I'm a current student at a driving school and I'm set to graduate next week. I have 3 pre-hires; Swift, Stevens and Covenant. I've been reading some posts about all of them and I'm a bit worried. I want to feel confident once I make my choice of a company but I could really use some real world knowledge and experience from anyone and everyone that has ANY experience from the 3 companies I listed. Knowing is half the battle right? I would really like to know about them and whether either one would be the best choice. Need your help people. Thanks for reading and for the help if you give it.
Swift, Stevens or Covenant? Decisions, decisions...
Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by surferpaulie, Jan 30, 2010.
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surferpaulie KCJ pretty much laid it out for you as for Swift and Stevens. I would argue Stevens having a better Training program, not saying Stevens is shabbey or Swift is better. Stevens does have supperior equipment though. That staying out 5 weeks stuff ain't for me. That is why I would choose Swift over Stevens. Another differance in Stevens and Swift is that Stevens does Reefer climate controled stuff, Swift is all dry Freight. Good luck to you
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Personally, the order in which you listed them. Best of Luck !!!
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Covenant is to be avoided. Never worked for them but I did work a few years at a company that Covenant purchased (Star), and within a few months, they totally screwed-up Star.
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KCJ didn't mean that Stevens isn't a good company or doesn't have a fine trainig program. I respect Stevens as a company and they haul food so you realley don't have to worry about it slowing down much. Just saying me having famialy staying out 5 weeks isn't for me. If push came to shove, before going on public assitance I would stay out 52 weeks to take care of my famialy.
A little advice to you all which ever company you all go to. Do the research inorder to detemine what eaxactly you want to do with your CDL. Get all yourendorsments ( Tanker, Doubles and HAZMAT). What ever Company you decide to go with stay with them a year or what ever the time require ment it is for the Job you really want. When I went to Truck driving school I wanted to get into gas hauling. So I got all my endorsements then I got my experiance and now I haul Gas For a living. I did a little Job Hopping and regret it. However I am Hauling Gas, making good money, and home eveynight. I just think I would have been more marketable if I would have stayed with the carrier that hired me right out of school.
KCJ thank youfor respecting my opinion again I meant no disrespect to you in your decision for StevensKCJ Thanks this. -
I don't know where the idea that Swift only has dry freight came from but it's very wrong. I know it for a fact. We pull reefers, it's all we pull on our fleet.
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Surferpaulie you may want to check out Watkins-Shepard. I have been reading good things about them. -
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