My Schneider Adventure

Stay out of NYC it doesn't pay anyways

 

CapitalcityNYtrucker Im in Troy and drive for BBX. They are pretty good. Im home 2 days a week. I refuse NYC and they have no issue with it. I run Canada a lot. Do a lot of Wegmans runs, both stores and DC's. Run fish out of Boston. Ive gone as far as Greenville SC. Ive ran GM parts for them to Flint Mi. a few times. We go in Canada around Buffalo.....run through to Flint and then come back. Unless you pull doubles you will be put in an old International 9400i. I have a pretty nice one. They tried to retire mine and put me in another one....I pitched a major ##### about it and 2 days later they took my truck back out of retirement, fixed it (New transfer case) and gave it back. They keep the old trucks in very good condition. Your in for a PM every month. They fix any issues you have with the truck no matter how small. You leave the trucks at the Rotterdam terminal as well so you dont have to drag it home. They have a no pet policy...I put in my two week notice because I wanted a company I could bring my cat along. They said if it will make you happy...bring your cat lol. So he rides with me all week. You do your job and dont cause drama, they will like you and bend over backwards to make you happy. If you wanna run hard they have no problem running you to death. 90% of the time I have a load on me before I deliver what I already have. The longest Ive ever sat waiting for a load was maybe 5 hours. Looking for a change of pace....give them a call.

 

Just spent the last day reading through this whole thing. I'm going to school in September and looking at Schneider afterwords. They credit military service as experience so I'm hoping for decent starting wages. Thanks for updating this log with your experience thus far. Gives me a little insight as to what to expect.

 

There's a driver on Facebook who was asking about the program and stated he'd be happy making $600/wk after taxes..smh..

 

That's the biggest issue with a lot of these programs now. Because most of the drivers that get into trucking now days start off making $300-500/week, barely surviving on the road and making money to pay the bills at home, when they get offered the chance to make $800-1,000/week, basically doubling what they make now, they jump at the chance never really know or understanding how much money they are getting swindled out of. It's sad to see this happen. The Choice program was a good program and still has some positives it sounds like, but they aren't out weighing the new negatives that have accumulated the past year.

 

If you ever get tired of Schneider you can come over to Oakley Trucking our terminal is in Little Rock, Arkansas. You can refuse loads and go home when you want. I net at least 2600 a week here. We are paid loaded and empty plus a a .05 (annual bonus)a mile for all loaded miles. That bonus miles pay increases .01 a year with no cap. Just throwing it out if anyone is interested. I almost went to Schneider but chose Oakley instead.

 

But how many miles do you run?

 

This is the new trucking. Get rid of the old hands that were around for the "good ole days" & hire drivers that will work for nothing. Then show those new drivers how they can double their check if they buy/lease a truck. These new drivers don't know any different as far as how good trucking used to be. It's an ongoing cycle to lower driver pay. Guys that trucked before me (I've been doing it 19 yrs) tell how good it used to be. Now we talk about how good it used to be. It keeps declining with more regulations & less pay. I see myself getting out in the next 5 years if it goes where I think it's going.