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Ode 2 Squatchy
Добавлен 24 мар 2023
just a place to post my rookie trucking adventure!
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Week 5: Flatbed Rookie Dumbass (Got The Flu, Election) CA-TX, TX-CA
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week 5
Week 4: Flatbed Rookie Dumbass (Tight Backing, One Month Pay, Repower Load Home) CA-NM, NM-CA.
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week 4
Week 3: Flatbed Rookie Dumbass (Wyoming Fog, Better Securment, Phoenix is still 90) IL-NV, NV-AZ
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Week 3: Flatbed Rookie Dumbass (Wyoming Fog, Better Securment, Phoenix is still 90) IL-NV, NV-AZ
Week 2: Flatbed Rookie Dumbass (WV MTS, Old School Trucker, Canada Tarps) VA-OH, ON-IL
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week 2
Week 1: Flatbed Rookie Dumbass (Training, My First Load, Snap Load) CA-VA
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week 1 Melt Orientation videos: ruclips.net/video/94-pGAFyrew/видео.html ruclips.net/video/26hI7qfDJ4g/видео.html
Schneider Western OTR: My Overall Experience (Training,Pay, Home Time, Miles, Why I Quit)
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my time with schneider trucking.
New sub, also that's crazy you can't wear headsets that's ridiculous
@@dukedaman9705 it was a big don’t ask don’t tell policy. Almost all driver had them that I had seen
Hm are the bonuses
how far back did DOT look at your logs?
@@CarryMePlz2239 8 days
any more relays with Melton? I had one the other day that took me 5 hours to complete (all local, only a few miles). How is Melton about the fitness thing? I think the recruiter told us the company pays for your gym membership. If drivers are able to take advantage of gyms, they are lucky!
@@CarryMePlz2239 literally just got a relay today🥲 I have been lucky not getting many. But it’s close to the holidays so I get it. Relays for flatbed are 1000x worse than dry van relays imo. But I get to take there load and it’s going to PA so that’s cool
If im flown out abd finish the course how will my living situation work im new to trucking
Like say I finish up their entire course and I get a job wherever I end up will they provide a spot to kick it until I can get my own apt
Great content driver. Keep it up. And keep it positive. The drivers that don't make it dont have the patience to do their time. The money will come worh experience. First week at the Pumpkin co..all is going okay so far. Just the usual new job learning curve.
are you regular OTR or dedicated?
@@nyausyaoc7207 good luck man you’ll do good. Just pay attention and don’t hit anything and you’ll be good!
@@CarryMePlz2239 OTR
@CarryMePlz2239 need to wait 3 months then apply for Dedicated.
Did you get any RELAYS?? 🤣I had to ask for a day off this week to get some paperwork done. I sure hope that doesn't mean nonstop relays for me. I've been hearing a few complaints around here about OTR, people not getting miles. Glad I switched to dedicated
@@CarryMePlz2239 NO RELAYS! 🥹
I always take 130 to go around Austin. Kinda sucks to go 30 miles EAST of San Antonio to get it but better than sitting hours in road construction
@@CarryMePlz2239 I swear my trailer was inches from those concrete barriers on the shoulder 🤣 I was sweating. It was wild 35 was pretty busy all the way to to Fort Worth. I thought it would die down after Austin, but nope still 3-4 lane highways all through Waco
@@Ode2squatchyy Yep! 130 is relaxing because of few cars and trucks, but once it merges into 35, the relaxing is over 🤣
Nice brother , good to see new truckers on the road 💪🏻🔥
Yeah it’s a great starter company. I stayed 18 months my first year OTR out of Charlotte OC after my first year I went dedicated 68 cpm + 2 extra cents. It was for Joann’s NE DMV I actually enjoyed doing dedicated. It’s good to get that yr under your belt then you can move to another account. Dedicated really help perfect my parking which is very important!
Where in California do you live? I live in ca and do local work.
ventura county
Does Schnieder let you take part of your pay as per diem to save on taxes?
@@grimmtruth I don’t think they have that when I was there. Melton does though
Yes they do, unless you do local or California drivers
Wait til you have around 5 people , all trying to give you directions at the same time!
@@tomlennie8538 waiting on it 🤣🤣
I start with Schneider Monday morning. Any tips? I plan on getting the training and starting with them for my first three months just to get that experience under my belt then bracing l branch off.
*then branching
@@kydveli I’d try to stick with them for at least 6 months, it doesn’t look good to company hop (unless your planning on working for a family friend, or have a for sure gig) pays gonna suck at first, but you gotta push through it. Just pay attention and ask your trainer as many questions as you can think of. The in house course was good, but once you go out on the trainers truck for week, you’ll learn way more. Go slow, don’t hit shit and you’ll be good. Schneider is very forgiving as long as you don’t hit shit. Good rule of thumb is try and shut down when you have only 2 hours left on your clock, especially if you’re in CA. They usually give you plenty of time for appointment times, and even if you miss it they’ll understand your new. The first six months you’re just trying survive hahaha. Best of luck, you got this
Do they have regional?
@@DearhRATTLE yes !
Schneider invited me to training then after having my info for a month before hand and being in training for 2 weeks, they sent me home saying they had a problem with my background check. And have been trying to collect the cost of training. I told them I’m happy to come and finish training and work . I’m waiting to see how seriously they try to collect. They seem to be bringing in people and not finishing the training but trying to make money off of them. I wouldn’t trust them. I promise for those thinking I did something wrong and not saying so . I did not do anything wrong. The Charolette trainers liked me and I was very far ahead of others Schneider has issues
sounds like you were "well" paid by Schneider. On OTR, I get .41 + $10/hour. Yeah, I'd rather shut down instead of dealing with big city traffic and potentially blowing through my 14 hour clock because of a $12 relay
@@CarryMePlz2239 those relays were the worst, I’d get at least 1-2 a week. We will see how often that happens here at Melton. I don’t mind relays as long as they are shit miles lol
@@Ode2squatchyy yeah, that's why I hate "going home". That's when they usually give me relays. Once I had nothing but days of several local runs that felt like relays. I've been working the Coke contract but they worked me way too hard the first week and start of this week so I already requested to go back to OTR. What I means by "worked too hard" is that they'd just give me too much and I barely had time to take a shower before having to sleep (of course, some relays in there too!!)
@ I’m pretty happy with my relay I had with melton. It was 790 miles so it was cool. Yeah even when I didn’t come home I still got some relays lol. But melton called me today asking if I can do a relay load when I get back lol.
better safe than sorry. Just a day or two ago, I saw a guy's load that shifted and a part of it was partly loose and about to fall off
Thanks man for this video! I have 6 months of experience with my uncle and i turn 21 here in December. Gonna do some local dedicated work with them soon!
How's it been at Melton? Has the pay been the same, more, less than Schneider? Melton probably doesn't have the "on duty" pay, do they?
just posted a video talking about it!
Hey Driver, try looking up tarping videos.. There's a bunch out there that'll give you tips and tricks. Just keep at it and you'll figure it out soon
@@nyausyaoc7207 appreciate you, I definitely have been after this one
yep, my roommate from CDL school started with Melton. I sent him a message a month ago asking him if he's still there, and he said "Yes, and they gave him a brand new truck"
First here😂....congrats on the new career. I found your Schneider video very helpful. Headed to their Orientation in about a week. All the best.
@@nyausyaoc7207 good luck brother. Despite what people say, Schneider is a great place to start!!
@Ode2squatchyy absolutely.
so how's the new job?
@@CarryMePlz2239 just finished training! Literally get my truck tomorrow. Video coming soon
I hope you like Flatbedding! Some guys from my CDL class went to flatbed companies. I know they liked that tarp pay. I've followed a few YOutubers that started out in Dry "Can" and moved onto to flatbed. Who knows.. maybe I'll do that. I'm only a little worried about lugging around the 90 pound tarps
rookie Southwest OTR driver here. PA must be the California of the East. It's 55 on so many roads, and mountains everywhere! Oh, and truck stops are so small compared to Texas!
thanks for watching! Yes, i am a little nervous about flatbed. going to driving split axels which will be new, and learning how to tarp/strap. I was in great shape pre OTR, not so much anymore. i will be uploading videos as soon as I complete training, let you know if its worth it!