SWIFT's Millington, TN academy

Fewe you have the highrise or the mid?

 

Mine is the high rise. I wish the upper bunk would fold up but other than that I like it. As for storage, there is plenty of room for my stuff. There is almost no room over the driver's area so my atlas has to live on the floor or passenger seat if the defroster is actually needed. Since my dog/co-pilot/navigator "Scooby" lives on the passenger seat the atlas gets relegated to the floor.

I wouldn't even think of team driving in The PornStar with anyone other than my wife.

 

I am taking this is a stuffed dog?

The midrise have no cabinets worth a crap.

 

You are correct sir... My boys went to Build-A-Bear and made me a travel companion so I wouldn't get lonely. He is also my guard dog!!!

 

fewe, is swift replacing the volvo's with all prostar's, or are they just trying them out to see how they hold up, thanks p.s. cummins engine in there

 

Trying to figure out what Swift is doing is like trying to figure out what a woman is thinking. I have heard that they are not going to be buying Volvos anymore due to them not holding up to new drivers very well.

As for the motor, yes it is the Cummins ISX. Don't know the specs but it is a company truck so economy is king. It actually pulls pretty good even running 79,600 up hill.

 

We have 2010 Volvos too. They don't put all their eggs in 1 basket. Don't think we'll see any freighties for a while. Seems there was a warranty problem and they went round and round. I'm not sure of the details. Might of had something to do with lugging the Detroits at too low of a speed.

AFAIK we all have 3:55's with 9 speeds. The Cummins is rated at 400HP. Yet you can't spin them that fast to get to that level in high gear. We are neutered to 335hp # 1375 rpm

 

The Prostar's have 435 hp Cummins. The Volvo's in the fleet that have Cummins engine's are at 400 hp.....We have some Volvo's that have the Volvo motor, those are 465 hp (BigCat's truck has one).

They got a good amount of Prostar's this year, they are all Skyrise's, but most if not all of those were handed out to Mentor's and Team's.

 

What RPM is those engines rated at? The ISX likes to rev. Swift won't let them achieve their full potential.

 

Rug must want one, Fewe.

Kind of like my T660, i have ZERO storage anywhere around the driver. I do 'cheat' a little, and i can reach up, and just behind to the left and sit something on the big shelf thats there for the sleeper. I stash my 'keep it straight' spiral behind the closed shade of my upper sleeper window, and my pens, white-out tape, etc. in a rubbermaid basket in the cubbie hole next to my 400w inverter. my atlas goes in the pocket behind the passenger seat, and i bought a little zip up notebook/folder thingy for by BOLs to keep them nice and neat....also goes in the same pocket.