Comments By Bryan Q.

Well I’ve been out for about 2 weeks. My mentor is pretty cool. We do dedicated intermodal account outbof Pennsylvania to Virginia and Maryland. It’s ok. I like the trucking. Not a big fan of the dedicated as I want to be otr. But I’m getting my experience in. And it’s going great so far. He said since the first time I jumped in the seat I was doing perefect. And my backing was really good too :)

Thanks guys ! It’s like I see my trailer and I know what I want it to do. But when it’s time to do it. It’s like oops hahaha. But. There’s always tomorrow ! Missed out on a amazon load today :(

So my mentor said I have been doing extremely well he’s just been chilling until the first 50 hrs are up. He said my backing is impressive. But I do tend to steer too much. How do I correct myself with this ? Once I see my trailer I tend to steer hard to try to get it in the slot. So how can I correct myself with this issue ?

Brett it feels amazing !!!

And thanks guys ! It’s so crazy how fast this happen

So I picked up a intermodal load at Walmart D/C in Virginia. And dropped it off in PA at rail yard. And my mentor said my backing was PERFECT !!! He’s been bragging how well I was driving and how good I backed on the first day ! I’m so excited

Update on my mentor. So I talked with him over them phone last night. He is owner op. And he does a dedicated intermodal account that runs out of PA. ( so maybe I get to see you G-Town) he said that he has multiple stops a day sometimes. And some loads are 50miles some or 100 miles and it all depends. I think it’s cool that I’ll be learning intermodal. But I’m super nervous about the trip planning with the multiple loads and I know he’s going to teach me. But I don’t want to make him late. But I know I will get it eventually. It’s going to be a tuff one. Be he said his students come off the truck knowing all about the truck and not just driving it.

I will for sure ! Swift is pretty great so far !

Finishing swift orientation today and I should have my mentor this evening ! Thank you guys so much. And thank you for giving me tips and tricks of this industry. This happen so fast and I am excited to start this journey

Thanks guys ! I will definitely keep this updated ! Thanks for the words ! Excited to see you guys on the road

I start orientation Monday. And I’m excited to finally get on the road. All the testing and all that practice paid off during school. Now time to get real world experience !!