Beginning my Process with Swift

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It's a real nice truck for sure. The sleeper is bit crowded but it rides like a caddy and pulls for days!

 

Going there for road training or just orientation? Either way you should be happy. The operation there is very efficient and laid back, all the folks are real nice. I hear the shop is a bit slow but I haven't heard any major complaints. Good luck to ya and hope to meet ya.

 

Picked a live load in Houston this a.m. Heading for the yard in Syracuse to t-call it tomorrow. ETA is 1700.

 

Heh, that sounds pretty familiar Sonny ! These last two back to back 1000+ milers really screwed my head up LOL. We were a few hours out of Syracuse and got two preplans that were jam tight on our schedule but we took em anyway hehe. I'm at the TA in. Erie PA right now on the tail end of the second load bound for a live unload at 0700 in Avon OH. I was real happy for the downtime afforded by driving better than half today. I was needing a shower pretty badly. Figuring out how to utilize the rest times is my tricky part. It is getting easier but has been a challenge. All in all I'm doing well and my mentor is happy with my progress. Was nice to see Lake Erie in daylight for a change!! Take care now!

 

Wow, a week ago! Time is sure flying by! At this writing I've got about 11 more days of over the road training left or as it equates out 106ish more hours needed. That is hours on line 3 therefore dependent on our DM keeping us moving. They've just now started preplanning us in a 'team' mode so the next 11 days should fly by. I'm currently in Ocala again after a run down from Suffolk VA to Jacksonville FL. Have to pick up a hook at K-Mart and pull it to Camden SC for delivery tomorrow then on to Hendersonville, NC for another hook going out to Paris, TX. That should take me out to at least Tuesday I'd wager. It's been a fun and exhilarating experience thus far and the learning process is definitely something different than anything I've ever done. Will I be ready to solo after 240 hours? I feel like I'll be capable of handling the job on my own, but I'm sure the apprehension will take a week or so to settle down. Ahh well, if it raises my concentration level all the better. Swift's training program isn't perfect in my opinion at this stage, but it's getting the job done in my case. YMMV