Tankers vs dedicated

Middleagedrookie · Mar 12, 2017

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I will gladly give you all the details about going to Schneider bulk after military retirement. The training is in Houston or Coraopolis PA, it's 2 or 3 weeks long I believe it was 3. First 3 or 4 days is orientation and filling out paperwork, drug test, physical test, heart rate test, it's all easy.. Tgen they train you on air and pump unloads and you do them everyday and start going out half the day when not doing unload training doing driving tanker training with a trainer. The trainers I had training me had worked at snbc for 26 to 29 years, very good guys and patient with us. At the end you will take test on air and pump and driving and pre trip which if I remember correctly. You have a cheat sheet to use for unloading and use it, don't miss any steps while being tested. After all this u get ur gear all issued to you and they give u a rental car to go to wherever your meeting your 2 week real job on the road trainer at. I went to my home operating center of Charlotte after I went to my house for a day and half. You will go otr or a local guy trains you for these last 2 weeks then you go back to Houston or corapolus to test again.. Tgen go home couple days and then to your home OC to get a truck and your on your on. You will be glad to get ur own truck but your by yourself at this time so be sure to have some phone numbers to call for answers cause you will run into somethings your not ready for. That's just part of any new job. You can use your military time to start off being paid good. If you drove big trucks in military then every year you were active duty transfers to 1 year pay scale at Schneider. So 20 years active in a driving mos you will start pretty much maxed out on pay in guessing. I was not a driving mos in Army so they use a quarter of time. So you did 20 years active would be 5 years start out at Schneider. I started at 46 cents a mile for loaded, empty or bobtail. U get 25 dollar loading pay and 35 dollar u loading pay and 10 hr detention pay, 65 a day layover. And training pay really sux it's only 80 a day. I wish the detention pay was higher like around 20 and the layover pay was atleast 120 but it is what it is. I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot so just ask, this all I can remember right now. Hope this helps you
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Hi I'm considering the tanker training for keaseby, I live close in nj. I'm 45 and never drove a big rig before. I'm trying to decide between tanker or dry for Schneider. Figuring regional will get me home often. Your thoughts?

19d · Mar 27, 2017

Middleagedrookie said: ↑

Hi I'm considering the tanker training for keaseby, I live close in nj. I'm 45 and never drove a big rig before. I'm trying to decide between tanker or dry for Schneider. Figuring regional will get me home often. Your thoughts?
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Do tanker over dry.. u will make more.. intermodal might be something you want to look into also

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