Profile For Marcelo M.

I briefly worked for TMC. Still in contact with the guys from my class. It’s a great company, and you will earn 50K your first year. Perhaps more. Flatbed is a lot harder work though.

Thank you for the input!

Hello Trucking Truth Family!

First off, my name is Marcelo and I am an Army Veteran. I just graduated from a private CDL school this past week. I’m new to all of this and I’ve been doing as much research as possible through the forms before I posted this.

I have an offer from TMC and Schneider on the table, but I want to know the truth behind each offer before I attack. I have been pre-hired for a Dedicated Walmart position with Schneider driving at night with a rate of .53 cpm driving around 1,600 miles or more per week, which I think is pretty good for a rookie with jack squat of trucking experience. I also have starting percentage of 26% with TMC. I really like both companies and can see myself doing flatbeds, reefers, and dry vans. I like the benefits of both, the equipment, the military benefits, but I am struggling to figure out which one is a better offer as far as starting pay. I did the math for Schneider, but it’s hard to do the math for TMC since it’s only percentage per load and doesn’t cover cents per mile technically. I read the forms saying percentage is a little tricky since its hard to verify if the total cost per load is truthful with the amount being paid to the driver. Sorry if this is a little unorthodox but I’m just not too sure how to compare each rate. Any advice would help and if I confused any readers please let me know and I’ll try to explain myself some more.

Thanks in advance!