The start of my first year with Swift.

there was a comment made about getting repairs made, just a fair warning to all swift drivers, if you ripple the water they'll push you under. she started this past summer, and was busting her butt as she loves to drive.
wishing you the best of luck out there and watch your '6'

 

Had to post someone just sent it to me.

 

When I feel like Im getting tired or sleepy what I do its pull over on the side of the road and get out of the truck, walk around the truck just to make my blood circulate on my body, within 5 mins I'm brand new again, I only drive at night time and sometimes it doesn't really matter how much u sleep during the day, there's "that night" when u get tired for no reason, the main thing is because our brain gets in a comfort zone where u start having random thoughts about anything and also being sitting for a long time our body gets used to that rocking of the seat. So that's the only thing it works for me, I tried the "taking a nap" option and I usually wake up worse than before I went to sleep, the "roll down the windows" doesn't work either, so whenever u are out there and feel like your eyes are getting a little heavy, try getting out of the truck and stretch those legs and do a 5 minutes walk around and quick check the truck.

 

At Swift they have a DM and a Planner, the Planners are the one who assigns the load to the drivers, the Driver Manager or Dispatcher dont have that ability, they make sure you get dispatch on the load youre planned on and assist you with what you need out there, fuel, P.O., mac 22, and anything related to the job. Also we all want long runs but it depends on how fast the customer wants their products so those are things that the company takes into consideration.

 

Thanks so much Sheriff for continuing to narrate your work adventures on the forum. I do have a question for you. From your posts it seems that you have now encountered some of the frequently reported difficulties that can/do occur in the average day of an OTR driver. I'm curious at where you would put your personal stress/frustration level with any of these incidents now that you are solo?

 

Thanks for the post's Sheriff I am planning on going to The Swift training out of Phoenix sometime in June. These post are great in giving me an idea of what I am in for when I start. Keep them coming.

 

Swift has a drop yard in Boise, I would think that would be the ideal place to T-call it. Ask your DL.