Based on my experience we generally get a better choice because we can plan ahead and pick our loads in advance. The reality is, first come first serve! you will here rumors from company drivers that we get all the good loads and rumors from the IC guys that they save the good loads for the company drivers, but it just isn't true. On occasion we might loose a load to a company driver cause someone screws up. I know this cause over the last year when problems arise with my shipments I always ask why, their answers are always pretty much consistent with this. Sometimes we loose loads to other carriers as well. Just depends on if SNI has contract with the shipper or if it is just a load sitting on the public load board. Not every load on SNI board is theirs, at least the live load ones are not always theirs until it is assigned to one of us and picked up.. To answer your question no I don't think it works like that. Sometimes some of the best loads come on the board last minute like the same day they need to be picked up those will generally go to company i believe because we (IC's) have already picked our loads.
We'll probably never know the truth to this one, company drivers say I/C's steal the loads, I/C's say company drivers steal the loads, honestly, remember we're talking about Schneider here so I imagine its all just one giant free-for all mess.
Also I might add, what is scrape for a company driver might be lined with gold for us IC's cause we don't get paid by mile. we get paid by the load. Few weeks ago I took two loads of paper in one day total miles was about 190 miles including deadhead. That would be crap for company driver besides that fact they were heavy. But for me I grossed $765 bucks in one day plus used less fuel than normal day. Ca Ching! If I had to do those same loads as company driver it would drive me nuts..
Its funny you say that, I remember getting sent to pick up the same pallet load from Petersburg VA to Williamsburg VA that I ran the other day, back when I was a company driver. It ended up being cancelled, but man I was ready to call my DBL and ask her why the heck I was getting stuck doing a 75 mile run. Now as an IC when I see I can make over $300 for driving 75 miles, I was all over it lol.
This is true! LOL.. we got DBL's, Customer service, planners, box planners, dedicated account loads going the board that are not suppose to, IC's and who knows who else shuffling things around on that board.
Ha!! that is one of loads I took... paid like $360 and then grabbed load from NC back to Virgina for like $405.. yep totally different now!
Made it to my delivery point! Vero Beach FL AHHHH! Summer time living is easy! Now the hard part! Getting the hell out of here! Everywhere I look there is a snow storm coming in, saw good paying load to NH but just not feeling it at the moment. I'm going wait til tomorrow and see if anything else pops up on the board.
Took some patience but found my desired route for my next loads. Grabbing a cheapy load out of Florida going to Mobile Alabama, Then up to Tennessee, over into Mississippi where I will grab a really nice load 9800LBs going to AZ. When all said and done, not making a killing here but it won't be to bad either. Plus staying out of the snow and getting myself back to west was the ultimate plan! Keeping the wheels turning!
Nice!! Sounds like a pretty easy trip from one end to the other all things considered. Itching to try that myself, just going the opposite direction, lol. Every once in a while I see loads pop up from SC that run literally all the way to CA, , lightweight, and paid good enough to run it just to say I did it. Would be a fun one to try.
Yes I think have seen those loads out of SC and NC going Cali. Haven't taken one yet but was looking for them last few days..lol. Basically been doing this (coast to coast thing) the last 6 weeks or so. Haven't always gone all the way East every time. Couple times only got as far as Indy before catching a load back but it's been paying off well. I can tell you this! it's a lot easier getting back East from Cali than going to Cali from the east. But lately I've been finding ways. It's a bit tougher tho trying stay south and still go back and forth. You might like if you get a chance to take one. Have more time to get things done along the way and just drive, less traffic wide open roads etc.. Easy Money!
