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

Call in on the weekend. Most likely won't get your little hitler. If they press it say you were getting truck ready and check engine light went on....need to get it check quickly. We all know they often go away quickly.


Be Safe Out There


Captain Dave

 

I've been home all week...but the weekend crew might not notice it! I'll be back at my home OC before my ICA leaves Monday. Might try my luck with her directly if I'm still kicking myself.

 

Heard an interesting stat today - 54% of the freight teams pull is team freight. 46% is solo - the longest loads van/expedited can beg from system. Also having a 90% on time rate isn't helping get more team freight.

 

I worked my butt off that week. You really don't want to know just how good of money there was to be made during that.

I disagree with you on one thing, there is plenty of steak out here, and gravy on top of it. The problem you guys have is sni doesn't give you a seat at the table that serves steak and gravy. It's like a big family holiday meal, you got the grown ups sitting at the big table and the kids at the little table. I couldn't partner with a carrier that makes me sit at the kids table. Not sure how(or is it why?) you guys can handle that.

 

2000+ mile load is a Team load.

I'm confused here it seems, you went teaming to make more money by utilizing your truck more and you say you're doing that but at the same time you're complaining there's no team freight.

How are you making more money teaming if there's no team freight for you to haul?

 

We just got a message where we lost another customer because of service issues. I know I've never been late, I also know other IC teams and they've said never had service issues. I am guessing company trucks are mainly responsible for the 90% on time stat.

I have seen tight loads and asked myself how in the hell can a company truck run this?

But @freightwipper is right, there is not enough loads on the board. I've been saying this ever since I got here. I was blasted by an IC on this board because he didn't believe there weren't any loads and I dead headed from the north west to socal. @freightwipper is also right about company teams getting solo loads, I've talked to company teams, they run loads I've never seen to get to other team freight. I have caught them at a shipper with BOL's for loads that weren't on the board. And those loads connected to other team freight so there would've been zero dead head.

I've been looking for a load from the north west for 4 days now and nothing. Yes there are a handful of .80 loads going to California, but I will just deadhead down rather than be insulted with a $700/1200 mile fuel money load.

I've been saying I'm going to the solo board sometime this winter/spring and now I'm not sure if I want to waste my time with SNI at all. Because spyder is right, I'm getting tired of sitting at the kids table when I KNOW there are seats available at the adult table.

 

As long as there's a line to get a seat at the kids table it'll never change. That's why the program has declined so rapidly.

The only time it will get better is when SNI is losing IC's faster than they're bringing them on.

Team solo all the above.