SCHNEIDER vs SWIFT

I'd go with Walmart account and here's my reasoning. After 30 mos. experience, you can become a real Walmart driver, driving Walmart trucks, making average $110,000.00 per year.

 

As a ex Schneider intermodal driver, I would go to Walmart. Dollar general account? You mean offloading a trailer by hand? Nah I'm okay.

Schneider is a good company but out of those 3, Walmart would be easier

 

30cpm? Goodness, I’m about to start CDL school. I guess that’s what I have to look forward to lol
Gotta start somewhere.
I’m in FL and thinking I might have to start with Swift just to get some experience.
That intermodal gig you mentioned with Schneider is something I’m really interested in.

 

Swift has a much more relaxed atmosphere than Schneider.

 

If Swift & Walmart will let you pull Walmart boxes with only a few months of experience -- I say "go for it".....IF you can in fact get it.

The big advantage Schneider offers is allowing you the opportunity to learn/sample different types of freight -- but without the usual hassles of changing carriers.

If you're not sure which type(s) of freight suit you best -- spending some time over at the "Big Orange" can indeed help you solve that problem.

Intermodal can be a good gig -- or it can be an absolute nightmare.

If the railyard or shipyard you drive out of doesn't have its act together -- you will spend FAR TOO MUCH TIME WAITING: waiting for your container to be loaded onto a chassis, waiting to in-gate, waiting to out-gate, waiting for the container to be remounted on the chassis (correctly, this time)....it all quickly adds up.

Talk to drivers in that area/division -- before you take an intermodal job. Find out if the rail & or shipyards serviced get you in & out in a reasonable amount of time (or not).

-- L

 

Intermodal with Suckneider is min. 3 month exp. level now.

 

I can't honestly recommend an intermodal gig to any driver with less than about 9 months experience.

You need some real backing skills there; parking in some railyards can be pretty tight.

It's NOT a good place for rookies.

-- L

 

30 days is no experience whatsoever. I didn't know that there are companies still.paying 30 cpm. That was my entry level pay almost 16 years ago, and that was at Western Express. So clearly you aren't working there. If it were me, and I were able to make that switch so quickly, which I'm somewhat skeptical about, I'd take the Walmart gig. I'm personally not a fan of intermodal trucking, and I think it would be tough to make 98k a year running intermodal. Where are you located exactly? 1600 to 1700 weekly is a stretch for so little experience and that particular account.

 

Walmart 100%