Leaving prime thinking of swift

I run the Great Lakes Region and it works for me. You must be out at least six days before you can go home. Moving up to 62 mph will seem like you are flying though

 

I run the Great Lakes Region and it works for me. You must be out at least six days before you can go home. Moving up to 62 mph will seem like you are flying though

 

Swift has 308 division which is Texas Regional. Several of the guys run out of Houston at the yard we share with Central on Mesa. I run it but I am currently on loan to one of the shuttle fleets out of Lancaster. Miles are just ok, 1800 to 2200 a week. There are a couple of dedicated fleets out of the Houston yard too, the biggest one being Home Depot. The two guys I know that are on it are home every night and get paid by the day, something like $160 per day if I remember right.

 

They may not hire you out of orientation on dedicated. Couldn't hurt to ask.

I would check into Crete and Schaffer to see if they have regional out of your area. Probably more pay. Definitely they pay for practical miles. Mo' $$

 

What was wrong with prime

 

Try schneider

 

They pay you back when ya turn them in. Find some extra load locks and turn them in too...

 

Um, welcome to trucking.....

I've never worked for a mega-carrier that didn't take money out of my first few paychecks. Swift requires you to buy an enforcer lock set which is $80 and I've heard they require you to pay for chains now as well. I left there for Glen Moore, and they took $150 out of my first check to fund any cash advances I might want to take someday. When they were sold to Celadon, I got my $150 back, but Celadon is still taking money out of my check each week for everything from the air cuff lock to the PrePass unit. Seems pretty standard in the industry.

As for hometime, 1 day for every week worked is also pretty standard. There are companies that will advertise home weekly, but be advised you will only be home for a 34hr restart, and it could be any day of the week. Example, they may get you home Tuesday night, and expect you back in the truck ready to roll Thursday morning. If you've got a family with jobs and/or school, being home on Wednesday isn't worth much.

There are good jobs out there, but you're not likely to land one right out of the chute. Falling into the job hopper pattern believing the grass is greener on the other side isn't going to land you a good job, either. in the trucking industry, it's still an employers market. There are enough drivers in the pool to let companies be a little picky about who they hire. If we ever get our economy booming again, that will turn around, but until then it's best to play by their rules if you want doors to open for you. And one of the major rules in trucking is stick it out with one company for 1 year.