Schneider, Swift, or Con-Way? Which is the BEST for a new CDL Driver?

Well I actually live about 10 minutes from you in thousand oaks. I run out of Phoenix because Fontana/MiraLoma are not flatbed terminals, although that's where I park the truck when I go home. Yes swift trains new drivers for flatbed.

 

I stay out for quite a while but I'm young/single/no kids. The best area to run with swift flatbed is the eastern triangle between tx,sc,in. It's essentially dedicated freightliner/caterpillar with a steel coil to get us back to TX. And putting in for hometime takes me out of the triangle so I try not to unless I'm super burned out. However we just got a dedicated account hauling glass, running ca/az/ut/wa, so that could get you home more often... or you could just request to stay out west, like I request to stay out east...

As far as the pay scale you can find it here: http://swift.drivers-central.com/swift-transportation/driver-pay.cfm just add 1cpm for flatbed. Also tarp pay is $30, chain pay is $8 I think, additional stop pay is $15, unload pay is $10 for a few accounts, and anywhere from a 1cpm-3cpm quarterly bonus depending on rank.

 

2 years in august, phoenix orientation, training was great, glass account required 6 months exp but none of the other ones do. I will say though that if you go into this banking on a dedicated or getting home weekly then you'll probably be disappointed or unhappy. And if you do get home weekly you will find yourself complaining about the pay because you can't make any money doing that, especially with where you live.

 

i would go with Schneider That was my 2nd choice after i graduated trucking school. Ask about their " skid pad " training course ! you will learn alot if they still train new drivers on this course

here is a sample of the training

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvLb7P0Wip0

 

Schneider tanker pays a great sign on bonus. They will train you, but you have to get your hazmat/tanker endorsements first (they help reimburse). That is a job where you could be home more (mostly on weekend) and makes good money.

 

Extra endorsements can help with the money earning.