Confessions of a Schneider Newbie

We shall see................... I will keep you posted.

 

Starting pay for me was/is .28. I avg 2500 - 3000 miles a week. The short answer is no, I could not survive on my own living in the South Bay on what I make at Schneider. My wife makes more than enough money to pay our bills. We are planning on moving next year to a much more rural and cheaper place to live. I started driving so that when we do move, I can get a job anywhere driving a truck while she looks for a job.

 

Waving from the Pilot in Dunnigan CA (just north of Sacramento).

As I sit here on my 34 doing laundry I thought it would be a good time to update this thread....

I have been back out for 7 days since taking 5 days TAH. In those 7 days I ran 3300 miles, all in CA, OR, and WA. The longest I waited for a pre-assignment was 2 1/2 hrs on Sat, when they told us freight was slow.

I am still testing my idle enabler that I designed and built. So far so good, I am able to idle as much as I want, and I have the ambient temp sensor. More testing to be done, and then I will introduce it to the world...............bwa ha ha!!!

I am sticking in the Western 11 region this time out, as I have to go back home in 11 days, moving to a smaller place.

Hauled my heaviest load ever this week, 80450 pounds!!! Drove it 120 miles to closest scale, then back 120 miles to shipper. Once all was said and done, I ran all the way from CA to WA with 79600 pds. Loads of fun up the mountains!

Been here at Schneider 4 months and two days.....We'll see how long i stay.Due for my 6 month raise soon.

Didn't get 4th quarter bonus, was over on every category, lol....

This quarter looks good, got a score of 105 out of 100 as of today.

That's all for now folks, keep on keeping on.....

 

Waving from the Laredo OC.........

Since posting last I ran to LA, then to Phoenix, then to Denver, and now to Laredo. I already have a preassignment to go back to LA tomorrow.

Been running good. Got lucky and missed all of the bad weather floating around (knock on wood!)

Did have a driver back into the front driver corner of my cab at 3:30 in the morning while on my 34. Smashed up my headlight and dented/cracked the bumper. Guy was very sorry and handed over his insurance paperwork. The Laredo OC where I am now is the first OC I have rolled into, they are fixing up my truck as I type.

As stated above, I have a 1400 mile pre-assignment going back to LA tomorrow. Live load on this end and then live unload on the other end. Then I am taking 5 days TAH to move, blah!!!!

Take it easy and stay safe.....