Profile For Carla P.

So I've been with Swift for just over 2 months now. I did my training with someone that was leasing a truck, this person was in the red on her truck payments and her maintenance account, most of her personal Bill's were late, all because her truck broke down and she was off 2 weeks. Now I'm sure that didn't all come about because of just the 2 weeks, surely this person hadn't been managing their money right all along , this person hadn't even paid last yrs taxes. So my point is, if you are thinking of doing the lease purchase thing, make sure you are very good at managing your money! I also had the opportunity to meet other lease operators and they always kept a student on their truck and were doing just fine. But it took having the income from the miles that the student's were doing in order to make it. Is that something you would be willing to do or would want to do all the time? I personally am against leasing a truck! Why have the extra headaches and stress?

When my truck breaks down, I call my company they take care of it ! No stress there! :) I can take off and not worry about how I am going to make my truck payments! No stress! On average I am bringing home between 800 and a 1,000 a week. I can definitely live with that! And my taxes are paid!!!

Thanks everyone for the inspiration!! I definitely need it! It's been 10 years since I have drove a truck and I can't believe how much things have changed. There is a sensor for EVERYTHING in my mentors truck, so you have to behave now 😢🙃 No more fudgin' the log books either. I'm not sure I have ever done a HONEST log before now LOL Be Safe Everyone!

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First week out with a mentor that has an automatic transmission and I'm still reaching to change gears and looking for the clutch! I definitely am not liking the automatics, ugh! And apparently, I'll have to re-learn to back up lol Does it get any better?

I don't tend to pay attention to most of the reviews I see, which is why I wanted to talk to someone that had hands on knowledge of these companies. I am leaning towards Swift, they have offered me a dedicated haul, close to home or OTR. I was a little concerned about Swift because I tried calling and emailing my recruiter and did not get a response. I definitely don't want to work for a company that I can't get my questions and concerns addressed. I have been out of trucking for a long time and many things have changed, so I definitely need training. Y'all have been great! Thank you for the info 😁

Steven's Transport has offered me a job, they said I will go through a refresher course with no cost to me and go out with a trainer for 4 to 6 weeks. They have great equipment but their mileage pay seems a little low to me. Swift has offered me pretty much the same deal but their pay is a lot higher. I remember hearing not so good stuff about Swift when I was driving before. Either of y'all have any personal experience with either of these companies?

I have not been driving a truck for the last ten years, I did keep my CDL's. Was wondering if y'all could tell me who some good companies would be to start out with?