As a company driver for over 10 years I felt I was pretty knowledgeable of how the trucking industry worked and how trucking companies treat their employees and their owner operators. Recently after much consideration I determined that the best Avenue for me would be to lease purchase a truck from SFI Truck Leasing and becoming an owner operator through Schneider Trucking. I was scheduled for orientation. The sales or leasing person named Mike Tisch promised me the Earth and Sky when it came to assistance with my business. Schneider also during their orientation promised unlimited help and assistance with running my business. But once you sign the contract then you find out the truth. First of all they have a sentence in the contract which permits them not to pay you for detention until their shipper or receiver have kept you there on your time for 6 hours. Meanwhile Schneider is charging them an hourly rate for every hour. Schneider customer service deals specifically for their shipper and their receivers and could care less AZ to how much time they make you wait to deliver that load. You could pick a load that is 600 miles and due to arrive at the location on Friday at 4 o'clock and Schneider customer service we'll ask the customer when they want to unload the truck and if the customer says 6 p.m. on Monday you're stuck with no Escape Route. Schneider and SFI could not give a rat's a*s if you sit all weekend doing nothing making no money. There were several times during the months that I had this truck that this happened. Out of 5 months on the road or a total of 20 weeks I did not receive a payroll for myself more than 50% of the time and yet I did more than 10,000 miles each month during this five months. AZ my truck had over 52,000 miles when I terminated the lease and have less than 50 miles when I picked it up I worked constantly and consistently seven days a week accepting when the truck was in the shop which was for a total of 16 days. Basically Schneider and SFI have one goal in mind to get you to buy the truck pay all the expenses the insurance excetra and they could not give a s*** whether you ever make a dime. If you're smart you will never ever consider doing this contract.