Comments By Jim A.

Was the rear trailer heavier?

That is one of the main things to keep a wiggle wagon from wiggling. You want the rear trailer to be lighter if at all possible. And as OS said smooth on the steering and braking manuvers.

When I was trained at Swift it was in Fontana CA academy. They had really good trainers there at least that is what I found. There were students there that didn't think the trainers where good but then those were the people that didn't work hard at learning. So as said above you get back what you put into it. If you work hard and try the trainers will work hard to get you on the right path.

I drove a 2015 Cascadia when I left there never ever got backlash for idling. Which I always did when temps got 80 or higher for A/C you have to be comfortable to sleep, a rested driver is always safer.

I really just want to hear your general feeling about the account. Did you enjoy your time there? What region did you run? Any particular issues you had with the account? What do they actually pay per mile once you're officially on the account?

Speaking of pay, I saw on Swift's Facebook account that they are raising the pay for otr reefer. May look into that as well if the Target thing doesn't pan out.

I don't remember cpm I believe it was .40 with $20 for sweeps and $50 for backhauls. We ran from Woodland CA to the SF bay area south as far as Stockton CA and Reno NV areas. I ran the NV loads mostly don't like dealing with the bay area traffic. Shorter runs pay more like always. I liked it you get plenty backing practice. I enjoyed it mostly for the fact it was local, got to be there for home while my youngest son finished HS. I was pretty burned out being OTR at that point.

I ran Target for almost a year. It was a pretty good deal. Money wasn't as good as OTR, but sleeping at home 90% of the time was great. I was out of Woodland CA miles were about 300- 500 miles a day 6 days a week. What questions do you have in particular?

Good job

Spare hoses and electrical lines for truck to trailer

You should be alright if you cam footage shows you were in your lane and it shows he wasn't. IMHO

I haven't delivered to dollar tree or any of the dollar type stores. I have seen where they are located though and I wouldn't want to try to get into some of those places even very early before the shoppers are out. I did deliver to target stores back in my time with Swift some of those stores were bad enough to get behind. Just my 2 pennies worth.

I agree I actually spent 2 weeks in my terminal right after I upgraded to solo. I had a procedure in the hospital that I couldn't drive right after. My DM pulled some strings and I got to shadow for those two weeks. What an eye opener. Got to see and hear the differences between the good producing drivers and the not so good. It really helped me to understand early in my career what needed to be done and what to avoid doing.

Driving is the easy part of trucking. Trip planning and using your time efficiently is the hardest part