FYI, Swift is culling the higher paid drivers and replacing them with the new (lower paid) drivers. In the last month, a half dozen drivers...
If you have to pay separately for the haul, don't be surprised to see $10/mile, plus all the permit fees.
Why were you in front of the store, and not at the dock? Walmart requires THEIR certification to use ANY of their power equipment. They will not...
Correct; they are "automated manual transmissions", or AMTs. The exact same transmission, but the stick is replaced with a computer control. The...
I've had two speeding tickets in five years of driving a big truck. The first was at an obvious small town revenue generator in upstate New York....
Otay Mesa, CA, waiting for the broker to open in about an hour. We've been running hard as a team for the last three weeks. As soon as we drop...
That, it is. The actual number of inspections during a blitz is only double that of any other similar period (they have only so many officers),...
Wait until you get the "All we have available are team trucks/loads" speech. Seriously, keep looking for a better company. Even with two...
Let me guess... your trainer leased his truck? All you are to him is a source of extra miles. Or, as others call it, an extra logbook. As a...
Wherever you go, the first year is going to suck. Low pay and adjustment to life on the road will wear at you. We've all had to go through this....
So, after five years with Swift, I *may* be going elsewhere. One of my goals is to own my own truck, and going through Incredibly Expensive...
No, you can't deduct purchases paid for with points, unless you pay income taxes on the points. Use your points for food, and pay cash for the...
And what gives you that idea? Don't believe everything you read on the Facebag. Itemizing your deductions is alive and well. The standard...
Why do companies do it? Because it lowers *their* taxes. If you itemize, and every OTR driver should, you can claim every bit of that per diem....
Nope. Swift's contract wasn't renewed at Pottsville, but no company had been announced. According to my boss (the terminal manager at the...
Individual miles aren't tracked; each driver gets half pay for the total miles run. True; miles each driver runs is comparable to solo. We...
Regs say you can't drive interstate if using insulin. I haven't heard anything about an exemption. Regs aside, most type 1 diabetics produce some...
Swift doesn't even fire for a rollover. You need three preventables in 12 months.
I use my own credit card. I've never had an issue with getting reimbursed.
True. Sleeping in a moving truck is a learned skill. Some people never get it. You can get just as many miles being solo if you choose to run...
