Tankers the Schneider way

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  1. Twicebit

    Twicebit Light Load Member

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    Now wait a minute there, southpaw, you know the Aflac duck works out! If he can do it, so can someone with chicken wings, dude! :biggrin_25519:
     
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    Twicebit, your numbers were wrong I run three Weeks out and take four, not three, days at the house.
     
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    Is that 4 full 24 hour days or do you count the days you arrive home and leave home. Say you deliver close to the house at 5 AM on Friday and arrive home at 8 AM. Would Schneider count that Friday as a day home even though you worked that morning? I don't consider it a home day in my numbers unless I wake up in my bed and go to sleep in my bed. 34 hours is not a weekend off in my book.
     
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    Yes full days.
    Schneider doesnt count your arrival or departure day as an off day. Park on Friday leave Wednesday morning.
    Most of the time if I am scheduled home on Friday I actually get home Thursday night with Friday still not counting.
     
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    I like that pic of the FL Century and the shiny bullet you've got there, ethos! Even though its not a pic of your new Cascadia, still, it makes me yearn for gettin this show on the road!
     
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    Once of the best conversations I had read in a long time! I love when Drivers can talk about their respective companies pros and cons with maturity and respect. Well done,Gentlemen!
     
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    That is good. We don't actually have a rule for days off. Its more a policy of dispatching you towards your home terminal with a goal of home weekly. Once you get home they ask when you want to go back out. During slow freight times you get more time at home...sometimes more than you want. They will dispatch a driver from another terminal over one at home to avoid layover pay. Anytime we sit over 14 hours away from home we go on the clock. That is $146 per day guaranteed when you are away from home. It protects your income during the slow seasons.
     
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    wsyrob, if a driver just wants to stay out and run, bypassing the goal of "home weekly", is Superior good with that, long term, as long as there's plenty of work?

    And is there usually plenty of work?

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    If the loads are there its no problem. You can ask the dispatcher not to route you back home. Tanker work has peaks and valleys though. When freight gets scarce they will deadhead you back home rather than let you float around the system where they have to pay layover. During the recession in 2008 that happened a lot. The positive side of that is they don't make you sit in a truck stop unpaid waiting for a load when its slow. You might sit at home unpaid though. 1st and 4th quarter has been my slowest the past 4 years with the exception of this year when 1st quarter was my second best ever.
     
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    Here is the real deal. I pull tin cans. I'm good at it. Slow is the key. I ride the tide. Tankers never get scaled. 475 degrees, the chickens don't want to inspect me. It's all about love. (stick your head in there) Ha Ha, Kids do that. I told you. :)
     
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