Picking my own freight baby! My journey to & of being on Schneider choice, the Adventure & Numbers!

Discussion in 'Schneider' started by freightwipper, Jun 1, 2015.

  1. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    Just a bit more than 4 ;)
     
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  3. freightwipper

    freightwipper Road Train Member

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    I love how my one load got nit picked out lol.
    It was a filler load headed in the direction of my following load that wouldnt be ready till later anyways.
    I'd rather earn $200 than deadhead those miles and sit for a few hours at the truck stop but that's just me.
     
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  4. Home_on_wheels

    Home_on_wheels Road Train Member

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    Time to turn off my puter.
     
  5. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    I was not nit picking. I used that one to back up what you said about flats paying much better. It was a great example cause those short loads is pretty much my bread and butter. Probably 75 percent of all the loads i pull are under 100 miles. I was certainly not trying to trash what and how you do. From the posts of yours I've read, not just this thread but others we have both been in, You seem as happy where you are as i am where i am. In my opinion that means we both won the game of Truckin.
     
  6. Cledus Snow

    Cledus Snow Medium Load Member

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    You are the exact person I quoted how the flatbed board works and duddie said I was an idiot. So you made $4 dollars on this load, with your own trailer. The IC with Schneider can make the same with no trailer rental, not a bad deal. So duddie constantly comes on this thread and bashes schneider, brags about mercer, but won't go! What gives duddie??? GO! Please GO! I haven't posted anything concerning you, and you have pick this battle. Your dumb, bro dumb.
     
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  7. Cledus Snow

    Cledus Snow Medium Load Member

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    Exactly my point, but this idiot duddie likes internet battles and insists that flatbed is the golden arches of trucking but won't go, just complains.

    75% of what he pulls is 100 miles or less!
     
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  8. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    Im not following what you are saying to me. Something about trailer rental? I don't rent a trailer. The trailer is your money maker. They require practically no money in maintenence or repairs. Brakes and tires every few years and that's it. And with a servicable life of at least 15 years.

    But umm..when was 600+ dollars the same as 200? Ya, I'm obviously not following what you were trying to say.
     
  9. freightwipper

    freightwipper Road Train Member

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    Oh I know flatbed pays better, I was just pointing out that just the numbers of one load doesn't tell the whole story.
    Another thing is a drop and hook I'm sure takes less time and less work than the labor and time involved of working with a flatbed on short loads.
    Big reason why shorter loads pay better per mile is because of the time it takes BSing around with customers and getting load/unloaded, that's intensified in the flatbed world so deserving so you should be paid more.
    There might come a time for me the extra labor &bs involved in flatbed is the worth the extra money it pays for me to make a switch, right now I'm yet at that point.
     
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  10. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    Why do you care that he complains? If his complaints bother you so much just or him on ignore. But whatever you do, i ask that you stop trying to pull me in to your personal fight with him by quoting me to complain about him. You are a grown man, fight your own battles and leave me out of them.
     
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  11. Cledus Snow

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    You own your trailer correct? The IC's are using Schneider's trailers, and renting a truck from Schneider. I'm simply saying the $$ as an IC is comparable to buying tractor/trailer and leasing with mercer.

    As for the other part, I read how you explained in a thread how the board works going out west, your number will change according to other drivers who empty out. He tried to tell me I was an idiot and that's not how it worked and I shouldn't believe everything on the internet, of course unless it was posted by him.
     
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