Swift, Stevens or Knight to start out with?

IMO I think it depends on what you are looking for in a company. Look at the company that best fits your needs. Home time, location of terminals, benefits, rider policy, pet policy, APU. whatever you need is whats important. I beleve all three of the listed companies have some sort of in-house school or tuition reimbursement program, all are also established in the market.

 

one is as good as another until you start to factor in your needs and preferences. That being said i would start with Stevens they are a reefer company and i prefer hauling reefers. but i did not know that when i started, and i started at Swift. And that was not so bad

 

Now that i've thought about it... have you looked at Schneider ?

 

depends on what kind of trucking you want. swift has both van and flatbed. pays not great when you first start out, but not as bad as some says. it depends really on your attitude and patience. swift has some reefers but not like stevens or knight(squire). only bad thing about reefers are the long loading and unloading times. good luck on whoever you choose.

 

Any of those would be fine. Of course I prefer Stevens, but thats where I went and have been happy here for 3 years.

 

I started out with Steven's myself, I didnt go to there school so I wasnt under contract and left pretty quickly for a local gig. I would recomend steven's to anyone wanting to start out, they have a top notch training program and regardless of the negative comments you see on here there an ok company. They want to help you succeed and do what it take's to make sure you do, if you dont succeed and get moving down the road there not making any money. They put alot of time and resources into there driver's and dont want anyone to fail.