F**K IT

[T * Storm]

F**K IT

[Uturn2001]

Well you have been dead set about hiring on with Swift since day 1 it seems, so why don't you suck it up and go back. 2 or 3 weeks is not enough time to learn the true ins and outs of any company and to see if it melds with your needs at this point.

[classicxl]

stick with swift company jumping after only a couple of weeks does not look good to potential employers

[nrvsreck]

Training is going to take forever no matter where you go. And if you jump ship and move to another company, you'll have to start all over again from square one. Just stay with Swift, get your 6 months or year and move freely if that's what you want.

[geeshock]

I agree with all the others, stick with swift. BTW, you may think you know all you need to but even the 6 weeks they train you aren't enough. Once on your own, then the REAL learning begins. You'll be thankful you had that 6 weeks to get the bare minimum basics

[chicago1010]

I would stay with Swift. #1. It looks good on your record.
#2. no guarentee the next Co. will be better
#3. Like Beshock says, the real training starts after the training.
The best to you,

Chicago

[Fourcats]

Stuff happens on the road. The trainer made a mistake, hope you learned from the EXPERIENCE.
Call the dispatcher/company twice a day and get back driving.

[GMAN]

I must agree with the others about staying with Swift. You said that you had a good trainer, but he made a mistake. Swift is getting you another trainer and you are already half way through your training period. It seems to me as though you should stick with them, get your training and get a truck. The idea is to get your training and learn this business. There is still much to learn. 8)

[T * Storm]

F**K IT

[Flash]

T*Storm, why would you finish out the training with another trainer if you plan on quitting as soon as the 6 weeks is up? If you leave Swift after 6 weeks of training or 2 weeks of training you will still be starting from square one at the next company.

Finish training, get a truck, drive solo, revisit after 6 months-1 year.

[nrvsreck]

T*Storm, weren't you raving about Swift not long ago? What the h3ll? Didn't you research just a little bit before hopping aboard? Seems you were so gung-ho about the whole thing, now you're ready to leave after a couple of weeks! I know I was ready to leave the first night of training, but I gritted my teeth, bit the bullet, and toughed it out. Spent a couple years doing local and am now back to OTR. And I'm no military veteran either. For God's sake, if I can do it, anyone can! You chose this life. Just do it.

And how exactly is getting stuck in some sand a preventable accident? I still haven't figured that one out. If you were flatbedding (or rock hauling, or bed bugging, or LTL, or even driving straight trucks) you'd be getting into tight situations all the time. How is getting stuck in some sand an accident?

[TruckerChris]

T*Storm, weren't you raving about Swift not long ago? What the h3ll? Didn't you research just a little bit before hopping aboard? Seems you were so gung-ho about the whole thing, now you're ready to leave after a couple of weeks!

haha I thought the exact same thing...

[rvrjr7]

Hehe if getting stuck in the sand or mud or snow or dirt was a preventable accident me and everyone in the division i haul in would have houndreds a year

i go into home construction sites

[yoopr]

man-I've been stuck in Sand-Snow-Spinning my drives on Ice and going nowhere. Haul logs out of the woods in the Spring you need a Dozer hooked up to you to drag you out of the Woods. If nobody hasn't gotten stuck they will be in the Future :P
Like most everybody else on here has said-Stick with it or you're REALLY gonna regret it.

[BigBird01]

just like swift or any company you are new and you are going to need trained. Anywhere you go you are going to have to do a training program. And in 2 weeks you definitely didn't do everything you wanted to do. He!! I have been out here for awhile now and I still need to learn on some stuff. Any better quality company will probably not even look at you jumping ship from swift so soon. For not really a good reason. You said you had a good trainer but he had some health problems. That is not swifts fault. Alot of people go ill out here. I hate when people job hop so quick. That is why half these company's don't pay well to many people jumping from job to job out here. I can see if you are having some real problems with a company. But to just quit because the trainer got ill again is just stupid. And to drive down a dead end street, that happens no matter what condition you are in. Some of these D/Cs and things are not in the streets and trips or atlas and sometimes the shippers/cosignees give really bad directions. Just my outlook on it. Bol

[T * Storm]

F**K IT!!

[T * Storm]

F**K IT!!

[TruckerChris]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised seeing the vast majority of the truckers I've met thus far are slightly dumber than a rock.

That's the way to gain some points around here...

[T * Storm]

F**k it!!

[madii'swife]

What does having a life have to do with being rude and disrespectful to other human beings? There are quite a few truckers who do not fit in the stereotype you're giving them, including the wonderful man I'm married to. If you're willing to base your opinion of a whole industry on a small group that might represent 1% of all "truckers", and one bad experience with a company very few recommend, then the rest of your life or career choices are likely to follow in the same path, as our attitude and perspective on life makes the most difference.