Schneider
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by killie11, Jun 26, 2008.
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Can you tell I get tired of people who give up after something doesn't work right the first time???Last edited: Jul 1, 2008
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the hail with it.
And/or
Do not do today, what you can
put off 'till tomorrow.
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So here is California DMV commerical license information:
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/dl/dl_info.htm#CDL
Happy reading....lol....AfterShock Thanks this. -
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How could you forget US?!
I'm crushed.
Consider your options carefully if heat will be an issue.
But, if I were you, I'd be tempted to give 'er a try runnin' the mid-west and south-west.
Maybe Florida.
You might be surprised at the difference.
I live in SoCal --- where the heat is "DRY".
It's in the high 90's here today, and it ain't bad to be in --- but not sleepin' in a VERY hot Big truck interior.
And it might be prudent at this time to seek companies with clean burning engines with no legal idling restrictions -- but the company probably will.
Good to know that info up front.
And if you had the choice of running for a company which let you idle WHEN NECESSARY, no problem, -- to remain comfortable,
or another company that paid a few cents a mile more, but strict no idling rules -- and the miles were equal -- which would you pick?
It sure did for me.
I went from dreading backing -- even straight in --- to hearing other Big truck truck drivers sayin'
How we gonna doo dat?!
and answerin' with "Let me show y'all".
It's twue!
It's twue!
Thanx for askin' (us).
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where's 'e gonna find a "good rider"?
HuH?
WhAT?
OH!
You mean his WIFE!
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I guess for some reason the war didn't come to the top of the heap when I started thinkin about the military. Ya gotta pick a noncombat mos! And ya gotta pick a support mos that isn't needed overseas!
well anyway, I guess I didn't have the right answer.
About schneider.. lemme tell ya about their idle...
I don't have exact numbers, but I can get them if you need them. I quit over idle... because I did not have a bunk heater and they kept dispatching me to the northeast. Well there are no idle laws up there. Even if I had chosen to ignore those laws, I was told by my dispatcher to lower my idle or it would become a termination issue. Remember I had no bunk heater, miles were low, and I'm in the cold northeast. My idle time was 40%.
You know what she told me to do about it? Get a sleepingbag. I have one! I have TWO! That don't mean a dang thing when it is time to get up in the morning. That don't mean a dang thing when you get sinus pain from breathing the cold air all night. That don't mean a dang thing when you go to bed with your hair wet after a shower.
Yea, to some it was petty. But I'm a human being. And it's time that the days of being treated like less than a convict are over.
(thats another thread altogether)
so, yea, I don't like their idle. but that was just my experience.AfterShock, Lurchgs and thestoryteller Thank this. -
Besides, I liked the bonus in pay for keeping my idle time at a minimum.
Just a game I learned how to play.
One way I played the game was to become a trainee trainer, and entitled to a motel every night because we didn't have double bunks, ....... yet.
And I learned even more by doing that.
Then to a local, dedicated gig with NO idle restrictions.
And I learned the "local" life wasn't for me.
But, ................
I think the no and/or reduced idling is a BIG issue with the companies AND drivers, and has only just begun.
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Oh was just looking does us xpress do their own traning?Last edited: Jul 3, 2008
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