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I'm sure your trainer is doing a fine job but I'd like to add: It doesn't matter who thinks how hot the freight might be, especially Costco, it won't ever get there unless you and the truck get there first. Drive to get you there and let the freight follow.
I hate to close on a sad note but when you get your hands on that 10 speed, as I'm sure you will, you're definitely going to miss those three extra gears. Get over it or go heavy!
Originally Posted by cdswans
I said it in that thread and I'll say it again here . . Swift heavy haul training is the finest Driver training available, period. You will experience a variety of equipment, terrain and weights of loads that 99% of your peers will never know. I did my 2 x 6 (two trainee graduates running team for 6 weeks) with a guy who trained on the J C Penny account. I'm not boasting. I was very confident with any load, he was terrified of anything over 15k. I spent half my time retraining him. While I was hooking, pulling and breaking down Rocky Mountain doubles in my first week, he was pulling clothes down from a rope hook. That's all there is to it. The only thing I can think of that would make your training better would be ice and snow, which I'm sure you're praying for! There is nothing more relaxing than 104,000 lbs, downhill on Snoqualmie when it's slushy.I'm sure your trainer is doing a fine job but I'd like to add: It doesn't matter who thinks how hot the freight might be, especially Costco, it won't ever get there unless you and the truck get there first. Drive to get you there and let the freight follow.
I hate to close on a sad note but when you get your hands on that 10 speed, as I'm sure you will, you're definitely going to miss those three extra gears. Get over it or go heavy!
Thank's CD! I have said from the beginning that I didn't want heavy haul but I am very happy that I am able to get this training. I don't expect to see much snow over Snoqualmie in the next few weeks, so that training will need to come later. My instructor at lewiston always said that if we wanted him to give us some pointers on winter driving that we could look him up this winter. I imagine that Lewiston hill would be a great place to experience some winter driving! My class mate from the academy was in Phoenix and attended Swift's RoadReady course down there. They told him that they also have a winter driving course that the instructor gives in the winter.
I have also notice that the Sumner terminal has a spot next to the fuel island for "Tire Chain Training". I have never seen anyone doing anything there, but I thought it was interesting.