New driver needing advice. Please!

where in NC are you? If not too far towards the coast, you could maybe check out Maverick. http://www.maverickusa.com/

 

didn't you know about EPES TRANSPORT out of greensboro, nc. I think that would a good shot for you, check them out and let us know what you get.

 

You say you finished your training with Swift but you didn't finish you contract with them for all the training you received?

1) I would recommend you check your DAC report, 99.99% sure there is something on there that might not look so good.

2) You might even be receiving a letter or summons to appear in tort court.

You have to remember that you were under contract weather that be express or written, to work for them for some length of time or to pay them back for all their expenses for training you.

 

i sign a contract with Crengland which was to work for them for 6 months after i received training and everything, i quit right after training and they didn't put anything on my dac report or take me to court the only thing they can do is they can mess with your credit report and they did that to me and i told them im not paying nothing back since they already screw my credit report for the money i owed them.

 

The OP may have shot himself in the foot for walking away from a training company, given his lack of experience. It really doesn't matter who "lied," to whom in his relationship with Swift. IMHO he will have difficulty getting hired on due to lack of experience, Swift will probably indicate that he quit on his DAC (which certainly won't help his ability to get hired by another carrier, experienced or not), the ding in his credit report for the unpaid debt will hurt and if Swift goes hard after him to collect the training fees by contract, it could get expensive.

Just about everything I've read here states that newbies should avoid company-sponsored schools for this very reason. If a newbie can attend (and pay for) a school "approved," by the carrier(s) he wants to work for, with company reimbursing his schooling after he stays for six months or a year, that seems to be the best way to go.

Just MHO.

 

Go back to Swift. Pay your dues than get out. I won't say its impossible to find what will suit you, but you will have to be in the right place at the right time after hearing NO...a lot....worst thing you dd IMO was walk away with nothing else lined up

 

Alright gang, this is an example of setting yourself up to fail before you ever got a chance to succeed.

Heres a person that made an arrangement to drive for a company. He signs his name on a document and the company now has an investment in him, a contract of sorts, right? The company gets him through the training, but now, all of a sudden, he can't live up to his end of the bargain. Dude, Swift's flatbed terminal is in Greer,SC. They run mainly between The Carolina's, southern Ohio, and Gary,Indiana. You could have stayed within a days reach from the house and lived up to your end of the agreement.

You do know that you just added to the hardship that your family may be experiencing. How so? Usually, the people that went the route that you chose normally do so because they are lacking in 2 areas: a. Time b. Money. Your dropping out has wasted even more time and you haven't been making any money, PLUS Swift is going to want compensation for your breaking the agreement you had with them.

"Any advice?"

Yes, but it won't help you. I always tell my guys, the most valuable thing that any of us have is our name. Do what you say you are gonna do.

 

Move to California. Lots of local companies hire new drivers. Especially in agriculture.

 

I am sorry that many people are locked into this ''belief system'' about new drivers and the one size fits all mentality.

I have a friend who is doing very well and he has been on a ''dedicated'' route as a Rookie.His training was even with a trainer for 3 weeks on a dedicated home every day job.He did NOT have to go march with the SHEEP all the way to the slaughter house.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..He DID NOT have to go with a bottom feeder crap company..

What he did was RESEARCH RESEARCH AND MOE RESEARCH.Then he found what worked for him.

Always keep in mind that there is more than one way to skin a cat..