Swift divisions

Looking to go into Swift Driver degree program. I have a few months experience driving dry van. Trying to get info on Swift divisions but their website is vague. Before I get hit with the okie doke from a recruiter i'd love to hear from the guys in the trenches. Intermodal, dedicated, flatbed. What's your job like? How's the pay? I'm out of Moreno Valley Ca.

 

@MGE Dawn @Moosetek13 do you guys know anything about divisions less talked about at swift?

 

Refrigerated is more stable mileage, but the folks in West Valley are an absolute pain in the ### to get ahold of. If they have a different temperature in the system than the shipper has on the BOL, your Qualcrapp WILL explode with temp error messages until you contact West Valley to have it changed in the system, and following the instructions on the error messages by sending a Mac16 will only put about a 5 minute hold on the flood of messages. It's also a lot of night runs. So be ready to get used to calling Phoenix and requesting to be transferred to West Valley, and hopefully you're okay with being nocturnal. Pay's ultimately about the same as dry van.

Dedicated is a bit of a dice roll depending on what account they put you on. Last I heard, Swift was in the process of losing the Walmart account, which is really the only dedicated account I ever touched, and even then it was only a temporary assignment because there was no freight in OTR dry van. If you like local deliveries, this might be up your alley, and it forces you to get good at backing because you're gonna be putting a lot of mileage on the truck in reverse. However, the pay is absolute dog ####. You're still going to be on track for less than $40k doing what you'd be making upwards of $90k for at literally any other company.

I can't speak for the Flatbed or Intermodal divisions, but here's my advice. Find a local/regional company. NOT Swift, nor any other mega. There's plenty out there that are willing to hire from little or no experience, and I'm sure that @Chinatown would be more than happy to point a few out for you in Moreno Valley. Make the better bucks than Swift could ever pay you, and enroll in some night classes or something at the local college to earn your degree. It's an all-around win, except for Swift. Just my $0.02

 

Ryder -> Apply On Company Site
Work M-F & off weekends & home daily.

 

Exactly how much experience right now?

 

Whatsup man swift is a great company to get started in and gain experience. I worked out of their fontana terminal off the 10 and cherry. I was on a local dedicated Amazon account which has since been lost. Being in moreno valley you have quite a few options. We have a dedicated lowes account right off ramona at the DC. That account is productivity pay you'll make 500-800$ bucks a week. Our Ross account is down the street off perris blvd. It pays 16hr. Intermodal account is busy but doesn't pay much either. I dont kno much about the flatbed division. We also have a target account which pays 20hr and they'll work you 6 days a week. We have dedicated accounts with costco, Campbells, P&G, Kraft, Target, Deja Vu Gentleman's club, Yo momma, etc..

We got accounts with everyone. Whichever one you pick you'll be backing in tight spaces everyday. You'll get good quick or fail miserably. I have faith in you good luck my child

 

Try JB Hunt Intermodal in San Bernardino

I don’t think Swift will hire less than 1 year for Intermodal because the backing at the rails might be a little tight for inexperienced. JB Hunt will hire anyone with 3 months of experience.

There are a bunch of listing on Craigslist.

The pay for Intermodal is around $1000 a week. It’s 5 days on and 2 days off. It’s about 10-11 hours a day. You can pick morning or night shift.

 

I heard Swift Intermodal was paying $600 a week. It could be $700 now. I didn’t follow up. I heard you only work for 40 hours a week, $15 an hour. No OT.

 

3 months right now.

 

OK, I see what you're looking for now and the reason for Swift.
Swift offers drivers, dependents free college tuition ...
US Express has something like that also.
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