Confirmed SWIFT ACADEMY Millingtom, TN Leaving On 04-30-16
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You don't need any steel toe boots unless you want them. & congrats !!!! I passed Swift Academy March 2, 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah! The experience was Awesome! I'm sure you will enjoy it
Congrats Flatie! I was just at that terminal last week!
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
You don't need any steel toe boots unless you want them. & congrats !!!! I passed Swift Academy March 2, 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah! The experience was Awesome! I'm sure you will enjoy it
Theron, how you do you like the refrigerated fleet so far?
You don't need any steel toe boots unless you want them. & congrats !!!! I passed Swift Academy March 2, 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah! The experience was Awesome! I'm sure you will enjoy it
Theron, how you do you like the refrigerated fleet so far?
Was about to ask him the same question! Which division get more miles? Reefer or Dryvan? For OTR.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Dryvan:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
You don't need any steel toe boots unless you want them. & congrats !!!! I passed Swift Academy March 2, 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah! The experience was Awesome! I'm sure you will enjoy it
Theron, how you do you like the refrigerated fleet so far?
Was about to ask him the same question! Which division get more miles? Reefer or Dryvan? For OTR.
Yeah Theron just disappeared for the last week or two!
Reefer and dryvan otr actually get about the same miles. Supposedly reefer doesn't feel the slow season as much as dry. I don't know if that's true. The main difference is in the length of the individual runs. Most of the dry otr guys I've talked to at Swift get around 500 miles per run. My average run is around 800-1000. For example, my three runs this week were 300, 1200, and 1600 mile runs. This week is a kinda weird one but that still gives you a good idea. The second main difference is that reefer is almost exclusively live load/unload. I almost never get drop and hook. Some people don't like all the live loading/unloading, but I don't mind it because it helps me pace myself. After all, you can only run 70 hours in 8 days anyways, right? But if you have a live unload, you have to be smart about your hours so you make the appointment time and don't run out of hours at the customer.
Bottom line, it's not really gonna affect your paycheck to go with one vs. the other. And at Swift it's not hard to switch from one division to the other, so don't sweat it if you try one and don't like it.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
SAP:
Substance Abuse Professional
The Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) is a person who evaluates employees who have violated a DOT drug and alcohol program regulation and makes recommendations concerning education, treatment, follow-up testing, and aftercare.
Dryvan:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
Drop And Hook:
Drop and hook means the driver will drop one trailer and hook to another one.
In order to speed up the pickup and delivery process a driver may be instructed to drop their empty trailer and hook to one that is already loaded, or drop their loaded trailer and hook to one that is already empty. That way the driver will not have to wait for a trailer to be loaded or unloaded.
Flatie, to answer your school question, you get 160 hours of classroom & range. That comes out to about 4 weeks. Remember you supply your own grub, but you don't see a paycheck till you start the mentor phase.
@Theron: nice hard hat!
Yep Flatie I'll be attending Memphis Swift training
Flatie, to answer your school question, you get 160 hours of classroom & range. That comes out to about 4 weeks. Remember you supply your own grub, but you don't see a paycheck till you start the mentor phase.
@Theron: nice hard hat!
Thank you for the info errol! I'm downsizing my stuff from clothes to shoes aside from my actual budget I gues I will be alright since transportation is provided..
@ Philip - Great! I might see you at the academy! :p
Make sure you don't make the mistake I did and bring too much. I was told to bring a sleeping bag and a pillow for the mentor phase, but considering you go back to your home state after you pass the CDL test, then come back for orientation after you get your actual CDL, it was stuff that I really don't need right now. All you really need is your clothes and stuff for class. Wish I had known that before...
My name is Mike btw. I'll try to look you up when you get here and help where I can.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
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