Swift Transportation


Road Dust is correct. I was out for about 6 weeks. I'm sitting in the Greer terminal right now waaiting on the 12:30 log class. I will do my road test in the morning and go home to wait for a truck. I sure hope it doesn't take long to get a truck. I need to get moving so I can make some money. Seeings how they have no trucks available, I guess I can't be picky when they give me one. I can't find anything bad or wrong with Swift from my experiences so far. I'm sure everyone's individual experience will be different. Everything they told me was right on and not misleading. I will admit that I don't like the waiting for a truck thing, but there is nothing I can do about it.
 
I got home Thursday about 1:30 pm. They called and woke me up at 7 Friday morning to give me a truck. It's a 2010 International ProStar. Nice truck. The only reason we had to wait for a truck was they had some coming off lease and were getting new ones this weekend and next week. I head out Monday to see some more scenery.
 
your first load without "daddy" around will be a LOT like getting laid for the first time. if you weren't scared for your first time, you are a liar! the first two weeks solo are a bit nerve wracking. it becomes much better and more smooth after a month.
 
Congratulations on finishing training and now you have your very first trk.You now arrived ,welcome to the trucking industry.I'm proud of you.
theiglookid said:
I got home Thursday about 1:30 pm. They called and woke me up at 7 Friday morning to give me a truck. It's a 2010 International ProStar. Nice truck. The only reason we had to wait for a truck was they had some coming off lease and were getting new ones this weekend and next week. I head out Monday to see some more scenery.
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Hey Igloo,
I have enjoyed your posts and since my son, Hotwheels is with his Swift mentor right now and loving every minute of it....it's nice to hear all the positive comments from you about swift. He feels the same and believes it's all what you make it. Right now he is headed from KY. to Pa. then to Boston.
His Mentor got a ticket yesterday going through the smokies, by a smokey. They were going down a steep downgrade with a 5th wheel RV being pulled by a driver going 25 mpg in front of him and another semi driver behind him riding his bumper, he passed the 5th wheel and the smokey pulled him over at the bottom of the hill.
He wasn't speeding, but it was one of those NO TRUCKS IN LEFT LANE signs someplace that he didn't see. (Hotwheels was asleep in the bunk) They thought for sure he would be pulled from Mentor status and Hotwheels was sweating having to change Mentors this close to the end of his team driving. Turned out it was no big deal to the powers that be, since it was not really a moving violation. (nice smokey wrote it up as not obeying road sign) He was sure happy about that.
I wish you much success and safe travels on your adventures with Swift.
 
Well I guess everyone probably already knows what you call 365 Swift trucks going down the interstate.





A years worth of training (thats supposed to be funny :))
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I rest my case, "Mentors", U sleep with 1 eye open,when there at the wheel, I caught the clown I was doin'48 with, nodding out ,with both arm rest's up, his headphones on ,at 3:00 am driving through Texas, "Falling asleep",Mentor"?? BS!
 
We loaded about 45 minutes from Jamesburg, I forget the name of the town, but the load was heading to Georgia, about 45 minutes to an hour north of Atlanta on I-85. We dropped that wagon and grabbed another one and headed for Greer. We got to Greer on Wednesday 2nd. We got there too late for me to completely test out. I did 2 of my tests and had to go to the motel for the night to finish up the next morning. I left Greer and headed home about noon on the 3rd because they said there were no trucks available. They are in the process of swapping out lease trucks and all the unmanned trucks are coming off lease, being replaced as we speak. Friday morning my driver manager called me and woke me up at 0800 to tell me to go to Denmark, SC to pick up a truck from another driver. I wound up getting a 2010 International ProStar with 224,000 miles on it. It only has one crack in the hood and is not bent or scratched anywhere else. I really lucked out on this one. I got my first load assignment Sunday afternoon (02-06-11) to pick up in Orangeburg, SC on Monday the 7th going to Romeoville, IL. I hope to drop this wagon and get another one because the brakes seem to be really slow releasing after I apply braking pressure. Not sure what is causing it, but after about 20 seconds or so after I release the brake pedal they roll free. Things that make you go Hmmmmm. I am about 20 miles north of Indianapolis at the T/A right now (02-08-11) going to deliver in the morning. I froze my ass off last night because the Webasto heater doesn’t work like the one in my mentor’s truck. I called the shop and we got all that straight. I look forward to a good night’s sleep tonight. Hopefully they’ll send me somewhere warm after I unload tomorrow.
 
With all the Swift bashing on here and the negative reviews of their drivers, I am happy to report an update on my son's positive experience with Swift. Hotwheels is still with his mentor, who has proven to be a very good teacher. They have had steady loads from Fl to Colorado and he is loving it. He was stuck in Chicago during the blizzard for three days while his truck was getting a D service and described the storm to me as being like a Florida hurricane, but with snow instead of rain. lol
They have had steady loads and are driving team for the next few weeks, until he gets his own truck and goes solo.
He has reported on several close calls with the stupid other drivers from different companies, cutting him off, not being able to dock their trucks and several bad accidents in the mountains with other drivers driving too fast for road conditions.
One driver was passing him yesterday and as the cab of that truck got to his front bumper, the driver put his turn signals on to come over and started over into Hotwheels lane. He laid on the air horn and the driver just kept coming and forced him into the emergency lane to avoid an accident. Said the guy acted like he thought he was driving bobtail and forgot he had a trailer on. He said he has seen so many truckers do a lot of stupid senseless driving and he fears them, more then the four wheelers, as he hasn't had any complaints about the four wheelers.
He was in KY this morning driving through the smokies, on his way to drop empty beer cans in Va, then picking up there and heading to Chicago again. Out of all his miles so far, The rockies in CO. was his favorite place.
Everything about his experience with Swift has been very positive and he is very thankful for the opportunities they are giving him and the way they are treating him.
He got a message from the CEO yesterday, telling him what a good job he's doing and because all of his loads have been on time, he has been put on their express drivers status and will get more JIT loads. So they do give credit where credit is due and for all the other drivers out there who have complaints about Swift and their drivers perhaps you should be looking into other companies and their accident records caused by their poor driving.
As for Hotwheels, he is loving all of it.
 
Swift is not a bad company to be with its actually the idiots behind the computer screens and yes some of the bad apples we call drivers tell hotwheels to keep upbeat and make it what he wants it to be
 
Well, I dropped the mowers off in Romeoville, IL and already had a load on me to pick up in Joilet going to Overland Park, KS. I went and got that load and delivered it and before I got there they had another load on me. They have kept me moving really well. I have been pleasantly surprised. I headed over to Harisonville, MO to drop and hook to an Arm & Hammer load going to Fulton, MO. (only 158 miles, but I take the good with the bad) After waiting to unload for a couple of hours (I took a nap) I headed over to Pontoon Beach, IL to pick up a Unilever load heading to Wal-Mart DC in Ottawa, KS. I dropped and hooked there and headed to Sprin Hill, KS to the Clorox plant to drop and hook again. Had to wait until the morning for the load to be ready. (about 11 hours or so)(another good nights sleep) Hooked to the new wagon and headed for Roanoke, TX. When I got to Roanoke, TX, that was the end of my first week as a solo driver for Swift. (2467 miles) They didn't have any empty wagons, so I bobtailed over to the Home Depot DC in Dallas to get an MT. As soon as I could get out of there they had me on a Just-In-Time (JIT) Sears load going to Texarkana for the next morning. They unloaded me Tuesday morning (02-15-11) and I headed off to Gurdon, AR for a live load going to the Michaels DC in New Lenox, IL (next to Joliet). I dropped that load on Wednesday night and went to Georgia Pacific to drop and hook going to Carroll, IA for a Friday delivery. I am here now and they won't take me early, so I have to go back at 0500 in the morning to unload. As soon as I get unloaded I have to go to Des Moines to get a load going to Eastman, GA with a stop in Birmingham, AL on Monday morning. Looks like another good week. Y'all stay safe and I'll keep typing as I get time.
 
Now that you're one of us,I say get a what's your 20 thread started,LOL.I'm glad you're doing so well with Swift.Hopefully they keep on keeping you busy.
 

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