Starting Orientation With Schneider National

I passed Thursday and my wife passed on Friday. We have the keys to the truck and will take it on a spin tomorrow. We spent the afternoon getting it loaded up and checked out. We topped off all the fluids, oil, and fuel and are ready for our first load. We will find out in the morning what it will be. We ce!ebrated by going to an all you can eat lobster, shrimp, salmon, and ribs buffet Hope we can sleep tonight. I left the computer in the truck so we will post pics tomorrow.

Tennessee, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, next we go o California. America is such a beautiful country. Really enjoying this.

Hello all, My name is Rodrick AKA Trucker Rod lol. I will be working for Schneider Bulk division. I'm Retired Army, drive trucks for over 5yrs. Never five Tankers before, but I'm excited to learn. I start trading in Pittsburgh, PA on 8 June. What can I expect there? Is it true you have to be clean shaven? Is the training great? Would like to know everything there is to know about dubbing a tanker, thanks again.

I have been to the Houston OC which is a tanking center for Schneider but don't know much about the division.

Is anyone reading this? Shall I continue?

Write it out, Richard. I've found that many read these diaries but do not post. The day-to-day reporting helps other newbies. And believe me, writing down your own thoughts will help you with your learning and memory.

hi im new here , and like to here stories about new jobs and how thy are going keep it up. steve

Hi im new here. thinking about schools ect jobs ect , love this site. an blogs about new drivers and there new jobs. a lot of trucking co out there. im likin what i here about schineider . any other good co, to work for, otr

Wow, I'm fresh from school and that run is quite a sobering thought. I leave this Sunday for training/ orientation. I notice too that these posts are a couple of years old. I already have my "x" endorsements (tanker and hazmat) in GA right out of school. We'll let's see how this goes.

It has been a fun and fast paced 2 days. My first delivery was to deliver a load of aircraft de-icing fluid to NYC. Are you kidding? NYC on my very first run. Not so bad if you have a navigator riding shotgun. I have seen people do incredibly stupid things to pass a big rig. Afterwards we dropped our trailer at our OC in Keasbey, NJ and spent the night there.

Day two was a lot calmer. We picked up a loaded trailer at the OC and dropped it at a tank wash in Cincinnati. Someone else will pick it up and deliver it at a later date. I drove almost all of my 11 hours then my trainer took over to get us to a truck stop just north of Louisville. We have a pickup appointment for 08:00 Monday so we are spending the day at the truck stop. Movie day. My first day off in over two weeks. A day off will be nice but I am ready to see home.

My trainer has been driving for 8 years and we get along great. He has been giving me tips on how to get the most out of trucking. He runs hard when he is working. He uses all of his available hours and only stops when required by law, for fuel and to eat. He told me from the beginning to eat fast.