I'm an experienced driver who's in the process of signing up with Swift. It looks like I'll probably be doing my orientation next week (6/30/20 or 7/1/20) or the week after that depending on how fast my paperwork goes through. I'll be doing orientation at, and officially running out of, Ocala. I plan on telling my driver manager that I don't need to get home at all. I'll still want "home time" at least every month but "home time" to me will just mean a 34 hour reset at any terminal in the country. I'll be taking a Lyft to a hotel for 1-2 days to get out of the truck during any resets. My apartment is just going to be storage for the next few years. Even if I happen to shut down at Ocala for a 34 hour reset I won't be driving all the way home (close to 2 hours away); I'll just stay at a hotel in Ocala if that happens.
I'm mainly posting this here in case any one has any questions that I can answer. I figure maybe someone will want to ask about orientation at Ocala or how the onboarding process works during the pandemic. If you have any questions, ask away and I'll try to answer as I get to the point in the process that you asked about.
If anyone has any general thoughts or suggestions, let me know those too.
About to go very OTR with Swift
Discussion in 'Swift' started by Driver#3141592, Jun 26, 2020.
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but... why?
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I should mention that even though I have over 6 years of experience, it's fairly stale. I only have about 2 years of experience in the last five years and none in the last 2, so I don't have a ton of options for who to drive for. Since I want to stay out on the road I figure Swift is the best choice since they have a ton of terminals all around the country.Team818, JOHNQPUBLIC, Coffey and 5 others Thank this. -
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Those who can do and love OTR have it made. You'll always have good pay and job stability if you keep your nose clean
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