Prime vs Swift ......I am gonna dive head first into on of them...any advice about either company would be helpful !
Prime vs Swift
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by jdshroudie, Aug 7, 2014.
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Prime starts the rookies at 42cpm + up to 6cpm on top of that for hitting good fuel mileage numbers. Thus the reason a majority of us putz along doing 55-58
You can make 55- 60k easily here as a solo company driver your first full year solo. And we have good equipment.
Wouldn't recommend leasing if you're just starting out thou -
I see your profile says you live in Florida, which means (if you chose Swift) your home terminal will likely be Ocala, FL. Would be a bit of a long commute to and from home once every few weeks.
A friendly warning to you:
I trained and drove with Swift for 1.5 years and my experience was overall positive from my terminal in Columbus, OH. Was put directly on a .40CPM / Guaranteed pay account, Dispatchers were great guys, planned intelligently, always drove nice, clean equipment, never pushed to do anything illegal, paid what I was owed, always home The Day I asked to be...
However...
A good friend I met while in the training school in Millington lived in N. Florida and was based in Ocala after our training was completed (Nice guy, respectful, professional, skilled driver), had a polar opposite experience... Dispatchers pressed him to inhuman workloads, shorted pay, stayed out longer than supposed to, etc... He ended up quitting after 4 months with his dispatcher following him to the parking lot trying to start a physical fight.
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Both suck,, keep looking
HalpinUout, skibum_63, Puppage and 1 other person Thank this. -
Are there any veteran truck drivers or "old timers" at either Prime or Swift?
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jonthebritnc Thanks this. -
Well .. do you want to be viewed as slow, or just plain stupid?
blairandgretchen, HalpinUout and Chinatown Thank this. -
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Just don't lease a truck.123456 Thanks this.
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