So, Most Exalted, Omniscient, and Omnipotent One!! :bow: :bow: :bow:

Now that we have that little matter cleared up, as you drive that magnificent SWIFT truck down the granny lane for your pennies per mile, or cool your heels at some shipper or consignee without any pay, perhaps you might contemplate answering the questions I've posed to you; or, do you need more time to come up with a few lame excuses or a cop-out for not answering them??

Of course, another option would be for you to sidestep the issue, or just ignore it completely.

 

All of this. I took a glance further down the thread and it's seems to have deteriorated into some ranting drivel, but whatever. As someone who started her careers with Swift, and went into flatbedding later on, I agree with everything Useless posted above.

Right now you need to figure out why you're having accidents - flatbed is going going to increase your likelihood of having another incident right now. I worked with drivers on a remedial basis and with new students, and before you get consumed with the need to figure out how to tie your freight to the deck, you need to get operation of the tractor down first. I'm going to make an assumption and think these are pretty minor, probably turning or backing problems you've run into. If that's the case, these are really easy to fix with a little tweaking of mirrors. PM me if you want help.

Swift is NOT a bad company to work for. I worked for them twice I made money so long as I did what was asked of me, and asked for help when I needed it. It's easy to get lost in the giant machine though, so make sure you make some friends in your home terminal.

Right now you've got to quit having accidents, and get some more experience under your belt. In the meantime, hopefully the economy will improve and flatbed might be a little more profitable. I myself am going back to dry van now that I'm going back out because flat freight is crappy and hard to come by. I can't let my family starve. A good friend of mine who swore he'd never drive anything but flat went to van expediting a few months ago.

 

What you said...Is pretty much what Repete suggested...and I backed up.

I also pointed out that his incidents had to be fairly minor...or Swift would have showen hm the door.

 

Will you introduce me to your connection? You're obviously smoking way better stuff than I can find.

 

I wonder if people put stuff in CAPITOL LETTERS because they think it will make whatever asinine point they have better.

My not so humble advice to the young man: Stay with swift no matter how much you dislike it for at least a year. It may seem like a long time but in this job environment and with the current job killers (Dems) in Washington you will have a hard time finding a job with 2 accidents on your record. Go ahead and switch to flatbed if you would like that experience but its more important for you to not switch companies.

 

Get some for me too, LCH! :smokin:

I can't get in the middle of this one, cuz I like both parties, but man..... am I glad I never picked a fight with Useless! :lol2:

For what it's worth, I, too had noticed that Useless and BigD were both still lurking and chose to comment on several threads lately and at a coincidental time. But, that doesn't mean I thought they were one and the same.... and I'm not sure that is what Cdswans was implying. :thumbsup:

All I know is that Useless just made ME feel about 6 inches tall for MY decision to get into trucking! :lol: I'm not sure how I'll be able to see over the steering wheel tomorrow!

:bow::bow::bow::bow:

 

I went over to take a look at BigD's forum just for a possible change of scenery now and again.

What I found made me think "non-scripted soap opera". Seems like the hottest topic of conversation is what others are doing/saying here. I was even disappointed at some of the folks I saw as members there.

Kind of sad when your little world is THAT small.

 

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

What you fail to realize is that most of the site and forums is only viewable to members.....

 

Hi, Golf;

Although my reply to you comes after BD's comments, (which were in no way directed toward you) I'm not sure of these "coincidences" you and cdswans are talking about; I'm not calling you wrong, I'm just saying that I haven't done any checking on the matter. I lurk occasionally now, but I'm not nearly as active as I used to be. I had not even posted on this thread until cdswans brought my name into this matter.

I'm sorry if I made you feel 6 inches tall for becoming a trucker; that was certainly not my intention. Truck driving isn't the issue here; the issue is that cdswans attacked my "command of the language" and my "pointless education", all while offering absolutely nothing in the way of constructive comments or advice to the OP. I merely rebutted his asinine attacks with cold, hard facts. Please note that cdswans has yet to answer my questions. Another matter worthy of note is where I attempted to offer my advice to the OP, for whatever it's worth.

Trucking is a great way of life for some people. I spent a few years OTR, and for the most part, I enjoyed it; but then again, I had the privilege of working for a top notch, family friendly company, and I was never a BBR or a BBR Wannabe. In point of fact, there were many truly professional truckers who had far less education than me, but they have far more driving experience, and far greater driving capabilities than I had. Many of the best ones also had very good people skills as well. Those were the same men and women who were willing to reach out and offer help to less experienced drivers like me. Cdswans was not one of those true professionals, is not one of them now, and with his snotty, "know it all" attitude, he never will be one of the true professional truckers out there.

Where cdswans is concerned, we have a steering wheel holder for a mega-carrier who's social graces are as lacking as his education or his accomplishments in life. Rather sad, but when people who have accomplished little in life seek to marginalize the accomplishments of others, they need to be brought to terms with their ignorance. IMHO, the truck stops and highways are all too crowded with SuperNoob losers who give the true professional drivers a bad rep.

 

OrangeTxguy:
I agree with what you said about what Dieselgrl said about what I said, which agrees with what what Repete said, which you backed up, which was apparently in agreement with what I said and with what Dieselgrl agreed with as well.