Huh? I'm stuck on stooopid tonight. To much candy in my kids throught & caused me to go delerious..... I don't understand? She told me that she is due for a service soon. So I'm guessing she'll have it looked at at that time.
Tom? Are you slipping? No spelling & grammer corrections? That is so not like you!! Are you OK? I suggest you go to the ER immediatly and have yourself checked out!!
OK..I'm back...they wouldn't check me in after they checked me out! 1. GRAMMAR...not grammer! 2. IMMEDIATELY...not immediatly! I feel so much better now!
Anyone know what current pay Swift drivers receive in addition cpm? E.g., do swift drivers receive dention pay and/or layover pay and if so how much? Lumper pay? Any reasonable bonuses that they offer? Anything else? Is there anything that they don't pay that other carriers might pay for? When calculating route miles, what system do they use? I'm just if someone wouldn't mind explaining how the calculation for route miles works, that would be appreciated. Do people seem to have luck in getting paid for acutal miles driven if there is a desciptancy? I realize this info might already be posted somewhere but I mostly see either outdated info or second hand and unreliable info. Thanks!
Detention pay $15/hr after 2 hrs from your appt time (NOT your arrivial time) and paid every 15 min. Layover pay, you must have gone 24hrs without a Preplan, but its $50. If you're given a PP and decline it, you wont get layover pay. Breakdown pay, not sure how much this runs, probalby the same as layover pay. When i was a co. driver, i got a driver bonus from time to time. since going regional, i never saw it again. But it has to do with your OT percentge, idle and mpgs. usually its a $50 bonus...but heck, they may have done away with that when they took a penny a mile from all the drivers....which i'm sure we'll never see again. Just look at how many new trailers swift has bought? courtsey of the drivers takin' it in the az... =)
Since you're so worried about people's writing skills I fixed your post for you. I corrected your spelling, misuse of grammar, incomplete sentences and non-understandable sentences. You're welcome. As for the information you're seeking, I'm afraid that I might spell something incorrectly, dangle a participle or misuse punctuation. Plus, I'm sure since I'm not a perfect speller my information would be unreliable. Sorry! Now see how consequences to your actions can bite you in the rump? You come to this forum wanting information but you spend a large amount of your time insulting members. Why on earth do you think members would then wish to help you? However, I shall despite my extremely low opinion of you. Including cpm, Swift's bonuses, retention pay, layover pay, stop pay in fact all pay varies with the fleet you're on. One hard line answer will not be accurate. When considering changing fleets at Swift one needs to ask specific questions concerning cpm and all bonuses not to mention retention pay, layover and stop pay. Swift is a "starter" company which means they train new drivers and hire beginning drivers, thus the pay and benefits are not those of a company that hires long term experienced drivers. You do not get paid "actual" miles. You get paid the miles that the trip planners calculate the run will take. I know of no one who has argued and won that point. (I'm quite sure that the moment I post this, someone will pop up and claim they have. LOL) As far as lumper pay: yes Swift pays lumper fees. As to your question is there anything else you need to know: oh yes indeed, there is much you need to know.
Hi Nana, It's very thoughtful of you to both correct and respond to my posts. When you say "fleets," I'm guessing that means flatbed, dry van, and reefer, correct? Thanks again.
No. Again, you're wrong in your opinion. A fleet is a group of trucks operated under a specific management group. There are a great many fleets within Swift. They vary in whether they're local, regional, OTR, dedicated, the new team/mentor fleet and also whether they're van, reefer, flat or a combination of reefer and van. If a driver changes from OTR to a dedicated fleet there will be variables. There will also be variables between two different dedicated fleets. This is why you'll hear drivers out of one fleet at a terminal have difficulties that perhaps drivers with another fleet at the same terminal don't have. Why home time, days off, nights at home can vary between even fleets that seem to be the same type. Just because five fleets are dedicated fleets it doesn't mean they're very similar. A target fleet will vary greatly with a Wal-mart fleet and even the Sam's fleet will run differently than the Wal-mart fleet. An OTR driver out of Phoenix will have a greatly different experience than say an OTR driver out of Troutdale or Edwardsville. The trucking industry isn't a simple industry and it isn't easy to understand or learn. Not only is there a great variance between fleets there is even more so between different companies. It's not an industry or career that is as simplistic and brainless as many who have no knowledge think it is. Frankly, this is why your statements about how people who have poor spelling are not "reliable and knowledgeable" have angered so many of us. Those men and women who have decades of experience in this industry have more knowledge than most new drivers will ever even consider learning or even have an opportunity to learn. If you wish to exclude them because they don't meet your petty little standard of writing skills then you will be the one who loses out on the education. You may can write but you won't come close to knowing what they know. You see shadowlurker you don't even know as much as I know, and I know only a tiny portion of the industry. You may think Im just being hateful for these words but in truth Im trying to help you learn to take knowledge from the best sources youll ever find. Instead of attempting to justify your insults and pompous projections on one thread by starting another in which you restated your opinions, you might consider changing your outlook. The bottom line is this: writing skills arent going to keep you and the other people on the road safe from your lack of experience, wisdom and knowledge when youre handed the keys to a truck. But the advice of more experienced drivers will.
