Not coming to Schneider at this time.

I believe the point he was trying to make is if you did not lease a truck from Schneider then you are free to choose a new carrier and not be stuck with the new contract.

 

Which would mean he didn't have a point.

 

So why do you have to get approval from SFI? What if they say no? What happens to "your" maintenance account, What happens to "your" money that they hold in escrow and you have to ask for when you want it? Try leaving then get back to me.

 

Do you have 30 days to sign the new agreement ?

And I'll assume no sign= cancelled lease.

 

I totally believe they will abuse it to the limit. Like has been said before, they will get us to do the trl moves instead of company drivers simply because they have nothing tied into it. We have fuel and wear and tear not to mention our not so valuable time in sni's eyes.

 

Anytime equipment is financed from anywhere, the finance company is going to approve of where it's leased to. That is not unusual in a finance contract. Most newer equipment financing is done as some form of lease anymore, and the financier gets to set the rules.

SFI, holds "your money" in a maintenance account, which is not an escrow account regardless of where the truck is leased to. It's part of the contract and you know it going in. Since most of SFI's customers are inexperienced, I don't blame them.

I know a guy that took his truck elsewhere 2 months in, with no problems from SFI.

I don't think they would allow someone with a yr or two of experience to do so as easily, cause I wouldn't.

 

Really? My bank never dictated where or who I could lease to, they also never required me to have a maint. account that I had to get approval to use.