i like the freedom of having no speed restrictions put on my truck, but also to run 65 or slower when i can. i get 7.2 m.p.g. loaded w/ 49 thou lbs. with my foot in it 5.5-5.9 huge difference in fuel bill.

3.5 years ago? Max Fuller and Pat Quinn have been together since the inception of USX. One was a trucker and the other a lawyer. I drove for Victory, who they brought out and that was about 10 years ago. How long were you stuck at USX or are you just telling us trucker BS?

Swift Owner Operator trucks are governed at 68 mph. About a year ago or so they got a 3 mph bump.

The Swift O/O on the Wal-MArt fleet seem to be happy with their position, though the ones that were with Merritt before the takeover kind of miss the way things were under them.

I don't believe Max ever drove a truck. His dad, Clyde, drove and started a company called Southwest. If I remember correctly, Max worked in operations for his dad before hooking up with Pat and starting USX. I believe you are correct about Pat Quinn being a lawyer. Attorney's have messed up a lot of good companies.

Before they were bought out M.S. Carriers was a pretty decent company.

I remember MS carriers bitchin about swift drivers before they were bought out. Now there's some irony for you... :P

Hmmm I think you deliberty miss-quoted me, you will see I had the 3.5 year remark over refering to when swift was running 60mPh now they run 65 mPh.s The conversation itself with the swift driver was approximatly 3.5 years ago.
As far as when Pat started running the operation for Max (while Max went to Washington to play politician) I cat remember all the exact dates. I just personally believe a lot of the bone-head decisions I saw getting made couldnt have been Max (just thought Max was to cleaver for that).
They even lost a major labor dispute filed by drivers against them ( I wasnt involved in that 1). Which USX lost of course.

I know that M.S. Carriers had a hook to a good paying loads man, owner of that company had connections in the U.S. government of some kind and all of those high teck loads ended up in their trailers. Couple that owned it got divorces and thats when all of that went to sh!t as swifty came on board.

Friend of mine leased 10 trucks to them and he is talking about them all the time.....

NOOOOOO I didnt mean to misquote you, sorry. How long have you been away from USX? I'm glad to see you getting out on your own. Its a good move, just be smart with every penny and be careful who you haul for. There are a lot of pit falls out there. This forum is great to help avoid falling into some of those pits. Good Luck and welcome to the Carrier side.

If you buy from swift, you'll get governed, if you purchase your truck from another source you don't have to govern. You may have to stick to the rules but it's easy enough to disable the part that tells them speed and rpm's especaly if you buy your own quailcom. It's yours so all they need to see is where you are at and so forth.