Profile For Larry T.

The Democrats should have learned from Hillary. If Biden would have bowed out sooner to allow them to choose a decent candidate instead they let Kamala hijack the nomination. Go extreme with the transgender crap, and you just harden the Hispanic vote for Trump and bring over some of the younger black vote.

I got called in. I guess being new it takes a while to get a months worth of data. They use drive smart and I have a score of 355 where I'm told 50 is good.

I had 3 new videos from last week. All being cut off and me not reducing my following distance. I flashed my high beams in 2 of those and my boss said he won't make a note of those. lol.

I talked to one guy who says he just slams on his brakes when cut off.

We just had a guy get fired after his first property damage accident. He had been with the company for 5 months and was doing a route with a straight truck and took off half of his roof going into a small hospital.

Boss couldn't talk about it but used my high score to explain if you have problems with that there can be no forgivable 1 accident.

Considering you worked the warehouse I'm going to venture a guess it s due to your driving and backing. Then again having pulled DG trailers/unloaded for 3 years, half of them were loaded by zoo animals so who knows.

Janesville and Blair got rid of their 5k signing bonus last year, $95-$100k has recently been replaced with $92k, they want at least a year of experience and just implemented a 200 max mile radius living to one of those DC's. Not sure what's going on in the Midwest but them seem to be tightening up their hiring.

I was with Schneider as a rookie on the DG account for 3 years and quit in August. For starters it will take a few months before you get in a groove. So you'd be making a lot less during those months.

It amazes me how anyone would want to take on a Dollar account. I was one of the lucky ones who survived and made $105k my rookie year. But with Schneider going to a new pay structure in late 2022. You can't recap and do all your unloading off duty like I did to make that money.

Been at swift for 4 months and want to leave for Schneider dollar general account until I go for tanker. Didn’t want to go from one mega to another , would this be an ok move?

They use Ryder tractor rentals. It s more of a crapshoot inward facing camera setup. Going over bumps triggers it. In theory you can tailgate and speed however youre rolling the dice if a bump or something triggers it while following to closely.

Already had my first coaching session. Back to back days of following too closely. It was second nature with Schneider and not considered a critical event. That beep warning was just a usual noise for me. lol. I guess that's not an inward facing AI issue. lol.

Been at new company for 5 weeks. It does make you change your bad habits. Being local I know the roads well, but it takes a while to make yourself not touch your phone(while in craddle). Pretty annoying to see that blue light blink when you go over big bumps, etc.

I've been told my boss loves to do (coaching sessions). Still hate the fact it seems their getting tons of clips with their settings. I scratch my face a lot. That fricken light loves to go off.

You only go out for 5 days on the road with a trainer with Schneider. You do go to their academy for 2 weeks where you get some backing practice on their pad and some driving.

I started with Schneider but it sounds like Swift is the no brainer choice for you.

I just passed my CDL road exam earlier today. I owe credit where it’s due to the folks here who gave me some great advice in another topic I posted last week. I really appreciate you all.

I'm now looking to get started with a mega carrier and kick off my new career ASAP. I'll be going OTR and earning my spurs, so to speak, for the better part of the next year. I've already been in touch with Swift and Schneider about driving for them. I was wondering if you guys/gals have any recommendations between these two companies, or are they pretty much the same?

Pay and steady loads are important to me, of course, but so is a thorough new driver training program. Swift offered me more CPM starting out, but I keep reading that Schneider has an amazing training program.

They showed some videos at orientation. Several where a vehicle jumped over to the left with stopped traffic in right lane and the trucker hit them. I didn't follow or understand when I asked how does having a inward facing camera help in a court of law/lawsuit.

To me the outward facing cameras are enough.

Find a warehouse job. You shouldn't be driving a commercial vehicle.

I get my clearinghouse ran every 4 months. I would assume any decent carrier runs mvr s while youre employed also to catch people like you who dont report personal vehicle accidents, tickets, etc.