Finally getting to start.

Good for you! Best of luck and many safe miles to you.

 

Will you have to go out with a mentor?

 

I had to do 240 since I had been out for a while but it went by quickly. Just over 3 and a half weeks. Going out with a flatbed mentor is definitely a help (I had a van mentor) as the securement class is pretty much a joke when it comes to hands on training.

 

You should pay attention to your signature line and apply it to the things you obviously know nothing about. Besides women.

 

Phase I is completely unimportant in the grand scheme of things. It is simply sitting in class for two days and talking about the loads Swift hauls. Then you will be given a safety vest, hard hat, and safety glasses...oh, and steel toe shoes if you have none ($75 deducted from your check I think). Mike does a final tie down (phase II) in Greer, Perry runs the Gary class, and I am not sure who is in Phoenix. You can do it at any of these terminals. Even this class will not really teach you anything. You will go over the different loads and then have to show that you can secure a coil, loaded suicide I think. I did phase I in Greer and II in Gary, IN. Both Mike and Perry are knowledgeable and darn decent guys to deal with.

 

Get lost troll, or do some reading before opening your mouth. Stick to the companies that you are wanting to drive for since you have no knowledge about what we are doing other than what the other trolls say.