Swifts screws the experienced...

im guessing that was directed at me huh?you know what they say about assumptions don't ya?i like how people can take 1 sentence and blow it up into way more than it was ment to be.all i said is get while the getting is good thats all.i run hard then i take a break then back and forth as the world turns.i have been off the road for 3 years now.you care to know why? just so happens as it turns out my wife was with child.i came off the road and i have'nt worked in 3 years.why? because the wife wanted to go back to work and school so i stayed home and raised the kids full time.yup thats right im the one that has changed all the diapers fed them put em down for the nap spent everyday teaching.so now the wife's work is slowing down as so many are in the nation today.my wife also wants to switch out so she can now take time off and be able to spend time with the kids.

sure it could be easier we could pay some strangers to rear our kids while we both work but neither she or i trust anyone these days with our kids.neither of us look have a problem and have been together for 10 years and are very secure so no problems here on that end.

all this hate over 1 comment lmao wow.

if anyone could learn how to read and comprehend anything you could clearly see where i state b4 the cuss words"2+months" i stated that if you have a family it would be hard to make it.but to do good it would be best to be able to stay out basicly as long as you can to capitalize on your time. i cringe to think what you people think of our service men and women that have to stay gone for months and years.wow... if im evil scum for saying the curse words 2 months + then they must be satans spawn....

 

lmao with all this your not a good parent for being away from home for 2 months talk got me to thinking.so injun it's ok to spend 3to 4 weeks away from home but 2 months well thats just way outta hand? lets do the math"wow i really did'nt think it would ever get this far to where i had to explain word for word". the norm is for every week out you get 1 day off is it not? k 3 weeks out 3 days off,that means more than likely unless you live next to the main office or terminal the dispatch will have to fight to get you home.it's not like they all the sudden have a load going str8 to your front door.more than likely you will have to pull lessor loads to get ya home.then your home for your 3 days off. then you get your load on your 4th day most of the time.your back out for your next 3 weeks for your next 3 days off. btw thats 2 break up of your loads to route you home that ends in alot of wasted time on both ends getting you home for 3 days.


now you run 2 months out and have built up 8 days off.you are able to spend more time home"enough to make it feel like you got to spend time with your family btw"and alot less re routing and down time.

did i say everyone better run this way nope,just showing how to max out your time and get the most out of it on both ends "home time" work time" thats all.

btw the whole money is'nt everything bit,all i will say to that is no money is'nt everything but your family is.being that we live in a world that is based on money that makes it just as important as your family.because without it your family will be in the street.now i will add to that a bit more is caring about your family doing only enough to scrap by,or is it doing everything in your power to get ahead to be able to supply your family the things it needs to be safe and stable?

idk about everyone else but i guess i was just taught the old school way the way that built this nation way back when.the main goal should be doing whatever it take to supply your family with love and comfort.being that the main thing in your way is bills to me the logical thing to do is do whatever it takes to not only just pay the bills but do what you can to pay them off and make even more than that to save to buy and pay for a home and so on.the fact is most are renters of everything,and only doing just enough to pay the bills to me is not only a cop out but it's not doing your role as the provider of your family.also being the the biggest problem are the bills the goal is to get rid of them.you can never do that buy just paying the rental bills.

also if noone has noticed the country is a sinking ship.say what ya want but they"the gov" all of them on all sides are destorying our country in many ways.besides all of that please explain to me how we as a country can ever recover when all we have been doing over the last 20 years or so is importing tons of people yet exporting out all of our jobs.please explain to me how that will ever make anything better.

all im saying is people in america seem to have horse blinders on for some reason.people better start looking at the much bigger picture here.

 

Nothing new here. Swift has screwed many a driver over experienced or not.

I'd clean toilet bowls before driving for swift and I'd be cleaner then a Swifty by a long shot.

 

You tell it brother. The carnage out on the highways will get LOTS worse under CSA2010. Experience means EVERYTHING in trucking. Always has, always will.

 

For the record, I was not flaming any person here nor singling anyone out for criticism.

If anyone would care to revert to the post in question, they will see I was answering and agreeing with KE5...or should I just call him Clint for simplicity sake, since that's his avatar. I made a general statement and was soundly flamed for "making assumptions" and creating "hate" aimed at another forum member.

As for military members, yes, they signed up for the duty. As did I. If you want me to, I'll scan my DD214, although I don't really think that's necessary. The situation is a bit different for our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen. They are providing a great service to our entire nation and you will never, ever hear one word from me that is not in support of them. I am wholly offended that anyone would indicate otherwise.

Mr. Joseywales, I'm happy you are home being house dad. That is a respectable and honorable thing to do. However, being in that position, I would think you have no right to advise someone else to do otherwise and if you worked for a company that would look badly on you if you didn't stay out two months at a shot, you should hae found something else. I am in full agreement with Heavydude on this.

Best regards, i

 

I'll be the one in five, sir. I was also raised to be proper and polite. Just the other day, a regular customer I was at was talking to a new employee and kept looking over at me as I pulled up. Turned out she was talking about me to the new person. She was telling her how nice I was and that I was probably one of the nicest that comes through there.

ALL ABOARD!!!!

 

please provide the example. bringing up once race as part of a factual statement in an example, that is somehow 'racist'? give me a break. I said the driver was latino. So what? Did i say "the driver was some dumb latino who has no business in the US and should go back to mexico"? No...now that IS racist. The fault isnt mine if someone cares to take what i post out of context, or twist it to make it sound like something else. Again, its like disagreeing with something Obama did or does, and automaticly being a racist or an obama hater. #####....grow up.

 

So with one parent home taking care of the kids, where is the other parent supposed to be? it IS all about making money. The driver with a family back home isnt making money for themselves, they are out grinding it out to earn enough money to make things comfortable for those back home. money isnt everything? tell that to any number of hundreds of families being evicted today because of home forecloseure or not making the rent payment. Yeah, its not EVERYTHING......but its important as hell. If the parent thats home dont want the other parent that is out driving earning money for the homefront, then the 'at home' parent had better get off their butt and get a job to help provide for the family, and the driver can come off the road and get a lower paying local job.