Starting Schneider National Dedicated Flex Fleet

Been quite awhile sorry for not updating much but there wasn't much to update about. I did the Schwan's reefer account from November when I got my new truck, until the end of March. I took 2 weeks off and took a vacation on the west coast at the end of January. I thought when I came back from vacation I would end up doing a different account, but they sent me back to Schwan's. I ran the Schwan's account for 6 more weeks before they decided to change me over to something else.

The Schwan's account was very easy, which made it kinda boring, sometimes I would find myself wishing I could do flatbed again just so I could be more active and physical. I missed getting out of the truck and doing stuff.. well I have to be careful what I wish for lmao. At the end of March they switched me over to Home Depot Site Delivery in Kentucky, and I've been running it since then. It's the same deal that I did in Minnesota and Pittsburgh, but now I'm doing it in the Lexington and Louisville area of Kentucky. It's not quite as bad in terms of locations as Pittsburgh was, but it's still not as easy as Minnesota was. The people here are Different as well. It's interesting how the attitudes of people change from one place to another. There is a daycab that I could use for this account, but I've been managing just fine with my Sleeper and the 36 foot trailers. Having the sleeper is handy because if I want to I can decide to end my shift and spend the night at a truck stop instead of going to the Home Depot first to switch trucks. Since I run between Louisville and Lexington there are a couple truck stops between them on I-64 that I can stay at, there are also a couple pilots north of Lexington in Georgetown that I've been using as my main source for fuel and a shower.

The rural parts of Kentucky have a lot of 10 foot wide one lane roads and I seem to always find myself on those roads. Also a lot of dead end roads and places where the only way out is to back out the way you came, sometimes for half a mile or more. I've come to learn that this is just how the Home Depot account is run. In any other account or situation you might run at Schneider, you would get fired for doing the things that you have to do on the Home Depot account lmao. Parking on the shoulder, parking in the middle of a street, driving in residential neighborhoods, driving offroad, backing across a roadway, etc. Goes against everything we were taught but this account would cease to exist if we didn't do these things.

But anyway, they seem to be very shorthanded around here so I am doing a LOT of work. Back to the 6 day work week and 34 hour resets that are exactly 34 hours lmao. Now I'm missing doing the boring reefer account again.
Next week I'm taking off work for 10 days, hoping that when I come back from time off that I'm on an account that is a little less stressful. Home Depot is gonna burn me out if I have to do it all summer lol.

Anyway, stay safe out there!