Jb Hunt Or Schneider

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Eric g's Comment
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I'd like to get some experiences if I may. I'm currently about to move back up to New England from the southwest. Jb Hunt offered me a daycab spot out of Brattleboro VT but I'm also looking at doing regional for Schneider until their intermodal near my house opens back up. I'm not sure which option would be best, I know the Jb account has been open for over a year which kinda says something. How is the home time with Schneider? The regional says home weekly, but who knows. This decision is beyond stressing me out, not sure what to do at this point. I've read every single review possible.

Regional:

Regional Route

Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.

Intermodal:

Transporting freight using two or more transportation modes. An example would be freight that is moved by truck from the shipper's dock to the rail yard, then placed on a train to the next rail yard, and finally returned to a truck for delivery to the receiving customer.

In trucking when you hear someone refer to an intermodal job they're normally talking about hauling shipping containers to and from the shipyards and railyards.

Kevin H.'s Comment
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I do ne regional for Schneider and they get me home on time every week, with like 2 exceptions in the 7 months i've been doing it. And one of those was my fault for not watching my 70 hour clock.

Regional:

Regional Route

Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.

HOS:

Hours Of Service

HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Eric g's Comment
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How many days do you get at home weekly 1?

I do ne regional for Schneider and they get me home on time every week, with like 2 exceptions in the 7 months i've been doing it. And one of those was my fault for not watching my 70 hour clock.

Regional:

Regional Route

Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.

HOS:

Hours Of Service

HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Biscuit's Comment
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I drive dedicated for SNI out west I'm home Friday and leave Monday night. JB was talking about only being home long enough for the 34 so it was an easy pick for me. My .02

Kevin H.'s Comment
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How many days do you get at home weekly 1?

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I do ne regional for Schneider and they get me home on time every week, with like 2 exceptions in the 7 months i've been doing it. And one of those was my fault for not watching my 70 hour clock.

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They say 34 hours, like maybe you get home Friday afternoon then start out on Sunday morning. I've always gotten a little longer than that, but it's pretty much one day off per week.

Regional:

Regional Route

Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.

HOS:

Hours Of Service

HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Kevin H.'s Comment
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...but like Biscuit says, that's ne regional , there may be other positions that vary on home time, depending on where you live. My $0.02, if you do go with Schneider I would try to avoid being assigned one of their 'lightweight solutions' trucks (which they also call 'heavy haul'). If you sign up for ne regional they may try to switch you over by telling you that's the only truck available.

Regional:

Regional Route

Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.

Eric g's Comment
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I was actually interested in the lightweight one lol, what's the deal with that one?

...but like Biscuit says, that's ne regional , there may be other positions that vary on home time, depending on where you live. My $0.02, if you do go with Schneider I would try to avoid being assigned one of their 'lightweight solutions' trucks (which they also call 'heavy haul'). If you sign up for ne regional they may try to switch you over by telling you that's the only truck available.

Regional:

Regional Route

Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.

Kevin H.'s Comment
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Oh, well, if you've compared that with ne regional and you think you want the lightweight one, then that's up to you. It's just not quite as nice as truck with a short sleeper (has only a bunk in the back that is right up against the driver's seat) and you don't get paid any extra for that, or at least I don't, maybe it's changed.

But otherwise it's very similar to ne regional, except that you will go to Maine for bottled water once or twice a week. I'm wondering, did the recruiter tell you what they're paying now? You don't have to share it if you'd rather not, i'm just curious if it's changed since January when I started.

Regional:

Regional Route

Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.

TWIC:

Transportation Worker Identification Credential

Truck drivers who regularly pick up from or deliver to the shipping ports will often be required to carry a TWIC card.

Your TWIC is a tamper-resistant biometric card which acts as both your identification in secure areas, as well as an indicator of you having passed the necessary security clearance. TWIC cards are valid for five years. The issuance of TWIC cards is overseen by the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.

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