Hey, guys. Just wanted to know a few things about Swift..

Motel? Nope. You will be living in that truck for weeks at a time unless it’s in the shop. Swift has a horrible reputation. There are 100s of threads on here about Swift.

 

Do some more researching before jumping into this industry

 

to become a successful OTR driver you will need to be very flexible and not to fussy, drivers will often refuse loads to certain destinations and then whine about how their not getting enough miles. .37c per mile is pretty good @ 2000 miles per week thats $740 before tax if you can average around 2800 per week that'd be alot better. In fact getting 3000 miles per week should not be to hard even at 600 per day x 5 is 3000 Most driver cams i know of are action activated so you hit the brakes they come on etc etc, i could not envision some kind of camera taking pics of your every move that'd be invasive and highly illegal.

 

Truckstop food will run you 20,000 dollars if you taint careful.

.37 was top pay in 1992. I should consider .50 is basic training pay these days. Inflation you know...

You will get shafted somewhere. Maybe if you are blessed, you wont feel it.

Minimum hours? What is this? A ... medicore race to the bottom glamping from one picnic table to the next?

Forget the hours. You are now engaged in a great crusade. That with which your semi and you keep these united states running.

Beds? Shore there are. About 3 inches thick of foam matress, over squeezed by a tobacco smoker who likes to chew bacca and kill the occasional roach...

Yes there is really a driver cam... I want a dispatcher cam so I can yell at him hurling verbal abuse. Call it a excellent team building stress elimination exercise.

 

The camera did use the driver facing side when we first got them. They no longer film the driver, only the front view.

There isn't a minimum amount of hours that you have to work each week, but you usually should not average any less than 8-10 hours per day.

The wait time between loads can vary depending on available loads in your area. More often than not you will have the next preplan before you deliver the current load. If you still have hours to run that day it's likely that you will head directly to the next shipper.

As others have said, there are beds in the truck. Plus storage space and room to cook.
Most new trucks now come equipped with large inverters so you can power things like a microwave, toaster oven, electric grill etc.