). After the fact, the terminal manager didn't feel the DBL had done anything wrong.

 

You see so many good posts because they have 16000 drivers. I know a driver who was told he was going to do the Sears ded gig in cali based out of French camp and when he got his truck the ded disappeared and he was put on 48. he tried 9 months to work with the company and try to get them to do what they promised but they alway had a excuse. He left them like hundreds do every day. They are just another OTR company no better or worse then the rest.

 

Thats the problem schneider cant keep track of who says or does what everythings computer based. I wont alliw them to make me drive they say your the captain of the ship. So i abide by that rule. Its just certain people make the company a ###### place. My new dbl just turned into the hulk telling me i shouldve dropped my truck off when my headlight busted out.. Problem was i was already halfway home. And then he proceeded to tell me that emergency maintnence dont tell me where to send the truck HE does. HA! Give me your number so during easter or on the weekends ill call your dumb ### and make you figure it out you stupid prick. There a joke here. They had a dedicated walmart run when i stopped at the indy oc and said it was in illinois they were training there and when i talked to a lady at the fuel desk she said schneider lost the account 2 months prior and now those drivers are screwed. And for the correction. They have under 13,000 drivers and thats total between the u.s. And the other countrys. Not just here.there mechanics are also lazy as hell.

 

I guess a big successful company like Schneider pays practical miles. I hear there are still a few companies still paying household goods (hhg) miles where the driver may drive a load 1000 miles but only get paid for something like 920 miles. New drivers don't realize that evev though they get paid by the mile, they may drive 10000 or more miles annually free because their company pays short ( hhg ) miles. I hear Schneider has about a 100 percent driver turnover rate. I wonder why almost everybody quits.

 

Those "free" miles the drivers drive past for the wash/dryer privileges and other things that are at the Schmidt) Schneider OCs. At least that's what I think. They are still under HHG miles.

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Rubberducky68, how does a pretrip inspection find a bad U-joint? As an old mechanic, bad U-joints from lack of service or damage from something hitting it are almost always the reason for separation of a drive shaft. With that said, a pretrip will not likely find a bad U-joint unless you can detect any unusual sounds like squeaking coming from under the truck at a very low speed craw. With my experience, I don't know of any truckers that go under a truck with a pry bar or screw driver to pry on a U-joint to see if it is loose on every pretrip. Not only will the U-joint not most of the time show any signs of a problem, even looseness, but prying around on a U-joint can cause damage leading to premature failure of a good U-joint. The best and only real defense is making sure they are greased every time the oil is changed. Keeping all serviceable parts greased is the best way to keep all parts of the truck running for a real long time and prevent most failures. Just saying with to many years of experience working on everything from 18 wheels to little 4 wheelers. With a big company like SN, responsibility for service falls on SN because no doubt their computers like QC on every truck reports the mileage to SN and notifies the driver it is time for service.