I left because, even dedicated, the pros were being out-weighed by the cons.
Going back to tanker.
Swift Transportation Company, Inc. - Phoenix, Az.
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I drive flat bed for them, i make .29 cents a mile plus 23 for tarping...i get quite a few miles and am making decient pay right now
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BTC will start you # .37, $25 tarp and $150 min.load pay...
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Ya i know their not the greatest in all but they gave me a chance. I heard that once you hit 6month to a year they start pushing owner op on you. if you don't your miles start dropping.....i currently have no problem getting 2500 miles a week right now, usually never sit anywere, they slave drive the new guys because their cheaper!!
Once i get a handle of things i want to lease or buy but probably not here though -
i was with them for 3 1/2 years. i did great until about summer of 2008 when they became militant about drivers signing on to the fleece-purchase. there were many times that i had received messages on my qualcomm about "owning" the 2009 mid-roof volvo i had been operating. they were telling me things like, "oh come on, it's only 750 a week. this is a great opportunity for you to run your own business!" after they finally got the message, my miles were dropping off, and i was sitting 2-7 days between loads. for the last 4 months, i never got to deliver a load to its destination. all i did was pick up a load and take it to a yard along the way.
the writing was on the wall when i had sat in miami, fl for an entire week. i kept seeing newbies rolling in to the truck stop, and they were getting loads out of there within 2 days. i inquired many times for a load and all i got back was, "there is nothing available." a week passed by and i finally got a load to pick up out of the port of miami and take it to their ocala yard. at that yard, i sat for another 6 days until i got a load to mobile, al. the process repeated itself until i finally left in march of 2009.allycatt2 Thanks this. -
I just quit today after 9mos . just could not deal with the b.s. anymore. now just hope to be able to land different job soon, hope the dac's not messed up to bad. 100% on time, never turned down a load, see what happens
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You quit a job before lining up another one??? That's risky.
I worked with Swift for a year. I never had a problem getting miles even during the "slow" time. I was able to collect the mileage bonus every month except one (February) while I was there. I hear these stories so much, but in my experience, it came from the drivers sitting around the gossip table saying they just turned a load down because it wasn't worth their time to run less than 300 miles. I would ask whether they talked to their DM's about it and usually, no. Why? DM's a butt...can't talk to him/her because he/she hates me. Why does he/she dislike you? I won't run short loads. That's when I roll my eyes and walk away.
I only left because I had some friends who had a tiny company and were offering me a truck if I'd run for them. I took them up on it, but the business folded because of the American Axel strike. They had a contract running parts for American Axel...paid really good, too. In the mean time, I got a dog that I'm not willing to abandon for anyone, so I found a company who would let me have him with me. Prime. And I'm not happy here.
But I'm not going to quit before I have something else lined up. I might not be making much of a paycheck, but I'm making something. -
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