Attention all company drivers!!!

They are not in business to create competition. And they are good at what they do.....

 

If there was anytime where it might have been fun, then it was during the time I worked from 2002-2004 however Swift Transportation just never had it together. I tried their Volvo Driveaway (truck decking operation) out of Dublin, VA but what happened is that you were only paid for one way into Canada with a 1-2 day turnaround time which was unpaid. Swift lost that operation a few years after I walked off the project because they didn't have it together with training or much of anything and they just wanted to move trucks where the mechanical training to deck/undeck was lacking so kinda lost interest.

Yes they are not in business to create competition but just never liked being used either and that is what went through my mind being governed at 60 mph at Swift that I could do better and didn't have to settle for work where you were not fairly compensated. I can see how the lifestyle suits some forever seeing as one gets to travel but I wouldn't expect much starting out. For those that last and do work their way up, then more power to you because I still like to believe that you can work yourself into a dedicated gig where the miles are guaranteed and you know how much you will make day in and day out.

I don't regret leaving the industry though because otherwise I would not have seen the Caribbean or Hawaii doing drive test work in telecom so I would say it was worth the sacrifice to see more in my travels. I still have the option to drive and can probably call up my HR if I want to go back on the road but doesn't work that way since I'm married lol!

At that point, I chose not to turn my back on developing my computer skills and taking a different career path. Hey if are those 55 mph ever up their speed limits and the trucks ever become ungoverned then give me a call, I'd love to drive again and max out daily on my miles. All the restrictions in the industry are flat out bull and pardon me negativity.

It was nice when you could do 10 hours and sleep 8 or continuously run a split sleeper schedule and get the load there and run tight. Oh well my best to the truckers that deliver the loads to market. I do appreciate the truck drivers having been one but just dislike the lot of the companies operating and treating people like crap.

Thanks!

 

In regards to Swift's Volvo Driveaway operation that did business under American Truckaway and and was managed by their Greer, SC terminal, I responded to an ad in the paper which claimed you could make up to x amount of money annually and that might as well have been a lie. However they did need bodies so I was on a plane from Portland, OR to Dublin, VA believe it or not. Perhaps one positive aspect was that I got to drive brand new Kenworth single berth sleeper back to their Greer, SC terminal from Portland, OR however they were using new trucks to haul trailers/freight which I didn't think was supposed to be going on. Anyway to make a buck LOL!

Anyway they didn't retain personnel both experienced and inexperienced alike and Swift Transportation crossed union lines at the Volvo plant in Dublin, VA anyway. Pretty messed up and if Swift Trans. new what it was doing, it would have kept that project going indefinitely. They lost money from the sounds of it.

 

So with Swift's division at Dublin, VA, they eventually sold back to auto truck. Seeing how they did business, it was a good thing that I left but to any trucker looking to leave, never quit far away from home or it will be a long Greyhound Bus ride back. An experience I'll never forget traveling Greyhound on Swift's dime from Dublin, VA back to Portland, OR. Hey so long ago lol!

 

Tried posting bad company. Can you post?Dcs Lassale bad company will steal your money!

 

How do you post ?I tried no luck.

 

Isint there a post count minimum before you can create a thread? Or is that just for pm's?