Profile For Malcolm P.

Okay...

Unless something has changed, Swift has a 3 strike rule. After the second mishap they would have brought you in for a safety meeting with your DM and Terminal Manager, then schedule you for an LCQT class.

Anything else you might have overlooked?

According to the Terminal manager there, Swift would have opted to keep me, but since the knight-swift merger, knight has been more strict and opting to fire drivers even before the 3rd strike. so he gave me the option to either take a chance and see if knight would move forward with the termination or resign and return to the account after a year.

Swift has a Dedicated account at the Walmart DC in Johnstown NY, running store deliveries and back hauls. You'd be home 1 day per week. Did you ask anyone what other options there were? OMG...so many options.

Why Schneider? Same type of TL company as Swift. Why are you leaving Swift after only 3 months? What's the real reason?

I apologize for being sorta vague on that post. I didn't leave due to the home time, intended to say that after i left, i was looking for something that would allow me to be home more often. i was actually on the dedicated account with Walmart in Johnstown and i enjoyed it, but i was actually running for 2 weeks and then home for 2, which again was fine. i ended up leaving due to 2 minor/rookie accidents in the Walmart store docks, i ended up scraping the trailer on a pole, on two separate occasions. after the second incident instead of firing me, they gave me the option to resign instead(which i definitely appreciated) and the option to return after a year. if the incident didn't happen i'd probably stay at swift for more than a year. in regards to Schneider, recruiter mentions 5 days on 2 days off for BJ dedicated account, working out of Minoa newyork, but Superior Truck Lines is closer to my hometown of rochester(15-25 min commute) pay is not too bad, but i cant find any recent reviews or insight on there equipment, how the management is.

Good morning/Afternoon/Evening. I finally got my cdl and had the pleasure of working at swift transportation for about 3 months(wasn't too bad). i ended up looking for a company that gave more home time for now. The two options that im looking at is Schneider and Superior Truck Lines out of upstate New York. Schneider i can find a heck ton of info about, but i cant find any recent reviews in regards to Superior Truck Lines. Does anyone here happen to have any info about them? Thanks in advance

After lurking around the the forums for maybe a year or more, i finally made the jump on getting my CDL. Was debating on either going through a company sponsored training, or going to a private CDL school for about 4 years. So now i finally made the move to get my CDL through PDI here in Rochester,NY. I start on the 23rd. The better part of it is that it is free!! State of New York is covering the tuition for Class A. I'm pretty excited about finally making the move to start my new career, but also nervous. I've been studying the commercial driver's manual and it kinda seems overwhelming just in the first 2 sections alone, but i can power through it. what did you gals/guys find the most challenging during the course? will be posting an update on monday!