My Swift Adventure

thats good to hear r.d. i am taking this one day at a time

 

I am siting in Houston. We did a load out of Memphis. 20:00 hours been sitting since 1400.

I made a good friend in orientation. A returning driver that was a mentor. They approved him to start doing it right away. Then changed their mind and he rolled with his truck. I went back to the motel Thursday night told to return 1100. 8:30 Friday they called me and had a mentor. His first student slept in the truck at the terminal and decided to go home. I am with an O/O in a 2009 KW T2000. Mellow dude been with Swift 4 years.

We loaded some cooking oil and hauled it down here.

400 Cummins and an 8 speed it. It needs a gear between 7th and 8th for 55mph zones.

My mentor is from Bullhead city AZ. He wants to go to home time. I may not get home until I am done.

Testing out rookies doing their road tests took out 2 stop signs. They still have jobs, then had additional training to do. I was the second fastest in backing in between the trailers.

Anyway my mentor lent me his laptop to check my email. He is doing WIFI and may cut off at any minute.

I'll check in when I can.

Rug

 

Had a blast today, got some road time shifting up and then shifting down. the up shifting is easy, is going down that was driving me nuts but i got a good working comcept of it. just gotta practice practice practice.

 

Good to hear your all doing well. I spoke with a swift recruiter today along with a few others. Waiting to hear back now...

 

hey mr.d call your recruiter once a week just to stay on top of things that is my best advice for you on that.



day two of road training not real stressfull but a lot to take in. but it is fun.

 

yeah r.d. i got a good instructor. man has the pateince of a saint.

 

Thank you everyone for all your information and tips. I have been reading so many threads and posts on here trying to get a feel for the business and a company school to go to... this thread is great. I am going to apply to Swift in a couple weeks and begin the process. I hope everyone is doing good and all is going well. Thanks again !

 

I just got home from my 6 weeks of training. So far I`m happy with Swift and got a couple things working to get some extra miles and possibly a dedicated by the end of the year. Your going to hear good and bad from any company. Swift isn`t perfect by far but it is what you make it. Everyone is going to have a different experience. The only thing you can do is trust your gut like I did and pray for the best.