Advise needed, please help.

huge risk. Choice is a business run by you. With only 6 months exp and all of that in bulk , I think you would be setting yourself up for failure.

My suggestion is to find a good dedicated account on the van side. Good hometime, consistant checks etc. Its better if you have had the van experience, while driving like you are paying for fuel etc. Practice in running your business.

Where are you based out of?

When we went through the WF transition, it sucked big time. Frnkly i am surprised that it has been similar experience on the bulk side. Might have thought SNI would have learned a few things and corrected the vast amount of mistakes on their end. It IS a learning curve. THEY have to learn a whole new system with many many different steps on their side.

Have you had a convo with your dbl? why or when it will get better for you pay wise?

 

poke around here about that specific costco dc. Assume its in or near houston?

 

SNI would want to see at least 6 months of van OTR experience before you go to choice. Which really isn't enough time, I'd recommend around a year. I know I wouldn't have been ready at the 6 month mark. Don't think they will let you on or let you lease a truck if you don't have that. To be blunt there are some that really succeed and others that fail at it... pretty hard, lol. It's not an easy gateway to good money by any means, regardless of how it appears from reading this section of the forum. The guys that are posting here are the ones that are successful. The ones that can't make it work just disappear off into the abyss and you never hear from them.

Most company drivers that I talk to on dedicated accounts are, fore the most part, happy. If I drove company again that is what I would do. Some dedicated accounts have lots of manual labor involved, others not so much... make sure to get ALL the details.

Is it true that SNI bulk lost a LOT of customers due to the workflow transition? That's what I heard and would explain why it was so slow. It's really too bad because everything I heard about SNI bulk was great, especially for new drivers looking to do a little more than just sitting in docks.

 

Bulk was slow when I was there, and that was even before workflow. Granted, I ran bulk during the winter which is the slow months. However, there's no excuse to have to sit for 2 34 hr restarts a week

 

I'm doing fine. Been running on this board for just over a year and a half now. Your best bet would be to lease a new truck if you really want to do it, then the warranty should cover most breakdowns. I don't know the details on the warranties though I've never had a new truck.