Swift Transportation Company, Inc. - Phoenix, Az.

pawpaw · Jan 20, 2009

davan2004 said: ↑

You know what... I've seen t2000s as company trucks too!
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I'm driving one and they are nice, though a little heavy, but good fuel economy.

debo23 · Jan 21, 2009

How did you get into one? I want one too

jjwl30 · Jan 21, 2009

I am finally going out tomorrow. I am having to team, which is not what I preferred, but I guess I can do it till I am able to get a truck of my own. At least till I get some experience to move on to a different company.

Texas-Nana · Jan 21, 2009

jjwl30 said: ↑

I am finally going out tomorrow. I am having to team, which is not what I preferred, but I guess I can do it till I am able to get a truck of my own. At least till I get some experience to move on to a different company.
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Good for you! I hope it'll be a great experience.

pawpaw · Jan 23, 2009

debo23 said: ↑

How did you get into one? I want one too
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It is what my terminal had available when I needed a truck.

doubledragon5 · Jan 24, 2009

I drove one at my current job. When my truck was in the shop, that is what I hooked up to. They were left overs from Stevens and we just put on a PTO, to use with our tankers. The truck inside was a disaster, but it ran smooth.. Was glade to get my own truck back as the sleepers with two tanks take away from the over all pounds I can get in the tanker, which in return takes away $$$$

bigrigdriver229 · Jan 28, 2009

What we as former drivers have to do is band togeather and find all former drivers who they have done wrong and take a whole complaint to Mary Peters in Washington and if not to our new President Obama, We are the ones who deliver this nation. Without TRUCKS this nation don't move. so i say and I will be one thats right at the front of the line . Michael

TurboTrucker said: ↑

I moved this subject from the favorite trucking company section to this one, which is much more appropriate.

Swift has amassed a tremendous amount of discussion over the years, and I thought that it might be a good idea to link to some of the more pointed discussions and other information that is out there for public viewing. The LAST link in this list is the one that has digested the safety record in concise and easy to understand terms and explains the ISS-2 system of determining the need for inspections at scale locations for unsafe carriers. If you read nothing else, please see this link for sure if you are even considering Swift as a place to work for.

This are merely the high points. Who in their right mind would work for a company that has a track record like this? Oh...sure...some of what is read can be explained as vengeful people with spite on their mind. You continuously hear phrases like "all trucking companies treat drivers badly". If this was true, then why is Swift the number one topic and most often discussed on the boards that are geared toward the discussion of the trucking industry? Why do you rarely read anything of a negative nature on so many other companies?

When you hear one bad thing, it's easy to overlook it. When you read repeated bad testimonials, it's a little harder to ignore.

I have a collection of testimonials that have been related to me under more private circumstances, that paint an even more sordid picture of Swift Transporation, but I do not have permission from most of these people to publish their remarks in a public forum, so I can only refer to them in general terms.

Swift is in dire need of a wake-up call, and until they demonstrate that they desire to clean up their act, and begin to treat people like humans, rather than economic slaves, then they deserve to go down in flames, and I wouldn't offer so much as to urinate on their ashes.

Don't be lured into giving them any benefit of the doubt, because there is too much out there in the form of information that should override any inclination to even pick up the phone in response to their slick advertisements and deceptive ways of doing business.

Don't get me wrong. Swift is hardly the only pile of dung that needs to be swept off the sidewalk. They just happen to be the biggest and smell the worst at the moment.

Unions once had their place in America, and the powers that be will not allow the formation of groups of people that have the power to hold America hostage again. So be it. This is why the average American must be their own delegate, and refuse to be victimized by employers, regardless of what occupation they work in. They must be smarter and take the time to do their own form of background checks on whom they consider working for. It's the easiest way to head of a disaster BEFORE it becomes one.
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bigrigdriver229 · Jan 28, 2009

How did you get your DAC cleared after what they did to you ? I've been a driver for nearly 10 yr's and the last 6 months was with Swift and they got over on me, claimed I was late for a drug test and I wasn't, DM told the terminal manager a diffrent story than what him and i discussed,but they believed him. and my girlfriend had to quit, i've been without trucking now going on 2 yrs except local regular driving...thanks MIKE

navajosteals said: ↑

I worked for swift and I have worked for 2 other companies, still employed as a trucker.

I hate Swift. They worked my ### off with no attention to my medical or hometime needs, then they blamed me for log violations. I warn you, if you drive for them, don't go throught their brand training school, its a trap. If you don't stay on with them and suffer the exploitation, you will be stuck with the bill for their shabby school. i trained elsewhere through a state program, and I can't believe they are still in business.

There is a pervasive bad attitude throughout the majority of swift dispatch offices, they think drivers are second class citizens. They blackballed me on DAC because I told them to shove it and quit taking their crap. They will screw you over big time. And if you drive for them, you will get nailed by cops and weigh stations, esp in CA.
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skidsolelady · Mar 7, 2009

Not sure if a new thread is needed for this, but..my husband (works for Swift) said that a message came over his Q-Comm this week that any students that recieved their CDL from Swift school in Memphis, (meaning those prior to the federal raid in Feb. 2008) would need to contact Swift offices as their CDL's were being terminated. I guess they'll have to go to a DOT testing office to get their CDL re-issued. The message said that those people would be recieving a letter in the mail within the next few days. My husb. attended the school there after that time, June, but took his CDL at the DOT office, not at the school. (They did away with that after the. Feb. investigation). Just an F.Y.I for ya! Plus..I appreciate the hard work you truckers do out there! Drive safe!

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