Anyone recently solo with swift

Ok will be going with the swift school and am courious if anyone out there is recently new solo driver and could tell me a break down on what the pay has been like so far after you got you own truck with them .

 

Has of Jan 13th 2008 training time pay will now be.
week 1-2 $450
week 3-4 $450
week 5-6 $500
Also the $500 bonus for the delivery of your first load has been done away with. While this looks good for weekly pay. It actually means that you will lose $200 by the end of it.

YES THIS IS NEW! 350/400/500/500 bonus has been done away with.

 

Wouldn't you actually be getting $350 less and not $200 less like you said? Or am I missing something?

 

I was sent this once I had made the choice to go with them :So if anyone know if this is true please let me know and thank you for the feed back so far and thank you for all in this forum I realy want to do this but am so nervous on the money as things are so tight right now

Once youcomplete the 21 days of school, you will be GUARANTEED A JOB WITH SWIFT. You will begin your employment by going6 weeks on the road with a trainer. You get $2500.00 for the 6 weeks of training and they split that up and give you an average of $420.00 a week. As soon as you are done with the training you will receive a $500.00 bonus and be assigned YOUR OWN TRUCK out of Harrisburg, PA.At that point you would be able to choose a REGIONAL or OVER-THE-ROAD position.

Over-the-road – Average of 3000 to 3400 miles per week. 10-14days out 2-4 days home. You will cover the 48 states.Starting pay is 26 cents per mile,an average of $750.00 - $800.00 per week for your first 6 months. After six monthsyour pay would be raised to 33 cents per mile (average $950.00 per week) and a raise to 35 cents per mile at one year (average $1000.00 + per week)

TUITION:
The total cost of the school is $3900.00. But Swift helps you out all the way. Once you are seated in your own truck, Swift will start charging you $150.00 per month.That will come right out of your pay-check at approx $38.00 per week. Swift will also contribute $150.00 a month toward your tuition so you will only be paying $1950.00 for the school. After 13 months of employment the school will be fully paid and Swift will actually start to reimburse you 150.00 per month for the next 13 months. You basically get your money back after 26 months of service.

 

"6 weeks on the road with a trainer."
How do you people do this?
6 weeks in that truck for 23.5 hours a day with the same person.
Am I the only one who has a problem with this?
Is there something wrong with me?
Am I crazy?

 

Bah my mistake its neg 300 not 200.

Weeks 1-2 is 200$ more total (350 to 450 a week)
Weeks 3-4 is 100$ more total (400 to 450 a week)
Weeks 5-6 stay the same at 500$ a week
So thats an extra 300$ for the first 4 weeks. But they did away with the 500$ bonus for your first load so in the end you loss out on 200$.

 

I am thinking seriously about Swift, as I have apparently been accepted into their training program. It seems that being accepted is no guarantee of being allowed to stay, even with spotless DOT physical and DMV.

Still curious about trainees actual experiences with Swift. Are those new drivers just out of Swift's 6 week mentorship program getting all the miles they want?

 

The only guarantee is that there are NO guarantee's. (Words to live by in trucking)

Has for miles fright is always slow this time of the year but will pick up soon. I think probably 75% of the time when someone isn't getting miles its in some way shape or form their own fault. Like the guy who turns down a lot of loads in Jan/Feb because he doesnt want to drive in snow. And then he cant understand why hes always sitting around with no load. Think about it this way you have two guys that work for you. One dose any task you give him typically without question. The other pisses and moans about everything even to the point of refusing. Well when work gets slow which will you be more likely to keep around or give choice jobs to at anytime.

 

I got all the miles I wanted and then some. I went OTR for a brief 2 months when I got off my mentors truck and I ran hard -- as hard as legally possible. Making the good ol' .27 a mile, too. Shortly after that I was given a dedicated route which bumped my pay to .39 cents a mile (I'm now up to .42) and I'm home every single weekend. It's a grueling account, however. Loadingm tarping and unloading (flatbed) sometimes twice a day and most of the time I don't even have time to stop and eat with stacked pick ups and deliveries. I go out Monday, come back Friday night (sometimes I leave Sun night and get home Thursday night) and usually run my 70 out, or #### close to it. I'm flatbed.

They can't keep me rolling fast enough, it seems. I usually have loads on me 2-3 in advance. I can't comment on the Dry Van side as I never pulled a dry van load solo. Flatbed was always for me. I did run with a mentor for 4 weeks in a Dry Van and they kept us running hard. 6,500-7,000 miles a week as a team.

 

So now you are flatbedding with .42 per mile? How long has it been since you finished your time with your mentor?

I don't think I'll have any issues with a grueling schedule, as I have absolutely no obligations or connections with family. No reason to want to go " home " now, to be honest. My objectives are to

1) Work
2) Work
3) Work

Since this seems to match any solid employers interests, I simply want to make sure I'll get the miles.

How many miles are you now getting each week, and what is your gross pay for that same week?

Thanks.