Would you get off the truck?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by RedRover, Dec 6, 2016.

  1. ZhenyaP1991

    ZhenyaP1991 Medium Load Member

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    Get yourself an otr trainer. You really shooting yourself in the foof by staying on target.
     
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  3. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    Man I wish Swift would get rid of l/o's as mentors. What is it, about 95% of the bad mentors are l/o's that need the team driver to make the truck payment. Heck, my first mentor was an l/o too. I was so stressed after the first two weeks I was ready to quit. My wife convinced me to get a new mentor, and he was great. 5 years later I'm glad that first one did not cause me to quit.
    Sad thing is, I was with Swift for a year, and he was still training (seen him and student in drivers lounge) a year later. :(
     
  4. RedRover

    RedRover Road Train Member

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    He did it from home. No idea how because I haven't given him my info. He's no doubt heard me give my driver code hundreds of times, but the password is the last 4 of my social and I definitely didn't give him that. When I shut down or we switch drivers I make it a point to completely log myself out, change drivers and leave the little prompt up for him to put his own pin in to log on. I have even refused to do it when he tried to give me the pin to log him on.

    I ultimately contacted the driver development coordinator, who asked me if I wanted a smoking or non smoking mentor. I smoke but promised to quit if t would get me off of this truck.
     
  5. street beater

    street beater Road Train Member

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    I would rather see mentors being salaried employees, with bonuses based on the success of their students. End the push for easy extra money by using people who are scared to speak up
     
  6. RedRover

    RedRover Road Train Member

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    What is sad is that if they weren't lazy as #### they wouldn't need help to make the payment. This dude gets paid loaded and unloaded miles for runs that average between 800-1000 miles round trip with multiple stop pay times 7-10, at 35 dollars per stop. He's just lazy. If I was running solo in a 68mph truck, I could gross 5-6k a week on this #### regional route. His lease payment is only like 650 on this 2015 579 and his break even before fuel etc, including all insurance and rental of Qualcomm is like 950. One good run and that crap is paid for. He's taking like 300 dollar advances and #### while he's not even on the truck, which I keep seeing on the Qualcomm.

    Anyway we will see how quickly they get me off of this truck. Now apparently we are going to Arkansas. Maybe it will be snowing and I'll get some experience that way. All I know is if this dude says anything stupid to me, he's going to be taking a long nap in the reefer.
     
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  7. RedRover

    RedRover Road Train Member

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    Would I be hit with abandonment if I left his truck at the Pilot and took an uber back to the terminal? Lol
     
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  8. street beater

    street beater Road Train Member

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    Just start a go fund me page, titled "help me quit, this guy is a ###." When it gets over a grand, show him, and "request he drop you at a terminal.
     
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  9. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    Actually call you trainer manager (forget what he's called) and see if he will allow it. Very likely will have no problem with it. Heck, they might be nice enough to send the van out to pick you up if close enough.
     
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  10. tinytim

    tinytim Road Train Member

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    You're most of the way through the process of getting solo. Don't do anything rash and throw it all away.

    Get in touch with whoever you have to at Swift during the day tomorrow to get off this truck, but until then suck it up.

    Btw, can someone explain dedicated to me. In my mind that doesn't leave the option to be turning down all kinds of loads.
     
  11. RedRover

    RedRover Road Train Member

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    He just doesn't accept them in time. Same thing. If he doesn't want one, it's like the president failing to sign a law before a session of congress ends. A pocket veto, as it were.

    You have to accept them or reject them with a reason behind it. He just sits until they take it off of us and he's flat out warned me against accepting one.
     
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