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My Experience at the Swift Academy >>> Corsicana, Texas

Discussion in 'Trucking Schools and CDL Training Forum' started by B*Rocka, Feb 11, 2013.

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  1. Feb 24, 2013 #21
    new2ruck

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    Thanks for responding..I start Monday 25th and after looking at the route on Google I will be staying at the hotel.
     
    new2ruck, Feb 24, 2013
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  3. Feb 24, 2013 #22
    pattyj

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    Good for you for not quitting.You still have aways to go before you get qualified but you can do it.
     
    pattyj, Feb 24, 2013
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  4. Mar 11, 2013 #23
    B*Rocka

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    To Sum it All Up: Long story short.... I have finished. Swift makes their test more difficult than the DPS test so that you shouldn't have any problems passing. I start orientation on Tuesday. I'm ready to get on the road and learn what I really need to know to make this work for me as a career. The instructors were great! I learned alot. Now its time to put what I've learned into action.
     
    B*Rocka, Mar 11, 2013
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  5. Apr 13, 2013 #24
    B*Rocka

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    How's it going?
     
    B*Rocka, Apr 13, 2013
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  7. Apr 17, 2013 #25
    Scott72

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    Congrats on making it through! How did orientation go? You on the road yet?
     
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  8. Apr 24, 2013 #26
    SavageMalloy

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    BRocka, that was a riveting thread! I am trying to decide on whether to go to Swift in Lewiston ID or go to a local school 15 minutes from my house.
     
    SavageMalloy, Apr 24, 2013
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  9. Feb 21, 2014 #27
    B*Rocka

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    Let me just say that it's been an interesting year! I am no longer a company driver for Swift. They showed me their bad, bad, and ugly sides. No good anymore. I'm not gonna post it openly. But I will respond privately. Any questions, just ask. I still love driving, just wish I'd gone another route to do it. It's like a T. W. B and Freddie Mac situation towards drivers...in my opinion.
     
    B*Rocka, Feb 21, 2014
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  10. Feb 24, 2014 #28
    mtgmaker

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    TWB or TBW,thought you might have meant Taylor Bean and Whitaker
     
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  11. Sep 18, 2015 #29
    B*Rocka

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    I am no longer with Swift.
    I will still answer any questions as honestly as I can based on my 2+ years with them.
     
    B*Rocka, Sep 18, 2015
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  12. Sep 18, 2015 #30
    Jubal3

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    I will ask you to PLEASE make a new thread on why Swift didn't work out for you.

    I talk to everyone every chance I get. the only "good" I hear from Swift drivers is from guys who think 22 cents a mile etc is "good."

    What do they ACTUALLY pay? How many miles does a RELIABLE driver get? Why is thir reputation so bad? ( from your perspective.

    Not asking you to be vindictive, but I, for one, was pushed HARD towards swift by an agency who PAID for my training, but I was told by EVERY person who knew the indusry to run FAR away from them. Surely there is SOME good to this company besides indentured-servant CDLs.
     
    Jubal3, Sep 18, 2015
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