Schneider Bulk

That pretty much sums it up eh? Isn't it great? All this information. I've delivered freight a good part of my adult life, albeit in a cargo van. I thought I had a good idea of what I wanted. Thanks to the information on this board I've changed my thought process a few times. I'm saying that as a good thing. My eyes got opened to some things I hadn't considered. To all who are sharing their experiences, not just in this post but on many others too, thank you.

 

It's a different % each month.

They have diesel fired bunk-heaters inside the sleeper, so, they expect you to use that in the winter, so the allowed % of idle is lower in winter.

Because they have no APU providing A/C in summer, the allowed idle % is more during the summer months.

If you have a "heat-in-transit" load(s) , you are "exempt" for that time.

 

The only consequence of over idling is losing your bonus. Of course there are very easy ways to idle without anyone knowing. If your DBL is cool you won't even need to use tricks. But you can always idle, nobody ever got fired for it. In my case the only time my truck was off was when I was home. Bit of hyperbole but I do idle a lot.

 

Yes, I work for Schneider Bulk. You have to send in all your idle times. You have to write down the times you idled the truck, and the reason why or else you may lose your performance bonus for the quarter. The first year, you don't need to worry because if you get a sign on bonus, you won't get the quarterly bonuses as a new driver since you are getting the $1,000 quarterly bonus and then no need to report your idle times because you won't get your performance bonus, but you will get your sign on bonus every quarter. After the first year, you will have to send in your idling times or lose your performance bonus if your idling percentage is higher than normal usage.

 

I been with Schneider six months. It's OK. Just felt lied to about the pay and the milage. They said 2300 miles per week. That is not true with me. I average about 1800 in 7 days of being on the road. That's the average in 6 months and does not include days off. This milage was actual days I was out on the road. I only got the 2300 miles in a week about twice in six months.

 

Have you brought this up to your DBL?