Schuster – Great Pay, No Forced Dispatch

driverdriver · May 24, 2016

rocknroll81 said: ↑

You are wrong also, companies pay by comcheck etc. Every company that I pulled reefer for paid that way. There is no company that I know of that will expect a driver to carry hundreds of dollars on them to pay lumper fee's .
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No actually I'm not wrong pulled an ice box for several yrs all lumpers yes were paid by comcheck but it comes out as an advance then shows as a reimbursement on your pay stub this sop for the majority of companies dry van or refer.

Bumper · May 24, 2016

xlsdraw said: ↑

Shaffer starts @ .48 cpm.
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But they belong to Crete.....

rocknroll81 · May 24, 2016

driverdriver said: ↑

No actually I'm not wrong pulled an ice box for several yrs all lumpers yes were paid by comcheck but it comes out as an advance then shows as a reimbursement on your pay stub this sop for the majority of companies dry van or refer.
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Yes sir, I guess I misunderstood the post, sorry, I've worked for outfits that did the same.

LongHaulHighway · May 24, 2016

duckdiver said: ↑

I made .46 at prime and that was the actual base pay, not fuel or safety, etc included into it...just saying
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Prime pays 46 CPM but you have to drive one of their ECO FeatherWeight tractors, which is limited in space, governed at 62 Mph and equipped with OnGuard (one of the most dangerously idiotic pieces of computerized safety equipment ever concocted in the mind of a desk working piece of $#!&). Since the governed speed is so low the base pay isn't that much of a boost to gross revenue to warrant tolerating 62 Mph governed, less living space, OnGuard and whatever other big company silliness Prime has going on over there.

mattbh23 said: ↑

Is the LeMars terminal the only terminal or do they have others?
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Le Mars is the only terminal.

Vic Firth · May 24, 2016

I like this thread keep us posted on your adventures at Schuster.

driverdriver · May 24, 2016

rocknroll81 said: ↑

Yes sir, I guess I misunderstood the post, sorry, I've worked for outfits that did the same.
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I hear ya no worries

Razorwyr · May 24, 2016

LongHaulHighway said: ↑

Schuster pays practical miles. If you have questions about other specifics just give them a call. I'm not a recruiter. I'm just a driver sharing my experiences. No offense, but they get paid to answer the specifics. I get paid to drive.

It is very misleading to gripe about having to pay lumper fees out of your pocket. If we're going to play amateur hour, I suppose it then makes sense to gripe about having to pay for tolls, scales and fluids as well (which any decent company pays for [reimburses]).

The fact that you and I, and others, have even talking about this just goes to show how easily a whiney little crybaby--that has no business being a trucker--can derail a thread simply by bringing things up that aren't even real issues.

No. I suggest using someone else's address and then just requesting hometime be spent in Maine because you "met a girl" or whatever.

True but sadly Shaffer is extremely picky about who they hire. I have two accidents on my record. They are not DOT recordable. I was not cited or found at fault. That, coupled with quiting companies that were truly garbage, prevented me from getting hired.

It is a catch-22 that many great companies want to see that you've put up with horrible companies for a long stretch, to somehow prove you have what it takes to work in a much more pleasant environment with better pay. The drivers that have worked for a half dozen companies inside of a few years--because they stood up for themselves, refused to be treated like crap, be lied to, or underpaid--are not the guys they want.

It also doesn't matter if you have never been proven to have caused an accident. Police reports mean absolutely nothing. You are considered guilty in the eyes of many trucking companies no matter what. You come away asking: whose side are they really on?
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I wasn't griping, I apologize if I came off that way or if I'm misunderstanding you, I'm happy as can be and don't pay lumpers at all either way. I was just correcting/questioning someone who was arguing over semantics.

LongHaulHighway · May 25, 2016

Razorwyr said: ↑

I wasn't griping, I apologize if I came off that way or if I'm misunderstanding you, I'm happy as can be and don't pay lumpers at all either way. I was just correcting/questioning someone who was arguing over semantics.
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I know you weren't. I was talking about trkrjim who brought it up and needs to go back to driving a school bus.

Milkman719 · May 25, 2016

I sure like reading the post here sounds like a good company for some drivers.

LongHaulHighway · May 25, 2016

This week's settlement...

LOADED MILES: 2276.0
EMPTY MILES: 377.0
TOTAL MILES: 2653
GROSS EARNINGS: $1,151.20

For the record, if you absolutely have to pay for parking because you don't have any other choice, Schuster will reimburse you.

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