What happened to the Swift Shuttle?

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  1. SteveH85396

    SteveH85396 Road Train Member

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    I've been driving between Phoenix and SoCal almost daily for the past 5 months and it occured to me that I haven't seen a single Swift day-cab in that time. I see plenty of Swift sleeper trucks but no day-cabs.

    Anybody know why Knight er I mean Swift stopped running the shuttle?
     
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    Drove for Swift for 14 months across '06 and '07. I was out of Fontana and tried to get on with one of those, but denied. Fast forward to now and I still see at least 3-4 Swift daycabs parked at the Vega TX Allsups at 2am when I'm coming or going from running my 2-3 tankers on my own dedicated trip between Hartley and Denver metro. They seem to be running strong between the ABQ and what I think is the OKC terminal(40 freeway runs, so).

    But still kind of weird to hear the SoCal-AZ shuttle no longer doing anything all of a sudden.
     
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    My thoughts exactly! And it not all of a sudden, I litterally haven't seen a Swift shuttle since I started this gig in Oct 2020.
     
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    Plenty of daycabs running around the NE. Lots of them hauling containers
     
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    Notice an increase of Knight day cabs, per chance.
     
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    The shuttle got stuck on a farm.

     
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    Nope, not a one!
     
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    IDK, I'm frequently at the Jurupa Valley terminal and see tons of day cabs there. Also, there's a DHL shipper in Rancho Cucamonga that I commonly pick up loads from. I often see Swift day cabs there. And, running in the West, it isn't uncommon to see a day cab at a terminal or on the road. So, unsure why you keep missing them. In my experience, they are definitely out there running around.
     
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    alot of daycabs at jurupa.are on the walmart account.
    some go to Las Vegas and back..
    haven't heard of the relay between pheonix and fontana has stop.
     
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    What I'm saying is that I have not seen a single day-cab running between Phoenix and SoCal. I don't see them parked @ Desert Center either.
     
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