Schneider Dedicated Flex question

If you want local try getting your class B and do a potato chip route or something. Unfortunately there is about a 98% likelihood of not getting a local job with a fresh cdl class A but if ur willing to put in a good 6 months to a year w schneider they will most likely move you to a local dedicated or intermodel job if available within a 60 mile radius of u and if not you could try JB dedicated or intermodel as well. Good luck. Some sacrafice goes a long way in getting where u want to be but you must be willing. Hope it works out

 

That's the spirit! Keep us updated on your decision

 

unless your wife makes a lot of money, you're probably better off becoming a single income household once you get experience and find a decent job. if you live near chambersburg you can do well in intermodal, they have some odd schedules there too. i know someone in a similar situation and the whole coming home and watching the kid thing will never work driving a truck... it's not an 8 and done job. even if you have a set schedule, you will work up to 14 hours a day depending on things like traffic, breakdown and even being held up at a shipper/receiver.

i work a local job on the night shift and i usually have 1-3 hours when i get home in the morning before i have to go to sleep and an hour or so when i wake up before i go back.. if you can't get at least 6 hours of continuous sleep( and even that is a little low) you won't survive driving.

 

Look into LTL in your area. See if they have a dock to drive program setup.

You'd start off on the dock and they would train you to drive and start driving when positions opened up.

 

Jb has intermodel in that area of pa n its home daily with 2 days off every week and you decide your start time for jb. Your goin to average 9-12 hours daily though and you must have at least 6-12 months experience so you would have to suck it up otr for someone for a while than apply for it. But they also offer part time 2-3 days a week and you can still make $7-900 a week in 3 days but you might be sacraficing good benefits and in it just for a paycheck. But that could solve your problem with being with your family and getting enough sleep. Work fridays sat and sunday and have mon thru thurs off. Jb is always hiring in pa nj and ny because theres so much work. My account has the same 130 drivers since ive been here 4 years in ny account. Its not a turnover thing like people think. Its just a constant growing workload and they are always hiring. Intermodel in pa is a monster account and jb is the largest intermodel company in the U.S. so they do hire fairly easily for those accounts as long as you have clean record and 6 months minimum exp. so they can handle capacity. Hope thats helpful.

 

LTL. Less Than Truckload.

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