When you start making six figure salaries as a truck driver, I'm sure you'll get to pick out your equipment, too.

Originally Posted by THBatMan8

That's a industry wide problem though. Every training company puts 'drivers' behind the wheel of a rig that don't have enough common sense to ride a bike. And what makes it worse it that they put them in brand new trucks. Even with my experience level, I can't seem to get a truck with under 300,000 miles. Yet a student who just upgraded to solo with no previous driving experience besides a 4 wheeler gets a brand new truck with under 50 miles. I just shake my head and think to myself, "That's a accident waiting for a place to happen".

Someone from my company must have read this post, because not a day after I posted this, I got transferred into a 2012 Cascadia with 16 miles on the odometer.

BatMan: I hope you don't wind up kicking yourself for that. I had a 2010 model, last generation of 60 Series Detroit. That truck was nothing but headaches. I hope your experience is better than mine was.

Originally Posted by THBatMan8

I don't call them crapcadias for nothing. Every cascadia I had was plagued with problems, even this brand new truck. There is a water leak by the doors in the upholstery, so I'm hoping to get that fixed before I leave the terminal. It's not very pleasing to have a gallon of water land on your lap when you hit the brakes.

To look at things on a brighter note: at least this truck has a working bunk heater.

You're lucky, I got a '08 Columbia that's so loud I have to wear ear plugs, so gutless uphills, I get passed by the Amish and so problematic that instead of going to the shipper, it goes to the shop. I'm flatbed and thank god I have a full size sleeper (with Swift that sleeper is called "Low income housing")....yeah a Cascadia would be nice.....anything would be nice compared to this POS...

Originally Posted by Rock Salt

Turbotrucker doesn't know squat about swift.

All he can do is bring up stories from people who "CLAIM" to have been done wrong by Swift in the past. When confronted by a current Swift driver who is making good money and getting home often, he runs off and joins another message board because he cannot disput my claims about swift.

Swift is a good company for GOOD drivers. If you are not a good driver you will not make money. No one is gonna hold your hand.

I restate my belief that Tony (turbotrucker) must have been rejected by swift. That is the only way I can account for his hatred towards them.

Well I think if u reed. The link he provided aboutwww.4law.com u will C the pavon vs. Swift & then u will see the court agreed with pavon an awarded him money. Also wasn't swift in a lawsuit this yr. 2011 for stealing the fuel surcharge from there o/o lease drivers I will google it but I do remember something like tht coming across the roaddawg channel on siriusxm radio

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Ah which way did he go george

Ah which did he go!!!