The start of my first year with Swift.

So it seems my good fortune was not meant to be. I was sent to Wheeler Ridge, CA on a "reposition" run. I saw a sign in Lathrop that said there were no more "deadhead" miles. Anyway, I got there and almost immediately got a load from Van Nuys to TX. It was to deliver on the 6th. I called the on duty DL and accepted the load after I explained I would need to do a 34 along the way. It was a real pain to pick up. It took a long time to find the trailer and when I did the landing gear was in a hole on one side. The load was really heavy so when I was cranking it down it kept lurching over. I finally got it hooked up and went to the scale. I was overweight. Back I go to the dock to have the load repositioned. After 2.5 hours I was on my way. I sent in my loaded macro and got a message that I was running late. I thought that was odd.

I decided to head to Fontana as I was getting short on hours. When I got there I went in and asked dispatch about the running late macro. I was told the load had to be delivered by the 4th. I told them that my preplan and load information said the 6th. They send me to Mira Loma to T call the load. What a pain in the butt. It was pretty much a wasted day. Now I'm on a 34hr reset.

It's a good thing I cut my hair off...I can't pull it out now.

 

And that's supposed to make me feel better...LMAO. Just kidding, I have no idea, but it sure seems suspicious.

 

Why is there a BUNCH of truck drivers who have these tats on their arms with skulls, deaths heads, just a lot of stuff about death? It would seem that Swift has hired a mercenary army of SAS trained killers to drive for them. If it weren't for the fact that most of the guys who have them can barely walk because their are so obese I might be afraid to stay at a terminal. Perhaps their specialty isn't hand to hand combat, I bet that's it.

Just an observation.