New solo driver for Swift

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Meadow, Aug 20, 2018.

  1. Meadow

    Meadow Bobtail Member

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    Is it possible to only drive the daylight hours for Swift like 6 a.m. to 5 p.m (winter time)?
     
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  3. Wooly Rhino

    Wooly Rhino Road Train Member

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    IF you own enough Swift stock you can drive whenever you wish to.
     
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  4. nomikona

    nomikona Bobtail Member

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    If your local or dedicated, but if your OTR forget about it, your not going to last being solar powered.
     
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  5. pmdriver

    pmdriver Road Train Member

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    You sure will not like your paychecks if you try that, then you have a few thousand of your co-workers working any hours so be prepared to be the whipping post.
     
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  6. bryan21384

    bryan21384 Road Train Member

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    If you want to only work daylight hours, I suggest you become a teller at a bank.
     
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  7. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    Sure you can.

    3am to 5 pm would be better. $$$$

    “But Six, we can only drive 11 hours.”

    If you want to do something like that, you have to plan for the 14, instead of the 11. The 14 would help you recover from the “WHAT IFS”. You do your 11 hour plan, your money will suffer badly. Do my suggestion, and you would be able to do your miles, have a regular schedule, and most days, be done and parked by 2pm.
     
  8. bryan21384

    bryan21384 Road Train Member

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    And if your load picks up at 7 am and has to be there by the crack of dawn?
     
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  9. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    500-600 miles. Doable.
     
  10. bryan21384

    bryan21384 Road Train Member

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    I actually meant 7 pm...my bad
     
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  11. SteveScott

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    You can work those house with some smaller companies, just not with a mega like SWIFT. Work the crappy jobs for a couple years, keep your record clean and don't have any accidents. Then you can go just about anywhere you want to work.
     
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