Schneider

This is exactly the reason you need to get your fuel receipt in spite of the pump reading: "No Reciept Required, Eligible for Fuel and Go".

 

How long was the driving test? Drive around, do backing? Just wondering, have an offer from them i wanted to get some backing practice in before i go, I been out the truck for 6 weeks now, i might be rusty! Thanks in advance for the info.

 

What are driving? A Century, A Cascadia or Intl Prostar?

 

If you are going to be a company driver they put you in what ever they have availble. Its their standard tractor, columbia or century, with a 53' box. I'm pretty sure that the actual road test is a testers choice kinda deal. When I leased on he just had me drive around the block (about 6 miles) and back into a spot between to trailers in their lot. Company drivers might have a tougher test, but I don't know. The instructors were very nice to me and almost all the others guys...well they weren't so nice to a couoke of idiots. Last week I did my spring training which also consisted of a test drive and it was pretty much the same deal.

 

The food is really bad, and expensive too. It's like 4$ for a cheeseburger that reminds me a lot of the cheeseburger's I got when I was in school.

 

I'm going to orietation in Charlotte NC this Sunday 6/21/09. . expierienced SNI drivers can you please tell me about the national solo fleet. Whats the average lengh of haul for solo drivers? how often do solo drivers get 1000+mile loads? do any trucks have APUs? if not whats their idle policy? Will I get 2500 miles per week. I've read several possitive posts about SNI and I know its all about keeping a possitive attitude. Will they pay lumpers? how much drop & hook? do solos cover 48 states? I appreciate hearing the truth from my fellow drivers, thanks for your help, Luckydog(robertpots7)

 

I have heard rumors of SNI trucks with APUS, I have yet to see one. To date my husband has worked there 6 months and gotten 7 1000 mile loads in that time. Most of them were gotten on his dedicated 7 state regional. To be honest his average paycheck is 400-600 averaged all out.

 

I appreciate the reply "Irockugirl" well ...7, 1000 mile runs in 6 month I guess that OK for a regional driver but 400.00 to 600.00$ a week thats not very encourageing recruter said weekly mile average is about 2400 miles for the national fleet. So at .35cents per mile thats $840.00 plus or minus . . . I wont be there long at $400. per week

 

Well you need to remember 2400 a week is the average. So you will have weeks with 3000 and weeks with 1800.

 

And since the last few months 1800 or less is about right, he's only been region three months we were having a hell of a time living on the otr crap, his highest paycheck 1 times on otr was like 800 dollars. And their insurance is INSANE priced. The last three weeks have been 2000ish a week, or more, prior to that it was averaging about 1600 a week. Personally we are getting deeper into a $ hole but husband has his nose stuck up schneiders butt so when we lose the house oh well I never liked htat stupid house anyway.