Doubts between Schneider and Stevens

If it were me, I'd go with Stevens. Largely because I have a preference for reefer trucking. 50 cpm is really good to start. I came across a lady in Denver who was with Stevens. Been there 4 years. She was out of a town near Houston, I forgot where though. She's making as good of money as she would anywhere else running all 48. I think with everything you laid out, I'd you'd get better training and more money ultimately with Stevens.

 

Been hearing the same thing for so many years. Yet they were never looking. They either need to cut the crap and admit that they actually like trucking, or that they have no other skills. Hell they spread the notion constantly about making more money flipping burgers. I've worked fast food in my younger years, and the paychecks don't compare.

 

Having worked garbage retail jobs, the paychecks don't compare because most low level service jobs don't allow enough hours to be required to pay for insurance/benefits. Cheaper to have 100 chumps making 12/hr working 15-20hrs a week on rotating schedules than to have 40 dedicated full time employees. Also keeps them from jumping ship and going elsewhere not having a predictable schedule to plan around.

It's always about the bottom line. Trucking not requiring OT and often scammy mileage pay, it's better to run everyone into the ground around what is profitable for the company. If one guy makes the same rate no matter if he works 1 hr or 84hrs in a week then it's best to run him the maximal amount of hours if he is turning a profit since dividing that work up around more people means more expenses in maintaining multiple employees.

If it wasn't for the HOS we'd have guys working 100+ hour weeks as a standard because it's way more profitable in the near term than running 2 guys 50 hours a week.

 

Allrighty then

 

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^^^^^^^What he said^^^^^^^

He nailed it. Wouldn't change any of the wording.

-- L

 

Hey! They need ditch diggers too.



what I dont like about reefer, weird 1-3 am appointments to show up like a thief in the night. Stay there all day while they warehouse off your truck.
Grocery places always suck, I’ll never go to another Kroger cause of Indy.

 

For the OP, if money isn't a priority, the dry van will work for you.
If you do, indeed, need to do trucking and money is very important, then go with flatbed or reefers. After a couple of years, consider hazmat tankers.