No Empties at Swift Denver

Discussion in 'Swift' started by PianoManCJS, Aug 10, 2026.

  1. PianoManCJS

    PianoManCJS Medium Load Member

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    Any other Swift drivers find it hard to get an empty at Swift Denver terminal? I just walked the entire yard last night and everything that is empty is red tagged/red airline locked or all other empties are roll doors.

    Where can I consistently easily find a Swift empties in Denver since I can never seem to find any in the yard?
     
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  3. FLHT

    FLHT Road Train Member

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    Willing to bet if you were getting paid a good wage to hunt through their junk it would get fixed !!
     
  4. bryan21384

    bryan21384 Road Train Member

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    Your dispatch team can't tell you where to get an empty? When a company is too big, or disorganized, or both.
     
  5. Lonesome

    Lonesome Mr. Sarcasm

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    I HATE when that happens!
     
  6. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    If the timing works out you might find a driver dropping an mt when they pick up a t-called load.
    Your chances are slim otherwise.
     
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  7. 201

    201 Road Train Member

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    Are they really red tagged? In the rail biz, if we found a good empty, we would put a red tag on it and tell our fellow drivers, or for later, it was okay, hey, you did what you had to do. I hope Swift doesn't work that way. You know what I think? I think the trailers are loaded somewhere and nobody to deliver it,,,just sayin'.
     
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  8. PianoManCJS

    PianoManCJS Medium Load Member

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    They have the red gladhand lock on them like I mentioned in the original post. I could just saw them off :p
     
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  9. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    You still have to be assigned the trailer before you can use it. That is checked when you go out the gate.
    Have you taken the trailer numbers inside to inquire at the desk?
     
  10. PianoManCJS

    PianoManCJS Medium Load Member

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    They say, "Go ask the shop."
     
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  11. dptrucker

    dptrucker Road Train Member

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    you can use freightbox to find an mt or mac 10
     
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