One thing about the road test that I took with Swift. Because I had just graduated from Swifts academy, I did not take a road test during...
I know it has been a long time since I posted in this thread, and I decided that I would check in today to bring you up to date. First of all, I...
I drove to the academy for school. After the academy i had 10 days off at home before orientation/mentor. I drove home, and then to the terminal...
WOW! I am on the road for a few days and don't log into this forum and the thread explodes! I said a long time ago that Swift was changing it's...
I completed my 6 weeks training with my mentor on Monday 9-12, and started 2 days of Local training on Tuesday. Completed the local at 1400 on...
Thanks CD! If I do go with HH, I will ask for Joanna. She has done a really good job from what I can see with my mentor, and gets us a T-Call for...
I may post a few items, but I don't really want to Blog on these forums. I have been thinking of putting a blogging script on my personal website,...
Well 6 weeks is just about up! I spend the weekend in Spokane, again, then on Monday I will drive back to Sumner where I will get off the truck...
Thanks Roadrunner for your comments! I believe that double clutching is a PTDI requirement because that is what Swift Academy taught us. Our...
Hey Nana, is the Volvo quieter than the International, or just Freightliner? I have been seeing a lot of the Internationals showing up around the...
We ran really hard this last week and made up a little but for the previous week with 3800 miles. I managed to get back to Sumner for the weekend...
I have not been posting as many updates as I had originally planned, but there is not much exciting news to post. As I previously mentioned, I...
Sorry to dissapoint, but if I had the GPS tracks for my last 3 weeks they would be pretty boring! I am running with a mentor from the heavy haul...
Nothing too exciting to report here. The tractor was ready at about 6pm on Wednesday, but we waited to get it till Thursday morning. I spent the...
So we had been running great this week with about 650 miles for Monday and tuesday! By 0700 Wednesday, we had two preplans that would get us about...
WIA is a government financial aid of sorts. it stands for Workforce Investment Act, and it's purpose is to re-train displaced workers for a new...
I have to tell you that I am running from Sumner WA to the Spokane WA area for the most part. So not being in the high desert heat, we run all day...
So just a quick update on my training status. I have to say that I am very lucky to have the mentor that I am with. He has not tried to run us as...
This has changed a little bit. The student gets paid a weekly salary of $450 for weeks 1-4 and $500 for weeks 5 & 6. The mentor gets his cpm rate...
Today was the day that I got to meet my mentor!!!! His name is Oleg and he runs Heavy Haul out of the Sumner yard. I am not really interested in...
