I have seen veteran drivers with Fedex, UPS, Swift, Schneider, YRC, as well as owner operators take an extra pull up or two, bump the dock with the doors closed, drop trailers without disconnecting glad hands; $#!T happens when you do it long enough.
Slow, safe, and systematic is the best way to avoid problems. Better to be slow than unsafe. In fact, the most common statement made by drivers after an incident is "I was in a hurry." Slow down... the life you save may be your own.
so, what's it like to drive for Swift? I've been years out of the trucking business, but I know I can still drive them - I have kept my hand in fifth wheel trailering with my 36' RV - got it into some campsites other RVers were cringing at only because of my 5yrs OTR experience (pre CDL). Thinking about getting back into the trucking biz - layed off from the computer biz...
@KC0TLV I drove for Swift a while ago when I first got out of school; not bad if you don't mind being out two weeks at a time. 2000 miles a week, 34 hour restart at truck stops once or twice a month; shipper and receiver's fault, not Swift's. .25 a mile as a newbie. My DM was Jill Henry and she treated me professionally and did what she could do to help. I only left because my families requirements changed and did not allow me to be gone for several weeks at a time. Was a great start.
what did he mean to long he had to stop filming and Help ,WHAT A ASS , and for his impo, it took 1 min and 46 sec I timed back the fuck off,, I drove for that fucking compamy for 11 yrs and 90 % of there so called trainers are DICKS and think they know it all,, well in the trucking bis you learn everyday,, so shut up he did good and if you told him that he would do even better next time,, you get more with sugar then you do with salt
@misfitt58 Yeah I don't see a problem here. If it took and hour to back up I wouldn't care. Drivers love to talk a big game sometimes but to me being safe is number one above all. Everyone else can shut up and wait all day if they have to. Get over it. Sorry it got real there for a second. I drove for JB Hunt for 10 years before I got a local gig and I loved working for them. Now I am looking for a job and Swift is offering so I'm happy to drive for them.
He or she was making a lot of corrections, especially at the end, a huge over correction. I can back up my trash trailer with my riding lawn mower faster.
A straight back with a quarter mile of pull up room? WTF? Student or not thats easy shit. I never let my students straight back. Every dock is a chance to teach them better ally and blindside backs. Set it up hard, give them pull up boundaries and TEACH them.
There is no one around so you not in anyones way. This is the time to teach.
This is why swift is the first company you see fucking things up in tight spaces.
That's nothing ... Ever watch a Serco driver from West Virgina??? They all suck ... In that 1 &1/2 inch if snow they'd just leave the trailer and return back home....
I remember my friend told me he was working at a warehouse and it took a swift driver 3 hours to back up and the driver even ask if somebody could back it up for him
Not much of a trainer, why don't you train that krankbitch to put on a set of chains that would help on the ice, you probably never put ice skates on, have you?
@dorslv Chains? Are you watching the same video as everyone else? This is just loose slush! There is no need for chains in this video! LOL! You sound like a "super-trucker".
i actually spent the last 6th months dedicated target for schneider. i was specially dedicated to south philadelphia target... needless to say im now working for the walmart account. and i dont miss the target account one bit.
I'm quick to badmouth Swift drivers but I didn't see anything wrong with this backing job. The driver has to get pretty close to the wall on the passenger side. In icy conditions your tires can be pushed into the icy ruts, sliding your truck/trailer left or right unexpectedly. I've backed trailers for about 15 years and if I backed this well every day I'd be satisfied.
I agree, Dollar Store Dedicateds are pretty much fucked. Most of the time dam space is too tight. I witness myself that few driver to blow out 4 tires while backing up in Dollar stores.
I will give the student props for not hitting the building ...lol ! As for the comments up above talking about how good they are out west !!! Give me a break come over here on the east coast with me and run downtown Washington D.C. backing into the parking garage docks a mile from the White House ..... Remember SUPER TRUCKERS there is always someone better watch your bragging!
@JDHOPKINS78 I agree, backing into a building from outside is great fun, especially when both mirrors rub the weatherstrip. I've been in places where I spunout in a switchback on pavement with the power divider locked. I had to back back out of it with traffic moving in both directions, oh what a joy it was.
This wasnt a bad job at all. He took his time and did it safely. You sound like one of those know it all loud mouths who doesnt really know shit. There will always be lesser and greater persons that yourself. Stop trying to belittle beginner driving students. What goes around comes around...little man.
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Kind of boring. This routinely happens thousands of times a day in all carriers and independents. When going slow as in a backup situation, snow is hardly a factor unless it is so bad the wheels spin or slide. This was not that much snow. Sometimes you hit the dock first try, sometimes you don't.
Ummmmm, not sure where you guys are all from? I live and drive truck in Ontario, and the conditions in this video are far from horrible. That's a straight back into a level dock with slush on the ground. As far as the conditions are concerned it might as well be sunny and dry.
Nice job (: I think i would have hit the side of the building, and i have orientation starting this Monday for Swift Lol. Naww im pretty good, i can do almost any kind of backing like a pro, but i cant straight line worth a shit :/ aint that a bitch :/ 6 monther here ^__^
swift stands for a lot of things....sure wish i had fast truck...student with incompendent fucking trainer...swing wide in front of traffic....backwards two faggots in white semi! but my all time fav is j.b. hunt = just been had u no that! LoL
better is ...finally I've got a little bit more quickly backings so straight before aprox nearly , it is like all us 1sts months learning....,so and not bad that all. slow lento but good,.. nice video 4 sure
That was bad? Taking your time in bad conditions is good. Last thing a student wants to do is hit the building. Especially when some jackass is holding a camera. I feel bad for the rookies who have to drive with you.
Can't see what the problem is with taking it easy. At least he made it to the dock without taking out the truck on the corner of the building or something.
If he had gone like a bat out of hell, no doubt we would be watching videos of how useless and dangerous truck-drivers (not just Swift drivers) are. Lets have a bit of solidarity. The road-going public hates us; no need to hate each other too. Give newbies a chance. We were all their shoes at one time or another.
Oh man...After leaving the road I got a job in a warehouse. I had to back a truck in for a girl that drove for Swift. I swear she tried ATLEAST 10 or 12 times before I went out there, showed her my Class A license and told her I could help...I couldn't believe she wasn't as student..I did ask, but she said she had been driving solo for over a month..lol..I don't know how she made it alone that long.
one problem he forgot to open barn doors, i seen east indian drivers take over 45 mins to back into a door, at a placed in Whitby ont, were we deliver car parts for Oshawa GM plant, there was 4 open spots, i had my trailer in the door and unload and loaded back up and he was still trying to get in the dock
@nlook93312 David King, I'm on the Container Fleet myself these days. I still talk to David probably every other day or so. Whenever were both in phoenix we try to go have lunch or something, whatever our schedules permit.
Straight line back??? You've got to be KIDDING !!! By the way, where were the 4 way flashers while backing up, that is an unsafe act with out them, ask any DOT officer.....
@TGPlumma Why did you reply too me I'm not the one backing up or the video maker? I'd say no matter the circumstances backing is one of the most dangerous things you can do.
@danyboy78113 ,,,,wow,,,u will show em cause your good,,,,keep that attitude supertrucker and you will be the star in the next youtube crash,,,your an idiot,,,your comment proves that
There are so many trucking job's out there, in Canada at least. And way too many young people on welfare who say they can't find work. What they mean is they can't find an easy, clean indoor job that pays $1000 a week. Hats off to those who choose to better their lives doing a tough but vital job. I did for 28 years.
SWIFT= _See What I Fucked Up Today? Or it may be (backwards) Two Faggots In A White Semi. Either way I can say this driver did a hell-of-a-job backing!
ojk all u jackasses u dnt like how this gentleman backed up his truck fuck off hes learnin that an iff u goin flyin into that dock ur askin 4 trouble if u slow down a lil ull get it rite the first time ive been drivin trucks around since the age of 9 an i still dnt hurry cus i dnt wanna damage my truck but bein stupid
seen a lot of spinning in the beginning...did he lock the diff? and before you comment i know about snow/slush/frozen slush/powder driving, i drove in alaska 6 years.
i think the diffs were locked, first time i watched i was gonna say that, second time i saw wheels didnt spin, he was just grannying it back. He was a trainee learning to back....on snow, better slow and safe, than trying to show off and doing the embarressing reverse jack-knife that smashes the wind fairings, you go too fast in reverese and try to stop on snow, that trailer will controll your tractor and smash those fairings.
Yeah, so what? Dude did fine. You assholes remember when you first started driving 18's, we all have the stories and this video is normal winter bullshit! Who cares??
@stefanf922 the video is deceiving because you can tell if the if the approach is iced up and the experience of the driver. I have seen worst during the winter months.
Of course they plowed and salted the 4wheeler area. Too many times sliding in the truck area because of ice. OSHA doesn't care about the big trucks areas. Soo, you just might slip and fall on the ice getting out to fuel or go into the office.
as i can say as a hgv driver for 20 years you never stop learning every day you learn somthing new we were all rookies at one time u know and i dont think this chap did a bad job good on yer student
Read the info caption dummy "Here is a video of one of my students backing in horrible conditions. Layer of ice on ground, covered in slush. The drives were spinning." Ok, Lets repeat that............ "The drives were spinning."
wouldn't have been losing traction so bad had you slid the tandems on the trailer all the way back that places more weight on the drivers. And you'er a trainer? omg!!
As a professional driver there is two things you absoulutly need in the winter one is a small propane torch to melt snow and ice away from the tandem slide and the other is a brain in order to figure out how to block the wheels so that the tandems will slide . It happens as I have done it many times.
Okay so you got the tandems unlocked with the torch and the wheels blocked with the chock. Now What?? You can sit and spin on the ice all day long. They aint movin!
@Matt2779 oh sittin at a food service dock an i pour bleach in front of my tires very smart next thing i kno there will be a haz-mat team there plant shut down an ill be payin a hefty fine very smart dude
I wasn't trying to be mean, just funny, As long as he gets it in there it's good enough for me. I only back up 30 ft a week I probably need a little practice myself.
I loved working at Swift, I had a fast truck. It was awesome. The hard part is the year after when I started to get bored (moved into a slow truck), and I actually started to like anything that was challenging like blindside backing in two feet of snow. Well, I didn't like it but that's the only thing that keeps your blood pumping. Then it feels so good when you're in.
And it is the person, don't listen to childish remarks. We're too good for that.
He did a great job backing. He took it slow, common sense would tell you to be safe. Plus I mean it's a straight back not the hardest thing to do in the world
Didn't you already post a moronic comment? Can't stop showing off your ignorance? And baldymp3 made a good point. And, DUH, you must be a "know it all, never done it before, but I will tell you exactly how it's done" idiot.
You get behind the wheel of 20' rig and back a 53' trailer and tell me how well it works for you
I have seen veteran drivers with Fedex, UPS, Swift, Schneider, YRC, as well as owner operators take an extra pull up or two, bump the dock with the doors closed, drop trailers without disconnecting glad hands; $#!T happens when you do it long enough.
Slow, safe, and systematic is the best way to avoid problems. Better to be slow than unsafe. In fact, the most common statement made by drivers after an incident is "I was in a hurry." Slow down... the life you save may be your own.
DryVan1 2 months ago
so, what's it like to drive for Swift? I've been years out of the trucking business, but I know I can still drive them - I have kept my hand in fifth wheel trailering with my 36' RV - got it into some campsites other RVers were cringing at only because of my 5yrs OTR experience (pre CDL). Thinking about getting back into the trucking biz - layed off from the computer biz...
KC0TLV 3 months ago
@KC0TLV I drove for Swift a while ago when I first got out of school; not bad if you don't mind being out two weeks at a time. 2000 miles a week, 34 hour restart at truck stops once or twice a month; shipper and receiver's fault, not Swift's. .25 a mile as a newbie. My DM was Jill Henry and she treated me professionally and did what she could do to help. I only left because my families requirements changed and did not allow me to be gone for several weeks at a time. Was a great start.
DryVan1 2 months ago
what did he mean to long he had to stop filming and Help ,WHAT A ASS , and for his impo, it took 1 min and 46 sec I timed back the fuck off,, I drove for that fucking compamy for 11 yrs and 90 % of there so called trainers are DICKS and think they know it all,, well in the trucking bis you learn everyday,, so shut up he did good and if you told him that he would do even better next time,, you get more with sugar then you do with salt
misfitt58 4 months ago
snow wet cold 80ft of truck he did good , did not show his ass by being a gung ho I know everything driver,, he did his job,,,,safe I mite add
misfitt58 4 months ago
@misfitt58 Yeah I don't see a problem here. If it took and hour to back up I wouldn't care. Drivers love to talk a big game sometimes but to me being safe is number one above all. Everyone else can shut up and wait all day if they have to. Get over it. Sorry it got real there for a second. I drove for JB Hunt for 10 years before I got a local gig and I loved working for them. Now I am looking for a job and Swift is offering so I'm happy to drive for them.
michaelhpedersen 4 months ago 2
He didn't wreck it! It was a good landing.
DeaRider 5 months ago
He or she was making a lot of corrections, especially at the end, a huge over correction. I can back up my trash trailer with my riding lawn mower faster.
tyrannyisnotliberty 6 months ago
@tyrannyisnotliberty Hmmm.... So you think your garden tractor with a small rubish trailer compare to a 70" condo w/ 53' dry van?
I sure hope you wrote that in jest. Otherwise, you have told the world you lack the ability of logical rationale.
DryVan1 2 months ago
Don't you think it'd be a good idea to open the trailer doors before getting this far?
Tex5x5 7 months ago
It doent mater how long it takes to back up aslong as u dont hit nothing.
bonillamabc 7 months ago 2
damm slow lol good job driver!!
KENWORTH8470 9 months ago
I'm Sears Dedicated out of Columbus, OH. We have a few tight areas to back into as well. I'm glad they put my happy hind end in a Volvo.
jonfromstearns 9 months ago
Wide open lot! Show me your NYC and Phily moves!
Natesdeskyou 9 months ago
A straight back with a quarter mile of pull up room? WTF? Student or not thats easy shit. I never let my students straight back. Every dock is a chance to teach them better ally and blindside backs. Set it up hard, give them pull up boundaries and TEACH them.
There is no one around so you not in anyones way. This is the time to teach.
This is why swift is the first company you see fucking things up in tight spaces.
TruckerJDub 9 months ago
Wanna try something fun go to the clean out at supervalue in hopkins minn !
with a sleeper cab.
metaltech5356 10 months ago
looks like he did ok to me, he new and just being careful thats all
rockthatbox 10 months ago
That's nothing ... Ever watch a Serco driver from West Virgina??? They all suck ... In that 1 &1/2 inch if snow they'd just leave the trailer and return back home....
jayman6677 10 months ago
not bad for 500 ft of room with a65 ft truck and nothing in the way
Joshman598 11 months ago
he did a GREAT JOB!
hippatoad 11 months ago
Very nice! Been there done that!
shrek98034 11 months ago
lol thats sad
Weathers8613 1 year ago
I've just started delivering to Dollar General, now that is some backing, 90% of it blindside.
moonflow23 1 year ago
wow that was impressive backing up straight in a wide open parking lot
bentstraight 1 year ago
Do'nt you thinkl u need to put some snow chains on that rig like in ice road truckers, think about what happened in atlanta this year
KF6LIL 1 year ago
I remember my friend told me he was working at a warehouse and it took a swift driver 3 hours to back up and the driver even ask if somebody could back it up for him
ggm888 1 year ago
Looked to me like he did it just fine. took it nice and slow just like he should. The only problem here is the moron with the camera.
heartfire451 1 year ago
Not much of a trainer, why don't you train that krankbitch to put on a set of chains that would help on the ice, you probably never put ice skates on, have you?
dorslv 1 year ago
@dorslv Chains? Are you watching the same video as everyone else? This is just loose slush! There is no need for chains in this video! LOL! You sound like a "super-trucker".
atomic3939 8 months ago
why does ever youtube video haft to have some head giving song
matzpimp 1 year ago
he might have went slow but at least he didnt stack the truck up. give him a little credit
nursedude44 1 year ago
i actually spent the last 6th months dedicated target for schneider. i was specially dedicated to south philadelphia target... needless to say im now working for the walmart account. and i dont miss the target account one bit.
shreader327 1 year ago
Good job..safe and slow..is the only way to go!!
PebblesPEI 1 year ago
looks fine to me.
clipdan 1 year ago
I'm quick to badmouth Swift drivers but I didn't see anything wrong with this backing job. The driver has to get pretty close to the wall on the passenger side. In icy conditions your tires can be pushed into the icy ruts, sliding your truck/trailer left or right unexpectedly. I've backed trailers for about 15 years and if I backed this well every day I'd be satisfied.
tscottme 1 year ago
Wow... 90 seconds, that is NOT bad.... I've been thinking about getting into OTR.... I want whoever taught this driver to teach ME! :)
Alrgc2Air 1 year ago
I agree, Dollar Store Dedicateds are pretty much fucked. Most of the time dam space is too tight. I witness myself that few driver to blow out 4 tires while backing up in Dollar stores.
jujutube123 1 year ago
I wouldn't call that difficult, even with the snow.
still, you have to be careful not to back fast or risk of losing traction
kakiookami 1 year ago
say swift and flush the ..........
elenapopescu100 1 year ago
he did a great job of backing it in and with the conditions...congrats to your student, and kudos to the teacher
sheleenc 1 year ago
I will give the student props for not hitting the building ...lol ! As for the comments up above talking about how good they are out west !!! Give me a break come over here on the east coast with me and run downtown Washington D.C. backing into the parking garage docks a mile from the White House ..... Remember SUPER TRUCKERS there is always someone better watch your bragging!
JDHOPKINS78 1 year ago
@JDHOPKINS78 I agree, backing into a building from outside is great fun, especially when both mirrors rub the weatherstrip. I've been in places where I spunout in a switchback on pavement with the power divider locked. I had to back back out of it with traffic moving in both directions, oh what a joy it was.
northernchicken 1 year ago
@JDHOPKINS78 haha completely agree...but with out super truckers who would talk shit!
littlemiss2830 10 months ago
Whats the big deal, big yard and straight back in. Boy did a good job.
LeMagnum440 1 year ago
had to listen to that music couldn't back in to .
tallone09 1 year ago
Ummm, it's a straight shot, it should have not even taken that long
wjsieving 1 year ago
not bad for a swift driver...lol!
DrkKnt802 1 year ago
This wasnt a bad job at all. He took his time and did it safely. You sound like one of those know it all loud mouths who doesnt really know shit. There will always be lesser and greater persons that yourself. Stop trying to belittle beginner driving students. What goes around comes around...little man.
HardRokMiner 1 year ago
Shit try pulling into some of these bad ass kmarts lol
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wwwtotalitaerde 1 year ago
He took his time, went at it slow and easy and did it safe. Not bad at all.
divisioneight 1 year ago
punk music blows and he need to keep from over steering and he will back up any thing.
1483samurai 1 year ago
It's not how fast you can do it. You are really good when you can stop 4 inches from the dock and not touch it.
daddychad71 1 year ago
do you know if wilma is still at the memphis yard..i use to be on the gp dedicated..
383snowman 1 year ago
my god those are horrible conditions all that snow and ice lol and what a challenging hole to put than in i hope your joking
mothatrucka22 1 year ago
A Swift Trainer ?
You mean you were fired from J.B.Hunt !
hometechnc 1 year ago
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1. low pay for poor drivers
2.under cutting competition at the drivers expense
= you get what you pay for. "Not so swift trucking"
i truly feel really sorry for most of the drivers at Swift. i wish them better for their future in trucking
hakataia 1 year ago
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1. low pay for poor drivers
2.under cutting competition at the drivers expense
= you get what you pay for. "Not so swift trucking"
i truly feel really sorry for most of the drivers at Swift. i wish them better for their future in trucking
hakataia 1 year ago
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1. low pay for poor drivers
2.under cutting competition at the drivers expense
= you get what you pay for. Not so swift trucking
i truly feel really sorry for most of the drivers at Swift. i wish them better for thier future in trucking
hakataia 1 year ago
1. low pay for poor drivers
2.under cutting competition at the drivers expense
= you get what you pay for. Not so swift trucking
i truly feel really sorry for most of the drivers at Swift. i wish them better for thier future in trucking
hakataia 1 year ago
where is the horrible condition ????????
stormmaster1 1 year ago
Kind of boring. This routinely happens thousands of times a day in all carriers and independents. When going slow as in a backup situation, snow is hardly a factor unless it is so bad the wheels spin or slide. This was not that much snow. Sometimes you hit the dock first try, sometimes you don't.
LandOfSteam 1 year ago
I was security for Whirlpools warehouse in Ohio and I saw way worse drivers! He/she did real good under the conditions.
fenianbitch 1 year ago
Ummmmm, not sure where you guys are all from? I live and drive truck in Ontario, and the conditions in this video are far from horrible. That's a straight back into a level dock with slush on the ground. As far as the conditions are concerned it might as well be sunny and dry.
AZDriverSias 1 year ago
Thats not easy backing into a dock when you have no lines on the ground to guide you. He did a decent job.
MrINeedSome 1 year ago
Nice job (: I think i would have hit the side of the building, and i have orientation starting this Monday for Swift Lol. Naww im pretty good, i can do almost any kind of backing like a pro, but i cant straight line worth a shit :/ aint that a bitch :/ 6 monther here ^__^
topherlinc 1 year ago
swift stands for a lot of things....sure wish i had fast truck...student with incompendent fucking trainer...swing wide in front of traffic....backwards two faggots in white semi! but my all time fav is j.b. hunt = just been had u no that! LoL
MrAeroBobby 1 year ago
better is ...finally I've got a little bit more quickly backings so straight before aprox nearly , it is like all us 1sts months learning....,so and not bad that all. slow lento but good,.. nice video 4 sure
66faargoo 1 year ago
not bad at all for a student ....
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66faargoo 1 year ago
I prefer slipping and sliding in the mud with an 88,000 pound dump truck, you can keep the snow.
bayouratt283 1 year ago
Not bad. My mentor had me do the same. Only his tractor was a Kenworth W900! I hate driving that truck. But it made me a better driver.
kridley73 1 year ago
That was bad? Taking your time in bad conditions is good. Last thing a student wants to do is hit the building. Especially when some jackass is holding a camera. I feel bad for the rookies who have to drive with you.
zaphod43 1 year ago
what r u stupid
big deal
I was a trainer
Thats the first thing a student learns is straight line backing
Swift stands for Sure Wish I Finished Training
newyorkjustice 1 year ago
Can't see what the problem is with taking it easy. At least he made it to the dock without taking out the truck on the corner of the building or something.
If he had gone like a bat out of hell, no doubt we would be watching videos of how useless and dangerous truck-drivers (not just Swift drivers) are. Lets have a bit of solidarity. The road-going public hates us; no need to hate each other too. Give newbies a chance. We were all their shoes at one time or another.
pomincanada 1 year ago
hay have to learn... owell i use to drive trk 99685 a 2001 volvo, i was out of the lathrop terminal
6812944 1 year ago
Oh man...After leaving the road I got a job in a warehouse. I had to back a truck in for a girl that drove for Swift. I swear she tried ATLEAST 10 or 12 times before I went out there, showed her my Class A license and told her I could help...I couldn't believe she wasn't as student..I did ask, but she said she had been driving solo for over a month..lol..I don't know how she made it alone that long.
SacredSocietyAP 1 year ago
thats not hard!!!!!!!!!!!!
slamm660 1 year ago
one problem he forgot to open barn doors, i seen east indian drivers take over 45 mins to back into a door, at a placed in Whitby ont, were we deliver car parts for Oshawa GM plant, there was 4 open spots, i had my trailer in the door and unload and loaded back up and he was still trying to get in the dock
TheBagger57 1 year ago
@TheBagger57 Roll up doors.
nlook93312 1 year ago
u think you are good,come and see me at the larthop terminal dollar tree dedicated
swift i will show ur student how is done trk 71994
danyboy78113 1 year ago
@danyboy78113 Try Super Target Dedicated in Phoenix, I know I'm good. :)
nlook93312 1 year ago
@nlook93312 That super target is in Utah isn't it, I think I've delivered to that one as a student.
jarjarbinks77 1 year ago
@jarjarbinks77 Yes, that is a Super Target in Utah... Who was your Mentor? I been on this fleet from day one.
nlook93312 1 year ago
@nlook93312 David King, I'm on the Container Fleet myself these days. I still talk to David probably every other day or so. Whenever were both in phoenix we try to go have lunch or something, whatever our schedules permit.
jarjarbinks77 1 year ago
@jarjarbinks77 Oh ok, thats cool. I am his Driver Manager.
nlook93312 1 year ago
@nlook93312 Ah, i didn't even notice your picture. You and Missy were driver managers when I was training. She is still gone on leave for her baby?
jarjarbinks77 1 year ago
@nlook93312 try kroger then you see what your made off
tallone09 1 year ago
@jarjarbinks77 Your mentor was David King? He was mine too. I'm on the 603 Costco fleet now.
AurelionZX10R 1 year ago
@AurelionZX10R I'm on the container fleet, after 6 months OTR.
jarjarbinks77 1 year ago
Straight line back??? You've got to be KIDDING !!! By the way, where were the 4 way flashers while backing up, that is an unsafe act with out them, ask any DOT officer.....
TGPlumma 1 year ago
@TGPlumma Why did you reply too me I'm not the one backing up or the video maker? I'd say no matter the circumstances backing is one of the most dangerous things you can do.
jarjarbinks77 1 year ago
@TGPlumma dude watch it again the flasher were on.
TwistedRides 1 year ago
@nlook93312
bobsmarr 11 months ago
its gonna be time for you to retire before you get backed in
bobsmarr 11 months ago
@danyboy78113 I can see why you are at swift,you can't even spell!!!
maplemanz 1 year ago
Good job to the student... its not nearly as some of the pros make it look!
redgreenfan5 1 year ago
@danyboy78113 ,,,,wow,,,u will show em cause your good,,,,keep that attitude supertrucker and you will be the star in the next youtube crash,,,your an idiot,,,your comment proves that
kennyk1972 11 months ago
nice back up :) keep on trucking
youngtrucker11 1 year ago 5
Oh shit! Its flat and straight I thought it would be hard!
Durachevy 1 year ago
There are so many trucking job's out there, in Canada at least. And way too many young people on welfare who say they can't find work. What they mean is they can't find an easy, clean indoor job that pays $1000 a week. Hats off to those who choose to better their lives doing a tough but vital job. I did for 28 years.
henerymag 1 year ago
SWIFT= _See What I Fucked Up Today? Or it may be (backwards) Two Faggots In A White Semi. Either way I can say this driver did a hell-of-a-job backing!
utnacmit 2 years ago
good thing its rollup doors i remember training and for getting to open my doors before backing in lol
ruckman2k9 2 years ago
@ruckman2k9 Your right ther,I hate barn door's especially in winter,lol
Billdriver 1 year ago
u come to LA downtown. ull see such a narrow corners and parkinglots and drivers park amazingly
wbimota 2 years ago
I never understood what was the big deal about backing fast. I'd rather take the heat for being slow, than for running into shit.
My hats off to trainers. I used to conduct road tests, can't imagine going out with a newbie, I think I would shoot myself first.
7467scott 2 years ago 2
best swift driver I ever seen
simp5212 2 years ago
lol you must be swift !
ruckman2k9 2 years ago
NO no no no no ! Never..... I dont want that bad rep.
simp5212 2 years ago
ojk all u jackasses u dnt like how this gentleman backed up his truck fuck off hes learnin that an iff u goin flyin into that dock ur askin 4 trouble if u slow down a lil ull get it rite the first time ive been drivin trucks around since the age of 9 an i still dnt hurry cus i dnt wanna damage my truck but bein stupid
TheFireman203 2 years ago
nice columbia freightliner :P... very big!!
JOTA430 2 years ago
seen a lot of spinning in the beginning...did he lock the diff? and before you comment i know about snow/slush/frozen slush/powder driving, i drove in alaska 6 years.
wtfmanicanthaveaname 2 years ago
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wtfmanicanthaveaname 2 years ago
If you were spinning, why didn't you lock your differentials? You from the south or somethin? lol Just teasin.
CBear47 2 years ago
i think the diffs were locked, first time i watched i was gonna say that, second time i saw wheels didnt spin, he was just grannying it back. He was a trainee learning to back....on snow, better slow and safe, than trying to show off and doing the embarressing reverse jack-knife that smashes the wind fairings, you go too fast in reverese and try to stop on snow, that trailer will controll your tractor and smash those fairings.
wtfmanicanthaveaname 2 years ago
Oh I totally agree. Do it right... I didn't see any slips, but the poster put it in the description... oh well.
CBear47 2 years ago
better Long and Live than short sucks...
TheAriRezaku 2 years ago
What was the point of this video,he did A good job.
MrMariobig 2 years ago
he did a good job, slow but good, but this guy is a trainer thats the point...why would he post a vid of somebody he trained fucking up?
wtfmanicanthaveaname 2 years ago
@MrMariobig hes just messin
TheFireman203 2 years ago
Stop Whining Im Fucking Trying............ thats my favorite
EMOsakura666999 2 years ago
S.W.I.F.T.- See Why I Failed Training
ChrisandJulia4ever 2 years ago 2
See what I F****up Today
Swift does hire some real winners...
jimmydcap 2 years ago
@jimmydcap they do
TheFireman203 2 years ago
Toll,der Typ hat jede Menge Platz und brauch trotzdem so lange......und das bißl Schnee da....mein Gott
Zwoelfer27 2 years ago
Yeah, so what? Dude did fine. You assholes remember when you first started driving 18's, we all have the stories and this video is normal winter bullshit! Who cares??
MrBigsteve9999 2 years ago
I hear ya
179178 2 years ago
slow but in a straight line
if its not a female i don't help
redthunder3979 2 years ago
S.W.I.F.T = Sex With Imigrants From Tailand
josielpontocom 2 years ago
bacwards is "two fags in a white semi" =P
179178 2 years ago
do you think someone is there to unload it or prove it even got there on time.
"to get load delivered safely and on time" hopefuly that does not mean at all cost
hallcert 2 years ago
all he did was a stright back..............and the snow wasnt anything a trucker didnt have to worry about, even with ice, not that deep of a decline
sakudi2 2 years ago 2
People always critisize SWIFT, but that's ok. Why??? Cause we're taking away all their clients.
gadget956 2 years ago
1 minute and 34 seconds not too bad ive seen some guys take twenty minutes
stefanf922 2 years ago 9
@stefanf922 some guys shouldnt of got their cdl
patches1223 1 year ago
@stefanf922 the video is deceiving because you can tell if the if the approach is iced up and the experience of the driver. I have seen worst during the winter months.
As long as he made in safely who cares!
TheHoomaikai 1 year ago
S.W.I.F.T=Sure Wish I Finished Training
jarhead74 2 years ago
Ive been drivin tractors since oo,and i barely have enough patience for the job by myself,much less have a newbie under my wing.
native92001 2 years ago
is this Ontario?
Toronto324 2 years ago
STOP WHINING I`M FUCKING TRYING
bradnoga 2 years ago
Of course they plowed and salted the 4wheeler area. Too many times sliding in the truck area because of ice. OSHA doesn't care about the big trucks areas. Soo, you just might slip and fall on the ice getting out to fuel or go into the office.
PoppinsOTR 2 years ago
hmm, when was this guy going to open his doors?
arubberball 2 years ago
not much wrong with that...Trainers eh?Training in Ireland seems to be heres the keys-good luck.
squegz 2 years ago
Seriously? Who cares. LOL
atrovariousg 2 years ago
O.K. ...That was great...... Now pull forward, open the trailer doors and do again!
blthetube1 2 years ago
He doesn t have to have to pull up and open doors, He s on a Wal-Mart grocery dedicated, and they have rollup doors on the trailer
bigkev1115 2 years ago
Ya, Saw that 2 seconds after I posted the comment. Oh Well, That was for the time that I'm sure he and all of us have done it before.
blthetube1 2 years ago
as i can say as a hgv driver for 20 years you never stop learning every day you learn somthing new we were all rookies at one time u know and i dont think this chap did a bad job good on yer student
j538uuj 2 years ago 9
most boring video i've ever seen. Chain on pavement, because of slush? what a dumdass!
twang747 2 years ago
Read the info caption dummy "Here is a video of one of my students backing in horrible conditions. Layer of ice on ground, covered in slush. The drives were spinning." Ok, Lets repeat that............ "The drives were spinning."
starbearry 2 years ago
Another rookie
clinburco 2 years ago
Yes you are!!
starbearry 2 years ago
If a was former swift student ( stupid) I'll never put that on my record
kegaan 2 years ago
wouldn't have been losing traction so bad had you slid the tandems on the trailer all the way back that places more weight on the drivers. And you'er a trainer? omg!!
clinburco 2 years ago
Okay genius and how do you propose sliding tandems in a parking lot covered with 2 inches of ice and slush? It'll never happen
starbearry 2 years ago
As a professional driver there is two things you absoulutly need in the winter one is a small propane torch to melt snow and ice away from the tandem slide and the other is a brain in order to figure out how to block the wheels so that the tandems will slide . It happens as I have done it many times.
clinburco 2 years ago
Okay so you got the tandems unlocked with the torch and the wheels blocked with the chock. Now What?? You can sit and spin on the ice all day long. They aint movin!
starbearry 2 years ago
Bleach is your best friend in ice. It will melt ice like its nothing.
Matt2779 2 years ago
@Matt2779 oh sittin at a food service dock an i pour bleach in front of my tires very smart next thing i kno there will be a haz-mat team there plant shut down an ill be payin a hefty fine very smart dude
TheFireman203 2 years ago
@starbearry very good point my friend
TheFireman203 2 years ago
just one word for that : PUSSY
Suuzzel 2 years ago
maybe u will be my swift trainer, i have a swift recruiter trying to get me into the driving a academy, i got to start somewhere.
13svincent 2 years ago
Don't forget to open your trailer doors!!!
denmalski 2 years ago
@denmalski there roll-ups
TheFireman203 2 years ago
I wasn't trying to be mean, just funny, As long as he gets it in there it's good enough for me. I only back up 30 ft a week I probably need a little practice myself.
denmalski 2 years ago
I loved working at Swift, I had a fast truck. It was awesome. The hard part is the year after when I started to get bored (moved into a slow truck), and I actually started to like anything that was challenging like blindside backing in two feet of snow. Well, I didn't like it but that's the only thing that keeps your blood pumping. Then it feels so good when you're in.
And it is the person, don't listen to childish remarks. We're too good for that.
You have balls being a trainer.
Whyrendog 2 years ago
He did a great job backing. He took it slow, common sense would tell you to be safe. Plus I mean it's a straight back not the hardest thing to do in the world
JoeOnTheRoad 2 years ago 2
hey liar in snow it takes time
diwash9612425 2 years ago
You Dumbas baldymp3 How do you know he made it to the dock? The video never showed that! Duh..You must be a SWIFT Driver too!
jkaderly 2 years ago
Didn't you already post a moronic comment? Can't stop showing off your ignorance? And baldymp3 made a good point. And, DUH, you must be a "know it all, never done it before, but I will tell you exactly how it's done" idiot.
You get behind the wheel of 20' rig and back a 53' trailer and tell me how well it works for you
nlook93312 2 years ago
This driver did fine to me. A careful driver is a smart driver.
LGLG69 2 years ago 12
How was traction, was it slippery? If so, do Semis have traction control of some sort?
ScorpioFuror 2 years ago