Need help deciding.

My problem with Schneider is their Oregon terminal is almost 55 miles away. I wouldn't want to park it close in some truck stop since I hear you would reliable for it. Rather park at a terminal. Another issue with Schneider is the length of the training. I am sure it's great but I'd rather get to work OTR then do tests etc. Did all that in truck school

Schneider pay too I don't really understand. They offered me a sign on bonus and to reimburse me for the gas I spent to get to the drug screening. Their trucks also don't have APUs from what I hear.

 

your "problem" is that you do not want to leave home. It should NOT matter the traveling distance for the orientation and such. Yes , you WOULD BE LIABLE for the security of the truck, any truck that you get assigned at ANY company.

you only have a few more days to decide what to do.

you never been away from home before, and the LONG bus ride to Fontana is already making you homesick.

what will you do when you are all the way either across the country for several days at a time, when the snows are blowing icy cold winds up your pants..........???

get it done, and be done with it.

Otherwise, call it a day and leave the idea of trucking to the big boys that take a chance to man up and get the job done.

in other words, "toughen up".

 

You're absolutely right. I started getting cold feet I guess and wanted something conveniently closer. Thank you for telling it to me straight. I will go with what the original plan was.

 

you are welcome

now insert one...........


into the machine, I am worth it.

 

haha..
Who do you work for by the way?

 

I work for a company that only does dedicated accounts, they only hire drivers with the minimum of 5 years experience. My customer has supplies for the electrical and plumbing trades, so as such I can have HUGE reels of wire, or several LONG pallets of very heavy piping. Those HUGE reels of wire (8 to 10 feet in diameter), and can weigh several hundred pounds, but unbelievably easy to roll off the truck. problem though, when they come off the dock ramp, they do not stop till they run out of gas, or hit something, usually a pallet I have to lay down on the floor.

The piping we haul is loaded and strapped to long pallets, and have been known to weigh up to 4,000 lbs, and the electric pallet jacks we have strain to lift and pull them, and when the trailer floor is wet, we can be there for a LONG time unloading, as we have to put sand down for traction.

we work at night, going to the warehouses the customer has, we let ourselves in, shut off the alarm, the reset when we are done, Every stop we unload at, we must take returns back, and when your 53 foot trailer is stacked to the gills, it is nearly impossible at times.

there are 3 of us at my location, each one of us finishes in whatever time it takes. Me, about 7-8 hours, the other driver6-7 hours, the third driver, 12 hours......

my company also does automotive parts to the dealerships, at night as well.

 

Just don't worry about it! you might get lucky and the guy will flunk out in the first day and you get a room to yourself.

 

after a year you can find a local job and be home everyday

 

Is everybody so flat broke when they want to start trucking that they gotta take a bus? Buy a plane ticket and fly to fontana.

 

does Fontana even have an airport.>??

all I see from a quick google search are small planes, surely if he had to take one of those, it would run out of gas, and he'd end up either dead or on a major highway..???