Schneider lease purchase

that's funny right there!

 

Not sure what kinda deal you got into with them but I would try to work it out. I hate to see guys struggling when there is plenty of money to be made out here as o/o with SFI. I m doing good and there is plenty of others out here doing good as well.

 

Hello Shadetree,

I have been with SNI for the past month on a dedicated Coca Cola account here in Central Texas. I have been contemplating the thought of switching over and going at it for myself. I have talked to both a lease driver and O/O. They both have had no complaints, either. How was the transition for you from company to lease driver? I will hang around as a company driver through the end of the year until I get things in place to buy my own horse and sign it over to SNI.

 

I mean when people say "Im doing good".. you have to understand that "good" is a relative term. If you are making say 4 to 600 a week as a company driver then you will be doing "good" as a lease driver with SNI because you will avg between 8 to 1200 a week give or take. But if you're making say a thousand or more a week as company driver somewhere then no you wont be " doing good" because all the headache you have to go thru quite honestly isn't worth making the same as a lease op.

Again it depends on what you are making now that will dictate if you will be happy or not with SNI lease. I left a company driver job making 1600 plus a week and well I got screwed and sure enough a month into it I left them with the broken used truck they gave me and went back to my old company.

Other drivers I met were making peanuts or breaking even as lease ops and company drivers elsewhere so for them it was great. Its all where you come from I suppose.

 

Just another steering wheel holder that signed a legal document, did not read it, tried to bail on the commitment and is blaming them. Had you not posted over and over, people might have taken you seriously. I am getting a brand new truck from them at the end of the year. The program has many good points. The price may not be one, but try getting a new truck yourself. With Schneider finance you sign a 1 year lease. If you make money and like the program. If not you can LEGALLY walk away. That's why they have 2 and 3 year old trucks. Don't listen to this guy. Owning a truck is not for everybody. You have to be sure you are ready for the ups and downs.

 

I am very happy.......the way I look at it is, if you're going to drive a truck for a living, this is the way to do it.

1. The purchase / lease payments are very reasonable. What a lot of negative posters don't say is that the weekly payment includes ALL of your taxes, insurance and whatnot. In other words, you make 1 payment to 1 person and you're done with it. My actual truck payment is $500 a week.....or $2000 a month. Which is in line with what you could get from the bank (IF you could get the loan in the first place). I also pay $300 a week into a maintenance account....this is MY money (if I leave, what's left in it is mine)....but also, I don't stress over PM's and repairs....the money is there.
2. I run where I want to and when I want to.....I decide how much money I want to make. And, in case you're interested, it ranges between $700 and $2000, tax, tag, fuel, out the door in my bank account. The truthful average is in the $1300 - $1700 range if you run all week.
3. If I sit it's either because I chose to sit or because I did a poor job of planning. In this game, 99% of the time, you have no one but yourself to blame.
4. I don't like the northeast, so I don't go there. My CHOICE. (pays pretty good, though).
5. I can go for a week or more without having any kind of contact with a DBL. I only message them when I need something or there is a problem.

I really have nothing but good things to say about the choice program. If you think you might want to give it a try, they have a 1 year walk away lease. Lease for 1 year, don't screw up the truck, and turn it back in.....no muss, no fuss, no B.S.

good luck and happy trails.....

 

Well said!

 

I'm throwing around the idea, can you go back to company driver if the lease thing doesn't work out?

 

I'm 99% sure you can......I can't see why they would disqualify an otherwise qualified driver (pulse.....lol)

 

I'm sure you can as long as you finish the term of the contract you sign, don't trash the truck and end the lease on good terms.