O/Ops w/ USxpress?

If you start with them, it is 6 months. To come from another company, I believe it is 1 year. I am not absolute on those time frames, well the 6 months is factual, but not absolute on the one year. That is what it states on the job boards advertising for owner ops.

Twolane may have better info on that since he has just talked with a recruiter and signed on.

 

Ok thank you Big Cove, will you be operating under your own authorty or leasing on to them as a L/O I was suprised to hear the big orange was all Spring trailers.......hope the truck your buying has a beefy suspension. I guess they do lots of rail work, where the air trailers can get damaged easily?

 

Just to clarify. I am not doing their lease through Schneider Finance. I am bringing my own truck.

I did talk to Schneider Finance during my research and that is how I know it is after 6 months. I am not promoting doing a lease, mind you, but at least they will let you take the truck to a different company if driving for Schneider does not work out and you have leased a truck. Plus, I believe it is a walk away as well.

I have talked to IC's (independent contractors) that have had good and bad experiences, so I can not say either way if it is a good deal. Most have talked positively, and even the complainers were still leasing and not going back to being a company driver, so I will let you figure that one out.

 

They do a lot of intermodal, but I am not doing that. I am getting a 2005 Pete 379. Not my first choice if I was shopping because of MPG, but I can't turn this down from my uncle. I KNOW how he took care of it. It is paid for, and he will be flexible with me as needed. I will be leasing to them with future plans of getting my own authority.

We have a few Emerson trailers that are air-ride, but I have only pulled three. The springs sucks, but I found if you spray the spring hangers with some WD40 it helps some.