An old truckin buddy of mine looked me up this past weekend. Drove with him back in the old MS Carriers,in fact he was my trainer when I first started out.He drove for MS Carriers as a trainer,then when Swift took over he has stayed with them.He has 33 years over the road experience. I dont know how he puts up with Swift,but he does.while with MS he was captain of Tennesees Road Team,and later Captain of Americas Road Team.He is now driving a nice rig for Swift and he represents the Road Ready Team.He goes to all of the terminals in the eastern US and gives classes on truck and trailer maint.One of the really good people I have met in my life.So as most of you know,my opinion of Swift is very low,however they do have at least one of the best drivers in the country driving for them.He is driving a T 2000 KW with a sharp 53 foot trailer.The rig is painted black with Road Ready painted on the sides of the trailer. The KW has some interesting art work on it too.
I wonder how many other companies offer what Swift offers with its Road Ready seminar? For those that don't know about this it is a class on how to effect emergency road side repairs that can get you to where full repairs can be done. The great thing about it, if they are still doing it, is they give the "graduates" a tool kit with lots of great tools and spare items for those repairs, plus one of the air hoses that attaches to the glad hands for airing up trailer tires. At the time I drove for them the kit was valued at over $250 and all a driver had to do to get it for free was drive for 6 months following their seminar date. If they left earlier than that, they could take the tool kit with them for $75. Pretty good deal. I used my training several times when I could have lost time waiting for a roadside repair truck to get there.
