Applied with swift...

Does 9 days make a thread dead?

I'm not sure what you are asking.

A comfort zone is an area of the country you would like to work in.
It might be the southern states, pacific northwest or northeast, central states, etc.

I'm straight OTR, 48 states, because I have no 'comfort zone' that I want to remain in.
I have a few uncomfortable zones, but I don't get to them all that often.

So, are you planning to join Swift?

 

Uncomfortable zones... Haha. Yep I've got a few of those too. Delivered in the Bronx recently, that was a very uncomfortable zone.

Regarding the comfort zone. You'll be around your home area but probably won't go home very much. Frequent 10's and occasional 34's is my guess. I prefer OTR so I can go home for 4-5 days in a row.

 

My home times are between around Inver Grove terminal and Denver.
The next one will in the Sacramento area.
I could make a comfort zone between them, but I really don't like being restricted to a certain area.
They usually get me where I want to take home time within a day or so of when I ask, give or take either way. But it seems they try.

I just hate driving the same roads over and over again..

 

I'm starting Swift school 2 weeks from today. It's actually a local private school subcontracted. Get that ball rolling FireFighter! Let's see who can beat who to the road.

 

The good stuff, well, the true stuff, might only come from here.

What are you wondering about?

 

I can give you the basics if you like. School is $3900 (no $ upfront) lasts 3 weeks. School is paid for through a deduction in your weekly check (-$37.50) for 13 months. After the 13 months if you stay on with Swift they reimburse you at the same rate. After 26 months you're tuition has been repayed back to you. If you bail before the loan is paid back you only owe the balance of what you haven't already paid (THIS IS A BIG PLUS). Most companies will slap you with a $6-$8k note if you don't complete the first year, not Swift. Mentor training is 6 weeks (give or take). While running with your trainer you make $9.25 p/h you're in the drivers seat & $7.25 p/h you're in the passenger seat. (about $500 weekly). When your trainer goes on hometime you're dropped off at a local motel/hotel on Swifts dime (or so I've heard from other Swifties).

After you're trainer (mentor) period you go back to a terminal & test out for your own truck. Swift has a sliding pay scale once you go solo (You make more cpm on short routes & less cpm on long routes). This compensates you more when you get a stint of short routes & the wheels aren't rolling constantly. You can find the chart here somewhere, I'm sure someone may have it handy & post it if they're feeling nice. Don't pay any attention to the stickied one...it's outdated & was revised w/ an increase May '15.