Thinking about leasing from Prime or Schneider

Others seem to be successful with what Schneider offers and their offering seems to fit my need. Same with Roehl. Have you driven with Schneider?

 

I hear the new lease deal is $750 a week for 48 months with a $55K ish residential.

No owner supplied trucks have to be sfi supplied

 

How much time would you have to spend out working to cover all business expenses for the whole month?

 

I would stay far away from Prime right now. I don't believe they're hiring at the same rate as people are quitting and I mean people are jumping ship fast with the implementation of the driver facing cameras.

 

I would only go work with prime on a straight lease since I’m working 8 months out of the year. I’ll work for 8 months and then I’ll turn in the truck. Then come back in 4-5 months and do the same or go with another company. I like that kind of flexibility.

 

If I already have a cdl but with 0 experience, can I start right away as a 1099 contractor? I’d like to do a straight lease with all income going to my LLC even during any kind of training.

 

Take what I'm saying with a grain of salt because it's been a while since I went through their process. I was a rehire with 5 years OTR experience so, I did the orientation (paperwork and online ########), DOT physical (they don't care how recent yours is you are getting another one), and classroom simulation safety class (driving a truck in a real simulator). Was put on the list for a truck after the simulator class. Since you don't have experience, you would definitely do time with a trainer. I've heard different numbers being thrown around when it comes to miles, 50k miles...40k miles. I'd just call a recruiter and ask but, Prime isn't going to hand someone keys to a brand-new truck who has zero experience.

 

This. By "right away" I meant after the initial training period if you don't have any experience. The number of miles required does indeed change, when I went through I already had my CDL and it was 40k miles. But once you upgrade you can absolutely go lease.

I normally wouldn't recommend going lease right away without first getting some company experience, but some guys have made it work.

 

I actually spoke with a prime recruiter and was told that one can start as a lease operator right away. As long as you’re willing to pay for the lease that is.

 

I'd specifically clarify if that's for new CDL holders with no experience because I highly doubt it but then again Prime isn't what it once was so who knows who's doing what over there.