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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sheriff1/6, post: 3346065, member: 98334&quot;]So, here is the story I&#039;ve been keeping to myself. </p><p><br /></p><p>I had a pretty good sum of money rat holed and my wife and I wanted to start a new business. I also have an investor who is willing to join in. We had decided to move ahead with being an O/O. </p><p><br /></p><p>I got my permissions from Swift and started talking to a recruiter. I know they all lie about everything and I made it clear I would not be leasing a Swift truck. That backed him off and he basically wouldn&#039;t give me much info. I called Lone Mtn in Las Vegas and after telling them what I was looking for the salesman said he had three trucks that would work. I got a load to LV and went to look at the trucks.</p><p><br /></p><p>All three were&nbsp; Peterbilt 389&#039;s. Two were just junk and the third was worth paying for a Dyno on. I pulled a Rig Dig report and found out the truck had two crashes. LM said they had no info on the truck at all and I was welcome to call Knight. After making a few calls I found out the crashes were very minor. I was also told by Safety at Knight that when they sell a truck to LM they give them all of the service records. Not what LM told me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I took the truck in for a Dyno and told LM I would take the truck IF it passed the Dyno and DOT inspection. Later that night I got a call from the shop. They got 4 minutes in and the truck overheated and A/C did not work. I called LM and told them it was a no go. The salesman told me I was being silly. I can afford to be with my own money and I walked.</p><p><br /></p><p>The next day the Swift O/O recruiter called and said he had a truck in Memphis and it would work. I could afford to put down a large down and the payments would be more than LM but less than normal. I decided to fly out and look at the truck. This was a HUGE mistake. </p><p><br /></p><p>The recruiter said that Swift would pay for the flight. After I turned my truck in at Fontana he called and said the ticket cost more then he thought and I would have to cover about $40. I said ok and forged ahead. He sent me an email with the Memphis terminal phone number and the truck number I was supposed to look at.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I arrived in Memphis I called the terminal, explained my situation and was promptly transferred to Phoenix. It took me 4 calls to finally convince them not to transfer me. The hotel, who I called for a ride, had been banned from the airport property..according to them. Swift sent a driver to get me and off to the hotel I go. </p><p><br /></p><p>What a dung hole. I noticed right off the strung out hookers in the lobby. I paid for the upgrade for my own room and tried to sleep. The next morning I headed to the terminal to see the truck. Now the problems really started.</p><p><br /></p><p>The O/O recruiter had no idea I was going to be there. She said the truck wasn&#039;t ready but I could look at it. I took the keys and found the truck. The batteries were stone dead. I walked back to the shop and asked them to come jump start the truck. A mechanic came out and had to use two different power packs to get it started. Once started there was an engine msg that came up. The windows also had a home installed tint that looked like a little kid did it. I never got to drive the truck. I went back and told the recruiter what I had found and that I really couldn&#039;t evaluate the truck the way it was. She made a list of things to have fixed and told me it would be done in a couple of day. She gave me three nights back at the scumbag hotel. </p><p><br /></p><p>On Tuesday afternoon she called and said the truck was ready. Because it was so late I knew the paperwork couldn&#039;t be done until Wed. and doing so would short me a week before I had to make a payment. I told her I would be there early Thursday morning to look over the truck and if it was ok I would take it. </p><p><br /></p><p>The truck wouldn&#039;t start. Once again the batteries weren&#039;t strong enough to turn the truck over. I made sure it was out of gear and tried again, still nothing. I checked the batteries and they hadn&#039;t been changed. I couldn&#039;t even drive the truck out of the lot even if it did start. I had seen enough and took the keys back. I told he I would go back to being a company driver and asked who should talk to about getting a truck.</p><p><br /></p><p>I went to the truck assignment office and was told to come back in two hours when they might have something. I told them I would not spend another night in Memphis. I called Lewiston and talked with them about how this whole thing had played out. They called Memphis and said to check back at 1130 and they should have a truck. I checked back and was told to come back in an hour. I did and the gal was gone to lunch. 45 minutes later I came back. She said the truck wasn&#039;t ready. She told me to come back in 30 minutes. I did and she said she just checked on the truck and it still hadn&#039;t been to the detail shop. I told her at least twice that I would not spend another night in Memphis based on the word from anyone at Swift.&nbsp; It was now after 1400 hours and I called Lewiston and talked to the fleet manager. I explained how my week had gone and that I was flying home. I was tired of the Swift lies and did not believe there was a truck being cleaned up for me. I also told her that I would be happy to still drive for Swift, however I was going home for a few days to clear my head. She agreed and said they had several trucks in Lewiston they could issue me, all she needed to know is when I would be back to work. I gave her a date and she said great. She did encourage me to write a detailed report about the entire incident, including something that happened when I walked in to the Security Office. I won&#039;t get into it more then only to say if ANYONE had said what was said in another company....immediate terminations would follow. </p><p><br /></p><p>I purposely left this story a bit vague. I&#039;m going back to being a company driver and will stay that way for at least another year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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