SWIFT or Stevens ??

No one does. Normally its up to the driver to find a suitible parking for the truck, or drive to the yard. Ive been at his since 1979. kind of have a feel. My opinion of Steven's is run fast and far. go to swift dry or flat, after the first year more doors will open.

 

When you say you have been at his since 1979 do you mean at one of these companies?? Which one SWIFT or Stevens?? or neither??

 

I'm from there. Laredo is over 3 hrs away. Dallas 7.

 

As I mentioned, I'm from McAllen. I haul dairy otr. We very rarely go down there. I park at our drop yard in s.a. where I keep my pickup, and drive 4 hrs to McAllen.

 

which company do you currently work for??

 

Also, if your truck needs maintenance at a dealership, the dealer usually doesn't mind you leaving it there. I don't trust Walmarts.

 

That's too pricey for me

 

You can plan for it, if it's near your route( when there alot of locations like swift has)

 

Peeking at rates occasionally versus booking a living from them are two vastly different things. Peeking at them won't give you a true grasp of what they really are. I ran both van and reefer over 13 years of pulling spot freight. About a 50/50 split of that time pulling one versus the other. Reefer rates were consistently better than van and much easier to book longer hauls paying better too. And a reefer combination that can't scale 45,000 lbs isn't good specs. I could scale 45,000 in the Great Dane reefer I pulled with my C15 powered T600 and almost 46,000 lbs in the same trailer with my 14L Detroit powered FLD120. A good reefer carrier with enough equipment to do plenty of drop and hook is where the consistency is. Even live loading/unloading isn't that bad if there are decent customers.

 

A typical recruiter will promise you just about anything vague like that.....to get you on the hook....& get you in the company door.

Don't just accept a vague, lame promise.

Instead -- get specifics.

Later, you (as a driver) will be held to rather high standards by your chosen carrier.

It's fair game in both directions...& especially while you're still a prospect.

If they can't/won't give you specifics on something like that -- get your starter carrier elsewhere.

-- L