My 4 Month Review of Schuster

Another 4000 mile week, 2100 in the last 3 days to top it off

 

I agree for sure. Internationals are rough. I’m just holding out for one of their Kenworths at this point lol. You know it’s bad when a freightliner seems like a giant step up. The steering in Internationals is pretty horrific. Anything less than perfect alignment is terrible to drive. I’ve been fighting this truck to drive in a straight line since I got put in it. Even after an alignment, it’s still eating steer tires after 80k miles

I don’t really understand the 80% internationals, 20% fully loaded T680’s thing. Seems like it’d be easier to just have a fleet of Freightliners, but I’m sure they get pretty good deals from the Sioux City International dealer

 

Seniority from what I’ve heard. I assume keeping a clean truck, maintaining it, etc. probably factors in, but mostly seniority.

Seems to be the 1-2 year mark depending on availability, from the drivers I’ve overheard, so not too unreasonable

 

I think they drive decent. They just ride a bit rough and a little limited on space. I like the digital dash option on the new ones, if a company opts for it. I was in one at GP Transco and it was nice with the ‘sensor’ buttons on the wheel to control radio, etc.. Just swipe your thumb over it like a phone for controls