New soon to be swift trainee!

+100 on this. Most drivers that I've seen are not proficient at blind side backing.

I'm on a dedicated account, and I make a point of doing a couple of blindside backs each week while at the DC. Nobody cares how long you take...

 

Hey, all! I finished Orientation in Decatur yesterday. Sent back to the Red Roof Inn as I'm waiting on my Driver's Code and Mentor assignment. Overall, a good experience. Nothing out of the ordinary from other companies I got through Orientation with. It will be what I make it, I believe, and I'm a determined individual. Already ahead on some of the experience matters, answered the questions that I fielded in class successfully.

For another thing, with over 13,000(?) trucks on the road, Safety-wise, Swift had more examples of the type of driver NOT to be!

Newtrucker48, have a good and safe day...

 

Newtrucker48, does Swift have only all 8-speeds, like my mentor has said, and got me off his truck in OKC for not "grasp(ing) the concept of shifting"? Or do they also have 10-speeds, like I initially tested in in Orientation? I have an intuition that the DPF/DEF system might have something to do with the difficulty he said I had, but that is just opinion. But I'm Here in OKC, and they are about to give me a road test here.

I told my mentor the first day that I was trying to remember the memorization help that was given in school for 8-speed shifting,. like for 10-speed, 2+5=7th, 1+5=6th, and below that is lower range. Shifting his truck was way different than I remember, but I progress better in the subsequent week. He just seemed to get impatient.

 

Most Swift trucks are 9 speed (what you call an 8 speed; they count "granny" as a speed), but they do have 10 speed trucks. My company Volvo has a 10 speed.

In reality, the only difference between the 9 and 10 speed transmissions is the "jump" between low and high range. If you shift a 9 speed the same way you do a 10 speed, you'll find that 5th and 6th are the same gear. (4th gear and high range "granny" are the same.) Hence only 9 speeds.

After a couple of days, it doesn't matter which you have; you'll get used to it.

 

Sorry about the delay on getting back on here been really busy and exhausted after a long day. Currently on home time debating if I want to go into this walmart store and get a subway sandwich or chicken wings from their deli.

Purchased a Bluetooth from the pilot in Texas and the rep gave me some tips about an app that let's me catch up on TV shows and movies that I have been missing. Pretty cool.

 

Right which ever truck you get jp just remember this. It's just the selector that's different 8 speed is going from 4th to 5th gear and 10 speed is going from 5th to 6th gear. Other than that it's all in your head. Congrats on getting done with orientation!

 

After some work and in 6 more days 2 great years with Swift I just signed on to a local job in my state on a dedicated account with them. I'm really excited about this new stage.

Currently waiting for a load to Texas to drop off over the road truck and will soon make it back to Louisiana for slip seat day cab truck. Pay increase comes with the move. Excited

 

Are you going to drive out of Roberts?

 

I am. Know anything more about it?

 

Didn't you just start training students?