THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE - DFO gets a truck and hops on Schneider's IC Choice Program

^^ Think we could make it do wheelies?? LOL

Popped the hood on the truck today just to have a look at things before I head out tomorrow. Oil fill cap is missing. Good job, Freightliner, way to make me feel good about the service you performed on my truck. What out parts and pieces might I just find lying around?? This is why I _hate_ other people working on my stuff.

 

You can make the payments from your checking account if you want - its a one-off thing though, you'll have to get with your ICA each time you want to have this done. Or, your payment will just be deducted from your future paychecks (meaning that depending on how long you are down, you may have some $0 paychecks) until you "catch up" again.

I'm happy with it so far. My total payment is $1074/week including insurance, truck, plates, everything. You can still bring home a nice paycheck with this payment. In the future once I have some history I can show the bank that I have been making these payments to Schneider, I may see about getting a loan through them to finish paying off the truck, that would hopefully result in a much lower payment, but we'll see. Still a ways to go.

I run by home a lot. No problems there. Depends on you're area though as to if it'll be worth it or not $$$ wise. Nobody bothers me. Same "Schneider issues" still exist (finding empty trailers, support shift, etc).

I think they want a minimum of 6 months before you can apply for Choice. Have a look at what dedicated account options are available in your area - many of the dedicated drivers on here seem pretty happy, that might be the way to go in the meantime.

Anyway, off to Freightliner...

 

Gotta spend money to make money. Trucks don't roll for free. Labor rates at shops are over $100/hour. Stuff wears, stuff breaks, and you better be ready for it when it does!! Even after I've finished purchasing the truck, I won't stop contributing to my own maintenance account (not Schneider's required one, which by the way any money in that account comes back to you when you end your lease, finish purchasing the truck, etc) until I have probably 30-35k in it. Big trucks cost big bucks.

Had to edit this because I realized I never answered your question, lol. Yes, it is weekly.

I'm taking my 30m break now, gonna either make just inside Ohio tonight or maybe stop in WV. Just gonna see how I feel. I got sent on a trailer search that only went 17 MILES!! from home and when I got there there were 2 (TWO!!) trailers to choose from. That seemed way to easy, lol. Then I headed to my pickup, easy 15m drop and hook and away I went.