Dedicated Or Nahh?

Oh ok so once you are on a dedicated account they give you a certain Region to run? I live in Louisiana so I'm guessing that would be like south eastern

"Dedicated" means working for a particular company. For G-Town it's Walmart, for me it's Georgia Pacific. Each company has it's own thing. G-Town describes his job as working out of a particular distribution center and covering "all of NJ, DE, northeastern MD, southern NY to Binghamton, and the eastern third of pa (east of Harrisburg)". I drive among several GP locations - factories, processors, warehouses, as well as making deliveries to their customers, like Walmart DCs and Kroger DCs. Some company may have you run a regular route ("If it's Tuesday I'm in Minneapolis"), it all depends on the company that contracts with Swift.

"Regional" is simply the area you drive around. G-town seems to be centered around Philly. I don't have a center or "base", but I don't stray far out of a box having eastern Oklahoma (Muskogee), Houston, TX, Jacksonville, FL, and Charlotte, NC, for corners.

Living in Louisiana, you could easily fit into this GP region.

Oh ok so once you are on a dedicated account they give you a certain Region to run? I live in Louisiana so I'm guessing that would be like south eastern

"Dedicated" means working for a particular company. For G-Town it's Walmart, for me it's Georgia Pacific. Each company has it's own thing. G-Town describes his job as working out of a particular distribution center and covering "all of NJ, DE, northeastern MD, southern NY to Binghamton, and the eastern third of pa (east of Harrisburg)". I drive among several GP locations - factories, processors, warehouses, as well as making deliveries to their customers, like Walmart DCs and Kroger DCs. Some company may have you run a regular route ("If it's Tuesday I'm in Minneapolis"), it all depends on the company that contracts with Swift.

"Regional" is simply the area you drive around. G-town seems to be centered around Philly. I don't have a center or "base", but I don't stray far out of a box having eastern Oklahoma (Muskogee), Houston, TX, Jacksonville, FL, and Charlotte, NC, for corners.

Living in Louisiana, you could easily fit into this GP region.

I agree.

Ok cool thanks for the info. They did say for walmart distribution based in Robertson, Louisiana I believe. But anywho that will be after I get 3 months experience first before they will consider me for it. Thanks for helping me understand this better

I run Kraft dedicated out of stockton CA, do go to OR, WA, ID, UT, and NV. I am out between 3 and 6 days at a time. It's all OTR like the others have said. The differs with Kraft is when one fleet get to the small they will ask for drivers to come help if a some one else fleet is to big at the time. I have spent several weeks out side of my home fleet and usually 2 weeks at a time so it's fun to go see different parts of the country.

Ok cool thanks for the info. They did say for walmart distribution based in Robertson, Louisiana I believe. But anywho that will be after I get 3 months experience first before they will consider me for it. Thanks for helping me understand this better

Theron I can check into that DC location and try to get additional info for you. Just on additional FYI they do from time to time hire a driver right from the Mentors truck. At least at my DC one the experienced drivers will have that driver for 2-3 days of account orientation running as a team. I'll let you know what I come up with.

Ok cool thanks for the info. They did say for walmart distribution based in Robertson, Louisiana I believe. But anywho that will be after I get 3 months experience first before they will consider me for it. Thanks for helping me understand this better

Theron I can check into that DC location and try to get additional info for you. Just on additional FYI they do from time to time hire a driver right from the Mentors truck. At least at my DC one the experienced drivers will have that driver for 2-3 days of account orientation running as a team. I'll let you know what I come up with.

Ok thanks for doing that for me! 😁😁

Ok cool thanks for the info. They did say for walmart distribution based in Robertson, Louisiana I believe. But anywho that will be after I get 3 months experience first before they will consider me for it. Thanks for helping me understand this better

Theron I can check into that DC location and try to get additional info for you. Just on additional FYI they do from time to time hire a driver right from the Mentors truck. At least at my DC one the experienced drivers will have that driver for 2-3 days of account orientation running as a team. I'll let you know what I come up with.

Ok thanks for doing that for me! 😁😁

Hey Theron, here is an update.

Robert Louisiana is a Swift controlled DC, both trucking and service/maintenance. The benefit is you can get your truck serviced at the terminal and there is virtually no load competition with Walmart's Private Fleet. It's a grocery DC, both dry and refrigerated loads; store deliveries (Sam's and WM) and vendor backhauls. Very similar operation to the DC I am assigned to in PA. If a reefer load it's always a "live" unload (about 30-45 min per stop), consolidated perishables with 3 zones of temps (separated by movable bulkheads). If dry, many times last stop is a drop and hook , return with an empty. Backhauls will vary, regardless of reefer or dry; could be live load or drop empty and pick-up loaded trailer.

I looked at the internal reviews and it's very clear if you are assigned to that DC, it's very important to establish positive relationships with the DMs and planner. Be patient because it may take 6 months to become one of the "go-to" drivers. Overall there were some very positive reviews though.

As you get closer I can give you a better description of expectations. I don't want to cloud your mind with that now.

Good luck.

Ok cool thanks for the info. They did say for walmart distribution based in Robertson, Louisiana I believe. But anywho that will be after I get 3 months experience first before they will consider me for it. Thanks for helping me understand this better

Theron I can check into that DC location and try to get additional info for you. Just on additional FYI they do from time to time hire a driver right from the Mentors truck. At least at my DC one the experienced drivers will have that driver for 2-3 days of account orientation running as a team. I'll let you know what I come up with.

Ok thanks for doing that for me! 😁😁

Hey Theron, here is an update.

Robert Louisiana is a Swift controlled DC, both trucking and service/maintenance. The benefit is you can get your truck serviced at the terminal and there is virtually no load competition with Walmart's Private Fleet. It's a grocery DC, both dry and refrigerated loads; store deliveries (Sam's and WM) and vendor backhauls. Very similar operation to the DC I am assigned to in PA. If a reefer load it's always a "live" unload (about 30-45 min per stop), consolidated perishables with 3 zones of temps (separated by movable bulkheads). If dry, many times last stop is a drop and hook , return with an empty. Backhauls will vary, regardless of reefer or dry; could be live load or drop empty and pick-up loaded trailer.

I looked at the internal reviews and it's very clear if you are assigned to that DC, it's very important to establish positive relationships with the DMs and planner. Be patient because it may take 6 months to become one of the "go-to" drivers. Overall there were some very positive reviews though.

As you get closer I can give you a better description of expectations. I don't want to cloud your mind with that now.

Good luck.

Thanks for getting back with me! I really appreciate it! & sounds good to me! Your right I will take it one day at a time until that time gets closer