Picking my own freight baby! My journey to & of being on Schneider choice, the Adventure & Numbers!

To be honest I know 1.20 a mile will pay the bills, but you need to average 1.40 a mile to be running better than a company driver running 10k miles a month

 

Exactly why I'm looking for better lol, i wonna be able to have a life when I'm home not fighting living paycheck to paycheck, heck ur from East Tennessee you know what I mean lol trying to do better in life not make do anymore

 

.90 cpm is what companies were paying in the late 1990's, when fuel was around $1.15 per gallon, new Michelin tires were under $300.00 each, and shop labor at Kenworth was $40.00-$45.00 per hour. I bought a 5 year old T-600 from the KW dealer with just over 400k on it for $16,500.00 in 2002 also. See what a 5 year old truck goes for today.

 

You have ic at SNI running for a $1.20 cpm. I bet there is s large amount of ic, not netting 600 after taxes. Those are the ones who are making the choice program popular.

 

A lot of New drivers I run into and talk to ( I seem to talk alot) are happy to be picking their own freight and running faster even if they make about what they could as a company driver, then when it gets harder to run those same rune they were is when they quit. 2 or 3 months tops.

 

I believe it might have been @CaptainDaveG who mentioned the importance of having money saved as you come up to speed on the IC program.

Given the reduction in freight on the board it sounds like you have to be a savy businessperson who is capable of developing a business strategy and who tracks their costs closely so they can understand the potential profit. Many especially newer drivers just don't have the ability to be successful in that scenerio.

Hopefully things pick up and they bring on higher skilled IC's I hope the program continues to improve for all.

 

maybe its hiring area.

 

Just by requiring a large deposit, that will keep most out of this program.

 

Maybe it's interpreted that you're going to be POCKETING 85 cents per mile over at Stevens, TranScam, etc? idk. That's the only explanation I can come up with.