I've only been with the company a few months but thinking about quitting. The last week I drove 1800 miles in 5 days. With 2-3 stops a day, live loads/unloads, looking for empty trailers, company mistakes with paperwork - a lot of time is wasted leaving me 6-8hrs/day driving. I was told by the recruiter average is 2100-2400/week with 2 days off. I guess they didn't specify they meant 2 nights at home i.e. getting home late Saturday and going back Monday.
Anybody had similar issues?
Low Miles At Schneider Regional
Discussion in 'Schneider' started by Night_driver, Mar 13, 2015.
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Yeah. Another thing to consider is the multistops will eat into your day. Plus freight dies a little after the holidays. Picking up now. So hang in there. And have an honest but professional convo with dbl. Have you transitioned to your regular dbl?
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Some weeks are bad some are good. Sometimes you have to take the lead. Like picking up an empty at a customer when you are in the yard alrdy and there's an empty in front of u. Or looking for empties by yourself if u know the area. I'm shy of 2100 miles... had a bad start with a load needing rework...
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Yes I did explain my issues but he tried to convince me it's because I work on weekends and weekend loads are light, and because they don't wanna send me very far and not get me home on time. But when I worked 7 days straight (Sunday-Saturday) my cross pay was maybe $200 more. So to me making $100/day gross isn't worth it even while getting experience.
I'm pretty sure any company makes more per mile with these 100-200 mile runs, while paying drivers same flat rate, increasing their profits.
No I haven't transitioned to the regular DBL. This is Gary OC running mostly WI, IL, IN, OH and MI -
when you run regional and they have to get you home every week they're not gonna give you long runs, they let the OTR drivers have those. Just how it goes.
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I haven't counted the miles in previous weeks, but myaychecks were pretty much the same. I made about $200 more when working all 7 days so it's about the same per day. 2100/week wouldn't be so bad. I'm not expecting to make a lot in my first year, but I'm sure I can do better than this. Not only you have the slowest and dirtiest truck, but also the lowest pay Lol.
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Yes I know that, but even if I get 400-500 mile trips with a few short ones I'd be ok. My average trip last week was 120 miles.
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Find a company that pays salary like $175.00 a day and home every day.
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You can jump ship and go with another company, but the picture will be the same. You are a regional driver who puts home time over money. Can't blame you for that, but it has it's own set of consequences. You can still go OTR with decent home time. Best bet is to put your time in and go with some line haul company later on after you get the required experience...... if you want to stay close to home. Schneider always had darn good pre-planning when I was with them. Try OTR......you will see a big difference in miles.
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lol that ain't happening on a regional account
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