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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.

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  1. Jun 29, 2016 #7661
    Scott72

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    You should be compensated for losing loads and precious time to repair their equipment. More drivers would do the right thing then.
     
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  3. Jun 29, 2016 #7662
    freightwipper

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    Well then again you'd have lazy bum drivers damaging equipment so they can eat pizza, sit back and collect easy money while repairs are made.
     
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  4. Jun 29, 2016 #7663
    drvrtech77

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    Better yet...when a driver has to repair an obvious defect that previous driver easily could've seen then pay the driver down time and the $$ that is paid deduct from the fool who dropped it like that... I'm talking like landing gear pcs missing and tires that are obviously in dot violation... That would cut that out really quick..
     
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  5. Jun 29, 2016 #7664
    freightwipper

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    Sounds awesome!

    Wait... what if a driver damages equipment on purpose and then trys to get it blamed on the previous driver?
     
    freightwipper, Jun 29, 2016
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  7. Jun 29, 2016 #7665
    freightwipper

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    If I can do things over again I should have done a one year lease on a Crapcadia and then went to lonemountain to get a Kenworth.
    Going through Schneider to buy the similar truck is going is cost me an extra $21,000 over the full term :eek:

    Oh well
     
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  8. Jun 29, 2016 #7666
    oicu812

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    At least you're a young man, you have time to buy several trucks before it's all over. Mine will be for sale in a few years, well several years... never mind.
     
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  9. Jun 30, 2016 #7667
    RootHog

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    If I owned a company, it wouldn't be pulling trailers in the condition that yours is in, period.

    It's now all drivers, I have taken trailers into the shops at our yards for tires that were total crap, and they let them roll. The company has tons of ability to pay better attention to these trailers, they choose not to.
     
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  10. Jun 30, 2016 #7668
    CaptainDaveG

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    FW yes it may be 21k but I have heard SFI will work with any driver in good standing if truck is down and payments backup Lone Mountain would repo you. I know an IC who was out 3 month because of a heart problem SFI redid lease and moved all the payment back...Yes there is a price for that is it worth 21k idk... If you had 60k left after 3 couldn't you just go to a bank and get a monthly payment for less? Or paid extra over the 36 months?

    Be Safe Out There


    Captain Dave
     
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  11. Jun 30, 2016 #7669
    freightwipper

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    This is true, they somewhat are in the process of redoing mine. The two weeks I was broke down they are adding those weeks onto the end of the lease.
    So the breakdown wasnt totally all money out the window.

    I'm paying like $120,000 for 3 years just for the lease. Buy out is $59,000 (after double security deposit return).. with interest over two years through Schneider it comes to around $66,000. So like 10%
    Don't think i could do much better than that (as far as interest) for a used truck.

    Over 5 years that means I would have paid roughly $191,000 for a truck :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
     
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  12. Jun 30, 2016 #7670
    CaptainDaveG

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    FW,
    Remember that's all tax deductions...100%. I know once I switch over to my new Volvo in Oct I am going to continue to pay an extra 300.00 per week so at the end of 3 it's real close to being paid for. The big payments get old fast.

    Be Safe Out There

    Captain Dave
     
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