Yea I currently am waiting on a truck. Lancaster has a waiting list. 30 people are now waiting on trucks.
Maybe it's just me but how does someone possibly get hired on to drive a truck where none are available? Maybe that should be your first red flag. Have none of you read the posts on this site? I hope all your bills are getting paid while you sit and wait...
With Swift it takes a few days to get into a truck. They have to put it into the shop and check things out. get it cleaned up and ready for the driver.
Does Swift actually clean the trucks up in between drivers? From reading some comments, or watching Youtube, this is very hit-miss. I read here that drivers complain about taking the tractor in for repairs, etc., and when they get it back, those same problems/repairs needed still exist?
Other than reeking of cigarette smoke my truck was clean when I got it the other day. I'm going to go over it with a bottle of resolve and some other stuff tomorrow though. Can't comment on repairs yet.
I was to start on 2/14/2011 but mine was postone till 2/28/2011 due to swift not having enough equiment ,did yours get postpone also i'm a expericenced driver.
I am still waiting for a start date. Was told that it will be sometime in March. They will let me know 2 weeks prior to, so I am pretty sure that it will not be the 28th. Also exp driver, Columbus terminal
From what I saw when I did orientation in jan they have assigned all the exp drivers in my group tractors already. I ran into one just yesterday and he's been working for a few weeks now. I, still on my mentors truck for another 90.5 hours. We're set for a PTA tomorrow at 08:00 so I don't think I'll still be a cols on mon but you bever know truck is in the shop for a couple issues. As of this am they won't look at it til tomorrow. I only saw one available tractor on our yard yesterday and it might not even be columbus's tractor. Oh well good luck with orientation.
well update time i made it through orentation it was boring i aint even going to lie but it was a have to do the road test wasnt bad at all now i have to flip my cdl back to ohio and then wait for a mentor which is ok with me. i can check this while im waiting but once i leave again i wont be able to. any ?s is welcome i cant wait to get moving and start making the money that i used to do before when i was trucking good luck all
