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

Well, yeah...bu...bu...but you don't know what you're talking about! So...are you really trying?

 

It all depends on which of the prior statements some is foolish enough to believe!!!

 

Today I mark the 2 year mark with SFI and my Freightliner. 250k on the clock. Been a great truck never missed a day of work. Yes it had a bad "Rail" from the factory and took 17 days to fix by Detroit themselves but it was bad from the factory so I don't hold that against the truck. It happened in the first few months.

I enjoyed the IC program and think it's a great starting point. As always I thank @TennMan and @freightwipper for all there help and advice. I quickly found the IC program not to challenge me. I left for a speciality reefer company. Learned a ton. But I didn't like being dispatched I made double the money. But that MC I had parked was calling me so 3 months ago I did my own thing it's been great.

SFI I have had 3 reps. No issues with any of them. Yes I run there truck under my own authority many many said it could not be done. Really it's about communication and I am pretty good at that. I have over paid my payments by 350.00 per week for almost 18 months I have a pile in reserves. In I still get Schneiders discounts since I'm in the SFI family.

Where's the end game for this ole Captain. I don't know. But today as I took back roads and just reflected I know I am happier than ever and look forward to doing my own thing. Specialized / Fragile Reefer hauls.


Thanks to all of you


Be Safe Out There


Captain Dave

 

Capt'n Dave, you're a good guy and you deserve the best.
I'm back to, "Schneider is what works for me......", but it does. It's kinda like being married to a fat ugly chick. "Yeah, she's fat and ugly and you can't believe a word that comes out of her mouth, but, I'm cool with it."
Rock on, brother

 

You back with Schneider?

 

never left.....the LTL opportunity went bad.......I was all but quit when the manager texted me and wanted to know how soon I would be ready to start. I texted him back and said, "so, we're still on for the Atlanta turn, right?".
He replied something along the line of, "yeah, well, not exactly. Another dude took that spot so it's a Dothan turn with dock work in Dothan." So I told him that I wouldn't be available......
See, what really, really pissed me off and ultimately killed the deal was that he knew at least a month before that someone else had taken the run but didn't have the balls to tell me. The reason I know this is when I went on my check ride (4 weeks ago), the guy told me I'd probably be running Dothan........"nah", I said, "David said it was work the outbound dock in Albany and turn Atlanta."
Then, the day I turned in all my paperwork, (physical, hazmat endorsement, and agility test), I had a chance to talk to his supervisor for a few minutes. He told me that he had been training a guy for the outbound dock / Atlanta turn for 4 weeks......he said I'd likely be running Dothan........which is why I asked the manager the question.

So, I figured that if the dude is going to lie to me now, he'll probably be doing a whole lot more of it later.

The time it took to get all processed and whatnot gave me time to reflect on what I have right now and what I'd be doing if I quit. I guess there's just some folks like me that have to be on the road. I couldn't stand the idea of someone telling me when to go to work and what to do once I got there. I'm getting old and cranky and anything more than 'pick up trailer XXXX at XXX and deliver it to XXXX by XXXX' is just TMI.
When I was a manager at FedEx Freight I used to tell people that there's a difference between linehaul drivers and city drivers and that they're not interchangeable. I guess the same goes for local guys and OTR guys....I honestly don't envy them a bit, and I'm sure they don't envy me.

So, I guess I'll be running Big Red till the wheels fall off or until Schneider makes me buy a newer one with 'crash avoidance' or whatever the hell they call it......but it's all good. I left out Monday morning at 0800 and was back home at 1400 Friday and I'll net around $2500.

It's a good life and I'm very happy. So, yeah, I'm back with Schneider.

 

Give me #### about freightliner of Savannah and your a local company driver

 

wow bro, huntin' me down huh?
Well, I'm neither local nor a company driver.......but you're getting warmer......LOL

 

Isnt he cute? He can't even troll right because he cant read and/or understand your posts. But since his thread got locked, I'm in attack mode, I guess he'll just go on the ignore pile.