missed this thread for a while, so i've gotta catch up.
Yes, the L/O can take the swift discount. The rate for the shop is cheaper than the rate you'd get going to a KW (or International, Freightliner) shop. But lets just say for arguments sake, they are 25% cheaper. Okay...fine. But if you've got to take your truck into a swift shop more than once for the same problem, because some "dee dee dee" in denver didn't do the job you just paid for, now another techie in another terminal shop has to REDO the same job, how much are you really saving??
I'd honestly rather pay a dealer to work on my truck, know it is done right, and if not, they do it again....FOR FREE. or if they break something, they replace it.....FOR FREE. Swift shops are a joke, cause 3x out of 4, you just get a tech who is using your truck as a learning tool anyway.
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awww cmon dick--when did you start working on your own truck ??
a couple weeks ago you didnt even know what you had for belts on it
and didnt you just pay thru the nose to get a couple batteries changed??
just saying what i readHEAVY DUDE and Morella Thank this. -
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i like the part about the tech using the truck as a learning tool---and that is different in most swift drivers in what way?
nobody is born knowing everything--at least i sure wasnt --i learn new stuff each day--so i am not going to knock somebody for learning--thats why you pay a reduced rate at the swift shops---as for dealer shops--i have seen just as many learners there as at a private shop
the ones you have to watch out for are the people who know everything--just ask them --they will even tell you they know it all -
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but how do you know that swifts techs no nothing?--that would take knowing more than them in order to know that they know nothing
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then when i get to Lancaster, the tech there said "gee you'll need a bracket for that exhaust, too". I said, "no...why dont you see if you have any strips of scrap metal you can fit between the bracket and the exhaust, so when you go to tighten it back down, there is less of a gap?" he did use two much bigger machine screws, and as of yet, has not vibrated loose yet.
again...proves my point of "guinea pig" shop work....
and i said a few techs never went to training. meaning others have. maybe they went to a tech college and got a degree in diesel engine mechanics or something, i dunno. I know there aren't nearly as many ASE mechanics in swift shops as there should. But then again, why would they want to work there, when they could work at a dealership making 2x as much? -
does swift not pay well in the shop??
i have no idea-myself i would rather work for a private fleet than bust my butt in a dealership --yes my wage in shop was lower than dealer guys--but only 2 or 3 dollars--but its way more laid back and way more varied---but to each his own--everybody has different wants and needs -
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