They have Freightliner trucks. At the beginning, they give new drivers the oldest trucks
of which you will be driving a 4 or 5 year old truck. I talked to another Schneider tanker
driver who is across country driver and he tracks all his miles in a notebook.
He is leaving Schneider too because he also told me his average miles is 1700 a week.
I told him, that is exactly same as my miles and was strange he mentioned that to me.
I once got a run to Arizona and Salt Lake City and Montana. But those hauls out West
are few. You would be lucky to go West of Nebraska.
Schneider Tanker drivers: How do you like pulling tankers for them?
Discussion in 'Tanker, Bulk and Dump Trucking Forum' started by Timinator351P, Feb 5, 2015.
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i stayed out between 3-4 weeks, mostly 3 weeks - just enough to get my six days off and have my time off cover a whole weekend (ie, off tues thru sun).
more than anything, you have to learn how to get paid for extras -- layover, detention, etc at Schneider. They're not going to tell you what you get paid extra for, and how to get paid for it. Talk to other drivers and ask your DBL.
i liked my time at Schneider and made the best of it, but it was very frustrating at first. You just gotta push thru that and be patient. November/December was very slow in my exp, which was a huge part of my frustration (I went out in my own truck right before that slow time right after I started).
like ethos said, get a year in and don't crash. Try to keep a positive attitude,, you'll get PO'd sometimes, but don't just get mad and walk. You'll be happy you hung in ther when you see what's available after you get a year. Two years is even better (you'd probably be a shoe-in at the best companies) but one year will do for a nice upgrade. -
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What do you call it then? Spending 3 or 4 hours unloading sure seems a lot like working to me.
ethos Thanks this. -
If your're ONLY paid to drive (and most of us are) then one has to work for free while unloading, but its life, Nothing I can do about it.
But Schneider does pay you to pump if you have to pump
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