6 weeks with a swift trainer?

Discussion in 'Swift' started by rdean1109, Jul 29, 2013.

  1. CasanovaCruiser

    CasanovaCruiser Road Train Member

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    It's been changed from 240 to 200 hours. I'm with my trainer right now. You should be done in 4 maybe 5 weeks.

    If you already have a physical from a doctor on the national registry you don't have to do anything. No physical at all. They'll use the one you already have.
     
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  3. MM3Deg

    MM3Deg Medium Load Member

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    I did mine in 27 days.

    We both lived in DFW, but opposite sides.

    At day 10, we took a 3 day weekend at home. Just lucky to get a Virginia to N Dallas.

    At this point nothing else matters but the saddle time. Get behind the wheel, relax, take your time, and let the clock tick away!

    My trainers truck would do 80.
    He would only allow me to go 65, 68 when passing....

    But once he was asleep... I would turn it down to 58.

    Instead of 10 hour shifts, I was able to get 10.3 - 10.5.

    He would get extra sleep, and we were always where he expected us to be when I woke him up.
     
  4. CasanovaCruiser

    CasanovaCruiser Road Train Member

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    Little update - today is my 16th day on the truck and I'm sitting at 128 hours btw and I've been lucky enough to get 2 days of home time. It's seeming like you can expedite the training if you and your trainer want to run hard.
    Currently we're running off our recaps and about to get a couple more days hometime in so we can get a reset and blast my last 70 hours out.
    One thing I'll say about teaming like this is it can be tiring, get used to losing track of what day it is haha
     
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  5. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    You can run that hard for a short time, but don't try to make a habit of it.

    Accidents happen more often when you are pushing hard and burnt out.
     
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