Schneider Paid CDL Training - Ohio

well #### there goes my ideas about staying good and warm through the winter lol. So far it appears that SNI is the way to go for me. From an accounting standpoint it looks like starting school in January would be the earliest which means solo on the road by the end of Feb. Though depending on what curve balls life throws at me I may still have to push school back till Feb. putting me on the road at the end of March. Either way I should still get some winter miles in even if they are towards the end of winter.

 

Yeah. That's what I heard. Under 20 over 70. I just thought that it wouldn't apply to reefer because I'm a total newb who doesn't know how things work lol

Out of curiosity how do dedicated runs work compared to OTR (Outside of it being restricted to a certain area) I'm curious how the loads themselves work in general. Anyone out there able to give me a typical day in Dedicated or link to a thread that shows the same? I love getting first hand information and getting an idea of what to expect.

 

I know what you mean about the trees. I live in Amish country and the town that I live in is basically the industrial center of the county, though you wouldn't think so looking at it since they hide it pretty well, so I see the trucks skimming the trees all the time.

Even as a pizza delivery driver I have to watch route planning especially in winter (I live in the snow belt ). This becomes a bit of a challenge getting food to people on time due to the fact that our delivery area is 3 times the normal size because of our location. Most places deliver to a 5 mile radius. Ours is closer to 15 miles. So between getting an idea of where I'm going, what time it is, how long I have to get there, and the weather things can get interesting. Especially on Saturdays, which are Amish wedding days, and any given road could be jam packed with buggies traveling at 15mph or less.

I see a lot of people on here talking about changing from regional to OTR or dedicated after 6 months. My preference would be to try and transfer from the WM account to full regional or, preferably, OTR while still on the 1 yr. contract. Unfortunately, the "Recruiting Assistant" that I spoke with didn't know if that was even possible, and "thought" that I had to stay on the same account for the full year but to ask my DBL which I can't do until I get one lol. Seems to be more proof of lack of communication throughout the company but I'm still not dissuaded

 

Thank you so Much @Schweiss . I'm not as worried about starting pay and miles for the first 6 months so long as I can hope to average $400/wk take home. I would need to achieve this in order to make sure all bills are covered and still have room to put some money away.

Feel free to share anything you think I should know on here and I'll give your thread a read before I go rattling off questions at you lol. Glad I found someone else on this account who can give me an idea of what I'm getting myself into Thanks again.

 

LOL Definitely not a meat head.. Although I hit my head on things often enough it should look like hamburger by now (I'm 6' 8" ) I figure to spend most of my time behind the wheel for the first year or so with only a couple of TAH requests. Other than that I'll stay on the road for 3-4 weeks at a time if I can swing it.