Drive Line Deviation with Swift

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  1. whopperjr

    whopperjr Bobtail Member

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    I am thinking about applying at Swift. I am wondering how far off the drive line you can go to hit the store.
    I am also wondering what problems you can get for parking in a medium parking lot not a big one like Wal Mart or Meijer.
     
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  3. whopperjr

    whopperjr Bobtail Member

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    I have a few more questions for any trucker that I just thought of. Is it allowed to leave a generator outside of the truck for about an hour to power a toaster oven?
    And is it allowed to carry one in a Swift truck? I guess I should ask a Swift representative about that.
     
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  4. Osiris

    Osiris Light Load Member

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    If you are looking for driver comforts look somewhere other then Swift.

    There are companys with fridge, inverters, apu's but Swift ain't one.
     
  5. Chinatown

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    TransAm is a good 2nd chance company & hires drivers with problems in their background. Don't need generator because all trucks have APU:
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    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    While I am not a Swift (nor will I ever be), most companies don't allow drivers to carry/use personal generators on company trucks. If they didn't have a problem with it, and you carried one, you would have to keep it outside since it has it's own fuel supply onboard, and you can't store gasoline inside a passenger compartment...even under the bunk in a side box is still considered the passenger compartment since there isn't an air tight seal.
     
  7. Chinatown

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    That's a dumb policy!
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  8. whopperjr

    whopperjr Bobtail Member

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    What about propane generators?
     
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    TripleSix God of Roads

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    If you buy an inverter, will they install it for you? Or will they allow you to have it installed? The guy might have a thing for Poptarts. They dont have any weird children in their ads like the competition.
     
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    Better ask the Swift recruiter. Remember, Swift merged with Knight and is now under Knight management. That was big news not too long ago. Google: Swift-Knight merger
     
  11. TravR1

    TravR1 Road Train Member

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    That’s a question for Hank Hill, the go-to guy for propane and propane accessories.
     
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