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    Default about swift trans....

    whats up people, havent made a post in a couple months but im back now so hello!!!
    anyway, when i first came here and was looking for some info about companies everyone bashed swift, so for some reason i went with swift and dont regret it. i get paid very well, home alot since im in the northeast regon, and have a awsome ass driver manager, idk just wanted to let everyone know what i thought about swift and all, soooo if anyone has a question about them shoot me a pm!

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    And you been driving there for how long?

    Good luck.


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    Quote Originally Posted by dle View Post
    And you been driving there for how long?

    Good luck.
    seems like six months.......... oh in newbie talk long enough to know everything

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigtruckman View Post
    seems like six months.......... oh in newbie talk long enough to know everything
    6 months - hell, you're an old-timer there now
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    Quote Originally Posted by Malaki86 View Post
    6 months - hell, you're an old-timer there now

    time to lease on and be an O/O...!!!

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    ahahaa we alll got jokes.........
    i was just saying that everyone talks alot of poop about swift and they arent all that bad. my paychecks are from 550 to 1000 after taxes and im home every weekend and sometimes during the week....
    now play nice

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    Quote Originally Posted by dobry4u View Post
    time to lease on and be an O/O...!!!
    ....and a trainer with a blue shirt on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by franwake13 View Post
    ahahaa we alll got jokes.........
    i was just saying that everyone talks alot of poop about swift and they arent all that bad. my paychecks are from 550 to 1000 after taxes and im home every weekend and sometimes during the week....
    now play nice
    Cool.
    Just keep your nose clean and maintain a good record while there.
    As far as the jokes are concerned about Swift and other big companies, they're about as tired and worn as the last set of textbooks I sold.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bentstrider View Post
    Cool.
    Just keep your nose clean and maintain a good record while there.
    As far as the jokes are concerned about Swift and other big companies, they're about as tired and worn as the last set of textbooks I sold.
    thanks man, i wish everyone had the same pov as you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by franwake13 View Post
    thanks man, i wish everyone had the same pov as you!
    I drove with them for a year, thought they were good and doing everything I can to get back with them or a company like them.
    Being home is for the birds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by franwake13 View Post
    ahahaa we alll got jokes.........
    i was just saying that everyone talks alot of poop about swift and they arent all that bad. my paychecks are from 550 to 1000 after taxes and im home every weekend and sometimes during the week....
    now play nice

    550 -1000?
    thats not steady pay.

    how many miles a week do you run?

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    Quote Originally Posted by seal3k View Post
    550 -1000?
    thats not steady pay.

    how many miles a week do you run?
    I think anything above ZERO is considered steady.......

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    Quote Originally Posted by seal3k View Post
    550 -1000?
    thats not steady pay.

    how many miles a week do you run?
    always one in the crowd, i guess it's just human nature to put a stick in the old eyeball.

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    Quote Originally Posted by franwake13 View Post
    my paychecks are from 550 to 1000 after taxes
    Weekly or biweekly?
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigtruckman View Post
    seems like six months.......... oh in newbie talk long enough to know everything
    Good one!

    Then we have the drivers who are born with all they need to know.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Malaki86 View Post
    6 months - hell, you're an old-timer there now
    i was there 2 1/2 years. what does that make me, an ancient or what?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ForcedInduction View Post
    Weekly or biweekly?
    weekly, my check this week is 628 take home, and i got to go home everyday

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    After hounding my DM, i'm finally on a dedicated/regional account. I got sick of the stories of brain-dead swift drivers, fresh from school who dont know how to properly use a log book, let alone draw a straight line with a ruler. Yet every once in a while i hear of a newbie within their first month getting some cake-dedicated run making $1000 a week.

    well anyway, i ran into another driver in Morris, IL. and he said he had a message come across his QC the other day asking for anybody who knows a company driver who lives in iowa who wants a dedicated run. Aparently it was short haul, but the driver would be home pretty much every night. Think my DM filters what he wants me to know and keeps me from getting something better. So i'm going to shoot off a msg to the guy asking for iowa based drivers and see what i find out.

    The drivers i've run into who are on this regional account seem to run 2600-2900 mi a week. I actually had to turn down a load this morning, because they pretty much wanted me to run 800 miles in 11 hrs, and deliver the next load by midnight on the 20th......cant really do that in a 62mph truck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevin0915 View Post
    After hounding my DM, i'm finally on a dedicated/regional account. I got sick of the stories of brain-dead swift drivers, fresh from school who dont know how to properly use a log book, let alone draw a straight line with a ruler. Yet every once in a while i hear of a newbie within their first month getting some cake-dedicated run making $1000 a week.

    well anyway, i ran into another driver in Morris, IL. and he said he had a message come across his QC the other day asking for anybody who knows a company driver who lives in iowa who wants a dedicated run. Aparently it was short haul, but the driver would be home pretty much every night. Think my DM filters what he wants me to know and keeps me from getting something better. So i'm going to shoot off a msg to the guy asking for iowa based drivers and see what i find out.

    The drivers i've run into who are on this regional account seem to run 2600-2900 mi a week. I actually had to turn down a load this morning, because they pretty much wanted me to run 800 miles in 11 hrs, and deliver the next load by midnight on the 20th......cant really do that in a 62mph truck.

    i never really turn down any load. i learned really quick to use the log book to my advantage, theres no way to make any money 100 percent leagly. im really tryin to get on a dedicated run. the only reason i never went otr because i always heard about drivers sitting days for a load. no thanks on that one. now i just want to be home every nite, swift has Costco dedicated now, the only one the can offer me was one 350 each way, theres no way that was worth it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevin0915 View Post
    I actually had to turn down a load this morning, because they pretty much wanted me to run 800 miles in 11 hrs, and deliver the next load by midnight on the 20th......cant really do that in a 62mph truck.
    I'm taking wagers... how long before we see the Thread Topic "BACK TO OTR I GO" from poster Kevin0950??

    I Got 2 months??

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