Fedex Ground Vs Schneider Dedicated

You wanna know where you'll go? I'm not sure. If they told you it's Georgia Pacific dedicated, the recruiter should be able to tell you.

I've only hauled a few GP loads and here's what I know; your trailer better be damage-free, clean and in GOOD repair. Some GP locations will reject a trailer >10 years old. I mean they even check the cross members underneath. Also, their drop lots (especially in the south) are horrendous mud puddles. But what's new, right?

Plan on finding the location in the middle of nowhere and sometimes very difficult in the dark.

If you plan for a crazy experience, you will probably do just fine. Like a lot of things in trucking, right?

My recruiter told me I"ll be going from Oklahoma/Texas to Georgia/Carolinas, after doing some research on it and talking to another person who works in recruiting she told me I'll be going to all 36 states or something of the sort in the east coast. I mean I know the routes won't be the same but now 2 ppl are telling me 2 different things.

No problem man, I'll have to check into Express though because I didn't know they had route deliveries too, and the no benefits thing to me is a turnoff.

I thought you needed some years of exp before you can haul freight for Fedex? I got 8 months at most.

It may vary depending on the area. Where I live when I applied I only had eight months of driving experience (didn't have a cdl at the time) and they were going to take me. I never ended up working for them but I really liked them. But it is a non-cdl job.

Interesting, I gotta do some more research, got at least a week to decide something.

If you're being offered a dedicated job with weekly hometime, they're only gonna send you so far away before working you back toward home.

I'm only a Driver for Schneider, not a Recruiter. I don't mean to contradict anyone, but dedicated usually has a specific area. Also, that dedicated position is probably listed on schneiderjobs.com, check it out.

Where do you live? That might make a difference also.

If you're still trying to decide and getting home weekly is a must, you gotta get a firm confidence level on the job's ability to meet your needs.

If you're being offered a dedicated job with weekly hometime, they're only gonna send you so far away before working you back toward home.

I'm only a Driver for Schneider, not a Recruiter. I don't mean to contradict anyone, but dedicated usually has a specific area. Also, that dedicated position is probably listed on schneiderjobs.com, check it out.

Where do you live? That might make a difference also.

If you're still trying to decide and getting home weekly is a must, you gotta get a firm confidence level on the job's ability to meet your needs.

Yeah that's what I thought myself, I think the second woman I talked to was misinformed. I live in MS, it said on the site Schneider is supporting one of their primary mill location in Pennington AL.

I drove a GP dedicated account for Swift for a year. I loved it. I did the weekend home thing, which is actually a 34 hit reset. (Hint: if you work your dispatches right you can be home Friday afternoon till Monday morning!)

In that year I had only one Swift trailer rejected. I've also been strung along to wait 24 hours for my pick up. And the paper mill does stink. But I know the local citizens only smell jobs, so I can't complain there.

It's true (at Swift) you don't get to go far. I stayed between Texas + Oklahoma to Georgia + Virginia. But when you have a good relation with your DM , is easy to get a trip somewhere special every once in a while. (I went to St Petersburg on weekends to see my Mom twice.)

And, finally, you have to know that driving for a major company like Schneider is waaay better than driving for a FedEx contractor. "What? No medical insurance?" Hit the road and call your Schneider recruiter.