newbie swift trainee

glad you got it all worked out.
good luck, keep us updated on how it goes

 

well crap...here we go again....mentor calls yesterday and says he will meet me at 7:30 a.m.EST and well here it is 4:08 p.m. EST and i am still waiting....

 

Get used to waiting, this is only the beginning

 

ok i was thinking bout going with swift for team driving, but swift starts more than crst swift is 25 and crst is 22 what you think?

 

i never met with my mentor ....i called the office and they havent heard from him...then they called back and said he will be ready to go next week....i told them not to bother i am going to a different company tuesday....i didnt tell them which one...but i am gonna go to KLLM ....they start there new drivers at .32cpm after their training period...i have no opinion of swift because i didnt get to work with them... i only waited...oh well good luck to all drivers that go to swift

 

good luck with KLLM bama

 

$0.25 a mile at Swift for solos
$0.16 a mile at Swift for teams
these are the new driver though, pay goes up in increments over time.

CRST $0.22 split between the team (I heard) which is $0.11 cents per mile per teammate compared to $0.16 a mile to each teammate at Swift.

Best thing is to call the recruiters for each company to find out for reals. Apply at all the companies you can right now, just because they accept you doesn't mean you are obligated to go with them. You got the CDL, you got the power.

 

idk what to do , i would like to roll with crst just to get the otr exp, but swift does offer more....

 

I try to talk to other drivers with other companies every chance I get and I have talked to several CRST drivers. They are entirely team which might be a drawback if you discover you really cannot tolerate living in the space of a walk-in closet with someone else. (Once you realize most of the dust in your truck is dead skin cells it might raise the entirely gross question, "Is this dust mine or my teammates?".) You would have to change companies to go solo. By the way, what are the reasons you are considering team driving?
Frank

 

idk it was a thought but now iam rethinking lol thank you for the info