Swift, Schneider, or Werner? Please help a rookie out.
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#11
10-02-2008You really want to drive a truck "to get away from liberals"? Sheesh. Takes all kinds, I suppose.
Just to clue you in a bit, not all truck drivers are either Conservatives or Republicans. I don't even know that MOST of them are. Your best bet for escaping "liberals" is to watch Faux News and listen to Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh all the time. Other than that, you're kinda stuck with people who may have political and social views that don't agree with your own.
Just to clue you in a bit, not all truck drivers are either Conservatives or Republicans. I don't even know that MOST of them are. Your best bet for escaping "liberals" is to watch Faux News and listen to Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh all the time. Other than that, you're kinda stuck with people who may have political and social views that don't agree with your own.
#12
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I hope you'll make a good decision.Good luck!!!
The first month or two the runs are always crappy. They are going to check you out and give you crap loads to make sure you can handle it. My first couple weeks alone I got a lot of crap runs, but I also bitched to my dispatcher every time, and after a month most of my runs where 700+ mile runs. I usually got 3000 miles on average a week. Did good enough to have to take a 34 just about every 8 or 9 days. But of course that is not to say that is guaranteed, but it is possible.Originally Posted by b00m
I worked for swift for about a month after my training and quit after that.The reason was their low miles and BS runs(9-20 miles from shipper to their yard).I did my best on getting miles so i can bring a good reasonable paycheck and wasn't able to.Opportunity came and picked up my dads trucking business and im running right now as an independent.I understand not everyone can have something like this but my advice for you is to look very carefully at this and weigh you options good.There are many companies out there with some better than others.At swift the only thing i got good from there was my improving in shifting and driving.All at their cost in their shinny volvosBesides that,their managers,dispatchers threat you like nothing ,not recognizing who is the actual asset to the company: the driver. I hope you'll make a good decision.Good luck!!!
#13
carlos64030 , 07-14-2008 01:19 PM
I drive for SWIFT and will be coming up on one full year as a solo driver in 2 weeks. My intentions from the very beginning were to just stay with the company for a year to get some experience under my belt.
Now that I've been with them for a full year, I've decided that I'll continue to drive for them. I really have no complaints. I have a good driver manager that gets me extremely good miles, I get plenty of home time if I need it, I'm at the point where I pretty much go where ever I want, and most importantly, I have no one bugging me.
On average, I run between 2,700 - 3,500 miles per week. I make a lot of small local runs when I'm in my home town when I want. Believe or not, those small runs pay pretty well.
By biggest run to date which was 2 weeks ago was from Modesto, CA to Atlanta, GA which was right at 2,400 miles.
The only complaint that I really have is when the customer won't take an early shipment. I always get to where I need to go waaaaaaay ahead of schedule, that way either the customer will take the load early and I can move on to something else, or I get plenty time to myself for relaxation and whatever fun activity I can plan.
SWIFT may not be the highest paying company out there, but the opportunity to run a lot of miles are there if you show them that you can get the job done without any issues.
Like I said before, this is my first year as a driver and I'll easily clear $45k. without busting my ass to do it. I get plenty of rest, and like I said before.... NO ONE BUGS ME ABOUT WHAT I'M DOING.
They give me a load and I get it done. Oh yeah.... it's extremely rare when I have to wait for the next preplan when I'm done with the run that I may be on.
Good luck with whichever company you decide to go with, and always try to keep a positive attitude.
Now that I've been with them for a full year, I've decided that I'll continue to drive for them. I really have no complaints. I have a good driver manager that gets me extremely good miles, I get plenty of home time if I need it, I'm at the point where I pretty much go where ever I want, and most importantly, I have no one bugging me.
On average, I run between 2,700 - 3,500 miles per week. I make a lot of small local runs when I'm in my home town when I want. Believe or not, those small runs pay pretty well.
By biggest run to date which was 2 weeks ago was from Modesto, CA to Atlanta, GA which was right at 2,400 miles.
The only complaint that I really have is when the customer won't take an early shipment. I always get to where I need to go waaaaaaay ahead of schedule, that way either the customer will take the load early and I can move on to something else, or I get plenty time to myself for relaxation and whatever fun activity I can plan.
SWIFT may not be the highest paying company out there, but the opportunity to run a lot of miles are there if you show them that you can get the job done without any issues.
Like I said before, this is my first year as a driver and I'll easily clear $45k. without busting my ass to do it. I get plenty of rest, and like I said before.... NO ONE BUGS ME ABOUT WHAT I'M DOING.
They give me a load and I get it done. Oh yeah.... it's extremely rare when I have to wait for the next preplan when I'm done with the run that I may be on.
Good luck with whichever company you decide to go with, and always try to keep a positive attitude.
