Running With Schneider!

Discussion in 'Schneider' started by atruckr, Oct 26, 2011.

  1. atruckr

    atruckr Road Train Member

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    Thank you Jasbss! Yes I would understand that! Raising 4 little ones that is a totally different game. Money is there to be made it is managing how it get shifted around that can get tricky. I usually make checks around $1700 and every other week the occasional $1900 or $2000. Have to pay taxes out of that and save some reserves, so I look at as making about $1200 to $1300 a week. I have another thing i'm doing this week as well to help manage my time off and weeks that may come up short. Going to start paying an extra $75.00 a week on my truck payment so when I want extended time off (cruse to Alaska or the Bahamas :biggrin_255:) I can ask for a bi-week and won't have to pay the truck for that week. For me that seems like a good management idea so need to get that done. Plus on a week like I just had... won't have to pay a late fee!
     
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  3. atruckr

    atruckr Road Train Member

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    Sounds good! Tell him to look us up when he gets rolling!
     
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    atruckr Road Train Member

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    Congrats! Let me know if you get out here in the West I will probably be bouncing around out here for a while.
     
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    Dna Mach Road Train Member

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    Buck in C/S has been with Schneider for years. He used to be a driver way back in the day. Saved my day a half a dozen times or so years ago when I drove for Schneider.
     
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  6. moosc

    moosc Road Train Member

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    What's to worry? You have a $1000 truck payment $1000 fuel or more a week. And SNI fuel payments are whacked. What I mean u get fuel Mon thinking it'll b on Fri check but really its on the Fri after that one. You really have to work to pay for that new truck.


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  7. Jasbss

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    Anything worth having is going to take hard work. The key is saving the right way. To be a successful o/o you really do need to create a sizable cushion. But that's just my opinion. :biggrin_25525:
     
  8. moosc

    moosc Road Train Member

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    As a company lease driver you will never be successful owner operator its not in the cards. To be successful u need to buy your own truck stick with truck for a long time. They only way to b successful is no truck payments or more reasonable payments.


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  9. Jasbss

    Jasbss Bobtail Member

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    I have heard so many success stories with the choice program with and without a company lease. Some of the stories I've heard that were not favorable were mostly because the driver got the bad luck of the draw on a truck that needed maintenance all the time. Which of course starts you out in the hole! :( But I do appreciate your insight and opinion. :)
     
  10. atruckr

    atruckr Road Train Member

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    What are you talking about! The fuel cut off is Tues at about 4am all you have to do is plan for it. If you buy fuel between Tues thru Monday it always comes through on that following Friday.

    This is what I do.. When I get close to the end of our pay period like Friday -Monday just calculate how many miles i'm going to drive through Tues morning and only buy the fuel I need to finish off that week. Then when Tues morning comes around fill my tanks and do it all over again. That way you get your full potential pay check every week.

    This really isn't that hard! Just do your work, be safe, respect others and maintain integrity.
     
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    moosc Road Train Member

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    Fuel use to b noon on mondays.


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