Well I will have to say goodbye to Swift and start my trip looking for another company. Swift said I need to be 23 after all the BS the lady didn't even realize my age she checks it 2-3 days later telling me I'm spot checking your app right now and I just realized you were born in 87. Oh well good luck you guys that are going.

-Joe

Good luck for you,I will call to Swift monday again.Do you now ladys name and phone?I wanna try to talk with her....
Last time I talked with Riley from Memphis,TN.She I gess from Syracuse,NY?

Flatbroke: You need to write more often, you're very funny. Enjoy the road, see you soon. Scott

Hey, I originally talked with Riley as well I would stick with him if anything since Lula Funches seems to be a little slow and she is also from Memphis just as Riley is. But if anything there is her name since I tossed out all the info I had. I hope you get in and best of luck to ya.

-Joe

getting released to solo status on the 25th.

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Roll on highway, roll on along
Roll on son till you get back home
Roll on family, roll on crew
Roll on momma like I asked you to do
And roll on eighteen-wheeler.

-Alabama Roll on 18 wheeler.
changed daddy to son.

Im going back to SWIFT.....oh boy what am I getting back into. Do I need my head checked?

Nice thread with alot of info thanks alot... I will be headed out next week for orientation on the 1st... Going to the Atlanta terminal have not drove since school ended in mid October. I went to a 10 week school but still have alot to learn ... I read on one of these threads that the day you quit learning is the day they fit you for a box... I will always keep that in mind. I have been lucky I guess as I had several recruiters call it came down to a choice between , Swift , Werner and CRST ... I had a few others but did not consider them to serious.. I feel I that all may of been good choices but when Swift called they went to the top of my list. CRST was my second choice because I have a friend who drives with them and we both live here in town... Have not seen him since he hit the road though he was in the class ahead of me...lol..

Does anyone know what the Atlanta terminal is like ... I have a idea from the posts this is not a easy job. My last job in a factory was not easy either but I worked their 21 years unitl it went down and they laid off . I have been all over the USA and loved traveling so I hope this is going to go good. I realize that I will get out of it what I put into it so I intend to work hard and learn all I can though I know that will be a never ending process. I kind of hate to leave this town here but I am a single man having raised my son on my own . He still lives with me but is almost 21 now and he will soon be setting out to live his own life.

Any info , hints , tips you can give would be appreciated ... Thank you

got released to solo, home now. headed back out monday.
had to deliver to a mall yesterday in salem what fun that was on black friday.

__________________
Roll on highway, roll on along
Roll on son till you get back home
Roll on family, roll on crew
Roll on momma like I asked you to do
And roll on eighteen-wheeler.

-Alabama Roll on 18 wheeler.
changed daddy to son.

Hello Gang!
I have been very BZ, so don't get a chance to post very often. I'm at a TA in Walton KY and headed to MI tomorrow. The freight has been picking up and I am running some decent trips. Anywhere from 400 to 1000 miles. They have been asking mentors to do training, but I'm not sure I would want to?
Bill how's things? Are you still doing the regional stuff? I prefer over the road. Oh I was reading the Qualcomm and I guess one of our boys rolled a truck yesterday in the snow storm. Guys, NO freight is worth dying over. If you going to be late SO WHAT! Be smart and park the rig.
I watched a truck get blown off the road a week ago..I was headed west on I-90 in the Albany area and the wind was gusting over 50 mph. His van was empty and the mountain ranges channel the wind and can create horrific gusts. The van is nothing more than a huge sail and will easily flip in heavy gusts. Particularly when empty. I had 45,000 in my van and was paper rolls from Sapifina in Maine; they are only 4 feet long and they load them on end so my center of gravity was low. My truck stuck to the road; sadly his didn't. I never knew if he was ok?

I take it some more in this thread are headed to training?
Anyway I will try to answer any questions when I can. I have logged about 40,000 miles since I started in Aug. It has become pretty routine.

Best of Luck
Brent

Congrats!
What's the joke "it's the toughest job you'll ever hate!"
only kidding. The first month is the toughest. Take your time and do everthing by the book. The company is auditing logbooks in the Northeast because of a problem with one of our terminals. 25% of the drivers had logbook violations and the DOT issued the company an ultimatem. Clean up or every Swift truck pulled into a weigh station will be looking at a level 1 inspection.
I have simple solutions to keeping my books straight. It's simple; everytime you stop (or start) grab your logbook. Plan everthing in advance and NEVER accept a plan you can't make without time to spare.
If the plan says 300 miles, plan for 400 and consider traffic, the time of day (rush hour etc.) If you are loaded to 80k gross and you are running through the mountains you can calculate average speeds down to 45 mph.
Stay safe Granite!
Brent