Load percentage pay with Schneider.

Thats why at Schneider its called CHOICE...there are PLENTY of loads leaving a particular area...all of them have different rates etc...At LS i have heard numerous amounts of times you have to get good connects (blah blah) or you will get crap! I wouldn't want to spend time out of my day negotiating rates and crap...I would rather pick because i have a large CHOICE

 

annnnnnnddddd.....there ya go. And, I can chose to run the load or not.......jus' sayin'.

 

Check out these two threads - I know there are more, these are just the first two that came to mind. DFO has some good details, he's been doing this for a few months. Sadwar just started this month, so there's not as much info, but there is a good bit.

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...choice-program-west-coast-company-driver.html (sadwar's thread)

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...-adventures-continue-dfo-gets-truck-hops.html (DFO's thread)

Good luck

 

i've talked to schnieder owner/operators runing regional on percentage, they told me they're averageing $1.60-$1.80 a mile including fsc
:smt059

 

Probably not as much as someone would hope. They will tell you they are not a bank. Truck breakdowns are the owners responsibility.

 

If you're spending more than 3 mins arguing a rate with an LS agent, then the load is trash and was trash to begin with I.E majority of the TX & FL freight here

If the money dont look right, dont call..
if they call you and the money dont sound right, make a offer & if they dont accept, go on your marry way, that simple

And I have no connects and run straight off the load board & load alerts.... havent pulled a crap load in about 5 months

 

For what it is worth Schneider hauls nearly 10% of America's freight and I would think Landstar hauls less than 1%. This means more loads in more locations going to different destinations. Schneider has a huge customers base with some of the largest companies in America and this means more freight. This played a huge role in me selecting Schneider over Landstar 4 years ago. I have zero regrets.

 

"more freight means great" isnt actually true. There's a customer in NC that an agent calls me on every so often to see if im willing to pull a load from there going back into Delaware, its always cheap.... Schneider & Cowan is there biggest carrier.

Schneider pulls alot of 45K water loads, not interested in that

Schneider also pulls alot of paper, im willing to bet thats 40% of their freight base alone. Paper & Water is usually cheap & heavy. For the record I'm not saying Landstar is awesome beyond measures against Schneider, but when you factor some things then Landstar is pretty superior...

I will say this, if I ever wanted to be home on a semi weekly basis I would give Schneider a call as I live near plenty of paper mills in VA and know they do a lot of scrap paper back to recycling plants all over VA... the pay might not be awesome but hey, I would still have so freedom. Also like how you could go to any OC and get your truck worked on, I would kill for that hear at LS

 

Don't be fooled by Schneider maintenance, Most the time they refuse to work on a IC's truck or they claim it will take days to get to. Thier mantenance is actually a hinderance to the program. VA might not be Schneiders best area but here in Texas the freight is really strong with quality customers. I generally use the same 4 customers and 90% drop and hook averaging $1.80-2.25 a mile. Land is flat and fuel is cheaper so heavy is not a issue here. I haven't hauled rolls or scrap paper in my 4 years with Schneider.