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

They're doing away with the battery APU all the trucks now coming in since January have tripac on them

 

I've heard the crapcadias are stripped also. Gonna bust my ### and save up for a KW. If I wanted stripped, I would be a company driver!!

 

I'll put it this way I don't need no fancy truck to do my job I can make just as much money if not more than somebody with a fully loaded truck... They're pieces of equipment that do a job plain and simple

 

You been listening to the Truckers Coach.lol

 

Yep was at Millis for 14 months just finished my 10 month here...both places have been great.

Be Safe Out There


Captain Dave

 

Brother, I leased a used truck and was fortunate enough to be able to pay it off in 2 years, so I recommend it. Look, most of the real bad stuff is gonna happen in the first 100k miles or so. After that, it's just starters, brakes, clutches, and whatnot. If I were you, I'd do this......get one that's about 2-3 years old but has a TriPac. Pay on that rascal for 2 years and buy it out. After 2 years you'll know every fart, burp, and fizzle in it, and you'll know if it's good or bad. And you'll know who's driven it for the last 2 years and how he took care of it.
I've done very few things in my life that I planned out and it worked out; leasing and buying from Schneider was one of them. Ask anyone on this board if they'd like a really nice '09 Cascadia that has been babied and taken care of (almost like you owned it.....LOL), that's paid off, and there'll be few who say "heck no, I'd rather make truck payments".

Best of luck......

 

A fully loaded truck with a bunch of chicken lights and chrome don't pay the bills sorry I know some people think so but it doesn't

 

Tech, in my opinion you're right.......Whipper, as per usual.......nevermind.
The difference is between the guys who stay out a week or two, and the guys (like Whipper) who are pretty much homeless (by choice). Look, all I need is a bunk. I couldn't care less about a TV, refrigerator, personal masseuse, or a dang thing else. All I want to know is will the truck start in the morning and will it get me where I want to go. It's a tool to run a business. And all the other crap isn't gonna drop a single dime to my bottom line (except for the APU).