I am finishing up my first year with a mega carrier and am starting to explore my options with other trucking companies. My question: When one...
Hello y’all. I’ve been driving for about two months now and something new has come up with my truck. Last couple of days, it will idle really...
Hey guys. I’m in week two of Swift Academy. My class obtained our CDL permits last week. Now, of us twelve, four (myself included) can’t get set...
Hi all. I’m studying for my air brake test and there’s one nagging detail I can’t figure out: during my 60 second air leak test, how on Earth am...
Hey y’all. Not sure if this is the right category to post this question, but I am about to be a new driver, so here goes… I’m going to be...
Thanks again Chinatown! All these companies look good. 160 wouldn’t finance me so looks like Swift it is! Knowing that some of these companies...
Yeah, thanks. Swift was the first people I talked to actually. Between Academy and room and board, I’ll be paying twice what a CDL goes for at a...
Thanks as always for the suggestions, Chinatown (and Flat Earth Trucker, just for the name lol). I definitely looked a Pima but they don’t have...
Hi there. Wondering if anybody here had any experience with160 Driving Academy, especially in Tucson. They offer financing so that’s a plus. What...
See, this is EXACTLY what I’m worried about with Swift. I want to become a trucker and I’ve all but signed the dotted line to join their academy,...
Thanks tscottme. I’ve found the Trucker community to be very helpful and encouraging and full of information. Cant wait to become one myself now!
That’s the kind of honest and thoughtful answer I was looking for. If I end up needing to go through Swift Academy, I’m going to feel a lot better...
Was that unreproached authority to shut down something that was in the contract, in black and white? Was there a clause pertaining to how many...
Thank you for the information. Yeah, I hear mostly positive reviews of Swift from drivers on YouTube so they seem legit. It’s good to know Swift...
Hey guys and gals. Wondering if anybody had any experience going through the Swift Academy, getting hired by Swift, and most importantly working...
Thank you to everyone who responded! There was a lot of good advice here from everybody, not just related to if I was on the hook yet (I wasn’t...
Hi all! First time hopefully-soon-to-be trucker here. Going through the motions with Swift Academy to driver program (interviewed, filled out...
