Swift pulling a Werner box

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  1. Gatordude

    Gatordude Light Load Member

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    Driving west on I-10 yesterday through Goodyear AZ and observed a Swift yanking a Werner trailer.

    Anyone know what gives?

    So is the Big Blue Screw gonna be under the same umbrella?

    SWK Enterprise.

    Swift
    Werner
    Knight

    Gotta admit, sounds professional to the ear, and would look good on stationary, but in real life, these 3 companies are still nothing but hiring a warm body with a pulse.

    And sometimes it seems that a pulse is optional on some of these “drivers”
     
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  3. Bakerman

    Bakerman Road Train Member

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    That’s funny, I saw Werner truck pulling a Swift Trailer the other day headed to LA
     
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  4. KB3MMX

    KB3MMX Road Train Member

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    Just what the industry needs a bigger Monopoly....
     
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  5. Gatordude

    Gatordude Light Load Member

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    Meh, kinda like wife-swap.
     
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  6. PacoTaco

    PacoTaco Medium Load Member

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    They'll pull each other's trailers on dedicated accounts like Home Depot, Lowe's and the dollar stores.
     
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  7. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    For a few months the company I drove for, reefer division, got a lot of new business, and Swift helped us out. You'd see YRC trucks pulling Swift dry vans and Swift trucks pulling YRC reefer trailers.
     
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  8. truckdriver31

    truckdriver31 Road Train Member

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    i have pulled many of swift trailers behind my wm truck. it pays the same. i always pull into a truck stop and start telling rumors. that swift bought us out
     
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  9. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    You forgot central
     
  10. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Alot of the megas pull eachother trailers if their on the same account....
     
  11. Ridgeline

    Ridgeline Road Train Member

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    A lot of companies pull other companies trailers, it isn't just the megas.

    There is sort of an inter-operability among the carriers, a bunch have agreements in place to help out with capacity, not at a discount either.
     
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