Is Schneider Trucking A Good Or Bad Company To Start Working For After Truck School?
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I have to choose between Schneider, May, Swift, Werner. I have a hazmat endorsement and TWIC card. What would be my best choice and why?
That is only a decision that you can make. We don't know what your home life is like or what kind of personality that you have or how you react to being away from home. Everyone is different.
First you have to examine yourself closely. Then you have to ask yourself what it is you want out of trucking. Even if you don't know what's available you have to know what you want before you can even look down the road. Sure there will be some compromising that will need to be done because no company is prefect.
Do you want more hometime or do you want to make more money? Very hard to do both right out of the gate. Do you want longer training or shorter training.
The point is trucking has a truckload of options you can choose but you have to know what you want first. Whatever you want there will be a company that is the right fit for you with in reason but you have to know what you want first.
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
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.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
I want to drive hazmat tankers, with heating oil or fuel. This is my 1st priority goal, but I will haul dry hazmat also if I can't get into tankers. Is it true, that when your a new driver, company's don't like rookies to start with tankers. Is this the truth?
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
I want to drive hazmat tankers, with heating oil or fuel. This is my 1st priority goal, but I will haul dry hazmat also if I can't get into tankers. Is it true, that when your a new driver, company's don't like rookies to start with tankers. Is this the truth?
No. It's not true. You can start with Schneider driving tankers out of school and train in them.
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
Have you ever driven tankers and did you like them. If you deliver fuel to gas stations, do they get paid well.
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I have to choose between Schneider, May, Swift, Werner. I have a hazmat endorsement and TWIC card. What would be my best choice and why?
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
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.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.