First solo trip for Swift driver..

gonna get icy here in a coupla days so sssssssllllllllllooooooooooowwwwwwwww dddddoooowwwwnnnn, as was posted earlier, stay in your speed comfort zone but remember the roads here are very decieving with black ice and no shoulder on some of the freeways

other than that stay safe and have a good trip

 

First load huh? I remember my first load. It was 3 days ago! I know how you feel man. When you leave the terminal for the first time, it can be very intimidating. The training guy at my terminal (Jonestown, PA) told us a story of a new driver who drove to the stop sign at the end of the terminal road, stopped, set the brakes, and promptly went back inside, turned in his keys and quit. Apparently he just couldn't do it.

But not to worry, I'm sure you'll do fine!
Keep the windshield clean
Keep the mirrors clean and adjusted
Keep your speed/weight/logs legal
Keep the rubber side down
Keep it between the lines
And you'll do fine.

After all, your first run could be like mine. I got sent to center-city Philadelphia. The land of one-way streets and low bridges!
Good luck driver!
Russ

 

Im about to go to the Academy. I have heard diffrent things about the length of time Swift was taking of assigning trucks when you go solo. How long did you guys wait for a truck?

 

keep us updated on your trip! I love stories like this!!!

 

My Granddad used to say "experience comes... Just after you need it"!

 

As corny as it sounds... You are the truck, it goes no where without you telling it where to go...
Just be still and remember that YOU are the commander of that truck... You own it, you are it's master and only you decide what it's Going to do!

Of course I'm talking about the mentality you need to have!

 

alot of good words of advise! how did the trip go??