Flatbed Division With Swift
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Please do! I am wanna get any and all info on Swift. I will be going to school there in a couple of months. Thank You!
Please do! I am wanna get any and all info on Swift. I will be going to school there in a couple of months. Thank You!
Good luck on your quest. I will give any information I have, good and bad. Will post as I have a chance to do longer posts, it's hard on my iphone LOL. I trained with a van mentor due to being a non-smoker and after completing my 240 hours with him went to flatbed as I was hired for. They have flatbed mentors, just not many. Swift is a large company with something around 15,000 van drivers I think...there are only 250 of us flatbedders. Where are you located at? Swift has a large number of terminals, but only a few that dispatch for flatbed...Phoenix, Gary, and Greer is doing a few dedicated accounts once more. Any questions, ask away...I will be glad to help.
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.
Great to hear from you Allen!
And even greater to hear that you are flat-bedding - Cool!
I've always wanted to become a truck driver, and even more a flatbed driver. I can remember myself staring at flatbeds and wondering what was under the tarps.
Once I get my CDL I will make my way to Swift. Maybe we'll see each other!
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.
I know this is an old post, and I also know that Swift is often times the subject of ridicule in the industry...that said, does anyone out here have any info on Swift's flatbed division about training, etc? Thanks.
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I have been on and off TT since 2010ish I think...hehehe...and originally started with Prime and documented that experience here. I chose to leave before fully completing my training, but had my CDL A already, due to my wife having pregnancy complications. After things settled down it was time to come back out on the road. Prime would not hire me back but I found an job I like even better, I have been driving in the flatbed division for Swift since February of this year and am on a great dedicated account now. Thought I would start a topic for anybody looking for information on Swift Flatbed as there's not a lot out there...be safe!
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.