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. drvrtech77

    drvrtech77 Road Train Member

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    Are you planning on running team over here on the choice board? Because if you are I can tell you flat out you will be miserable I know several teams that stopped running team over here and bought their own trucks and they were husband and wife and they're making more money with individual trucks and they were as a team
     
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  3. TennMan

    TennMan Road Train Member

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    Good luck, you've got it covered.
     
  4. freightwipper

    freightwipper Road Train Member

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    Yes I have heard the team board sucks from multiple sources, if a team is required to run on that board then forget it.
     
  5. Scott72

    Scott72 Road Train Member

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    They are. I had a buddy doing it too until they blew their engine up.
     
  6. radioshark

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    Before I quit I was running ,as a company team and all we ran was 400-800 mile loads most of the time up and down the East coast
     
  7. freightwipper

    freightwipper Road Train Member

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    Wellllllll I just called recruiting and was informed teams go on the team board, solo turning into a team would go on the team board.

    I said well I normally do shorter loads and have an understanding and experience based on the solo board, is there anyway a team could stay on the solo board and run those loads?
    No, it is a requirement teams go on the team board.. that's the answer I got.
    Also was told part of the reason is to protect the solo drivers as a team could dominate a small region piling on shorter loads which would hurt the solo drivers working/living in that area.
    (In my mind... OH SHEET that was my idea lol)

    Oh well, there goes that idea.
    I see what longer loads pay here and yeah no way lol.
     
  8. workingklasshero

    workingklasshero Light Load Member

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    I hope your plan A (and mine) is still an option. That is paying off the residual with the ton of cash you've saved. $400 per week over 3 yrs covers the residual.

    I was told SFI will finance just a portion of the residual too. Give them say half in cash, finance the other, and the weekly nut would seem like nothin' compared to before.

    Even if I managed to save it all, it would be tough to give it all up and see the bank balance afterwards.
     
  9. freightwipper

    freightwipper Road Train Member

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    I spoke to my rep on Friday, was told they would finance the full amount to be paid off in two years.
    The security deposit put up for the lease becomes your down payment at that point.

    For me it would be about $630 a week for two years and then I'd have the title.

    I would never fork over $60,000 in cash for a truck.
    Sheet happens and it's smart to have cash handy for a rainy day. I don't mind paying a little interest in effort of keeping my cash handy. That's just me though.
     
  10. drvrtech77

    drvrtech77 Road Train Member

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    Fw... personally if I were you I would just go ahead and pay that truck off because you got a good truck you know how it runs and operates and you got low miles on it you could have it paid off and still have low miles on it and run it for a few years with no payment and put back all that money and then get you another truck at that point if you wish and you pretty much have your choice of whatever you want with the money you got stashed...
     
    Opus Thanks this.
  11. freightwipper

    freightwipper Road Train Member

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    That's what the plan originally was until I broke down multiple times, now I'm sure so sure.
    If this truck becomes a constant problem I'm not going to hang onto it.
     
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