MRP Trucks @ Swift Transportation
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- Опубліковано 11 сер 2022
- If you decide to contact Swift Transportation about company driver or lease purchase opportunities please call Michelle Cantrell at 864-968-7605 and give her my driver code of WIRDA1 or give them my truck number 222999. Thanks
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If you decide to contact Swift Transportation about company driver or lease purchase opportunities please call Michelle Cantrell at 864-968-7605 and give her my driver code of WIRDA1 or give them my truck number 222999. Thanks
So far Swift has been a good place to work. Surprised my first paycheck was double almost what my previous job was. Yes I've had a couple set backs but it was handled. Still considering going owner opp after my month since last job wasn't Considered OTR, but I have to say I am pleased with what I've seen from Swift. I'm glad I found this channel to compare to what others have said, lol not like I'd believe everything that comes from bonehead truckers. Be safe out there Todd be speaking with you.
Thanks for this video. My brother and I drive team for Swift. Just bought a house in Texas because, the only state they can not offer the lease option is California. Well, that was the straw that broke the camel's back. Visiting family then off tomorrow to Texas!
i must admit that 1st freightliner the white one suprised me , nice looking truck
For guys that look at a truck as a tool and want truck ownership quickly without a large up front investment, this really is a great deal. I personally know a guy right now who is going through a lot of crap because he's willing to work anywhere as long as he gets a Western Star. He doesn't care how bad the company is or how bad they treat them as long as they get a Western Star. He is not thinking of the truck as a tool, he's thinking of it as a fashion statement
Great information Todd love your videos your a very helpful guy your a wonderful person wish there was more people like you in this world keep them wheels a rollin swift rocks
I will say one thing about the Greer terminal, there’s a store within walking distance, got stuck there for a couple days while my truck was in for it’s AB service
Great video Todd! Just what I wanted to see on the MRP trucks. I’ll be there very soon🙏
Good deal. Please contact Michelle when you're ready and let her know that you have been watching my videos. Also please stay in touch with me and let me know if I can help in any way
Well that was an amazing video thanks Todd. That gives me a better idea on flexibility.
I would like to have that truck 👍🏻
Yeah it's not a bad option for someone looking forward a clear quick path to ownership. One of these days we need to cross paths and maybe do a video together
Hi from South Africa Todd...
I stumbled onto your vids and been watching a couple allready and Sir I commend you on the informative content and i hope and wish you all the good luck and happy miles you can get..
been driving trucks here since 1988 up until 2011 when i topped my career as a Driver trainer and I do so wish still we had owner operator options available here.. you guys are very fortunate..
all the best and Happy Truckin
Thanks for joining. Glad to have you here
That white Freightliner was the truck Michelle reserved for me and it had low miles and very clean but that Cummins was the deal breaker. Also when I walked out of the hotel and saw your truck I said to myself hopefully Michelle has one like that still on the lot and then I saw the truck number and knew who’s it was😂
Are you one of the guys I met when I was there?
@@truckertoddllc no I arrived to the hotel Thursday evening and was looking at the tractors all day Friday. You must have been busy making money by that time😂
Yeah you just missed me. I believe I left that morning
Some questions for you:
1. Buying an MRP truck would mean you’re leasing on to Swift, correct? You wouldn’t be able to lease onto another carrier?
2. What are trucks leased onto Swift governed at?
3. Do these MRP trucks require a downpayment? If so, how much?
4. What is the 3 year warranty covering? Everything? Do these trucks have opti idle or APU? What about an inverter?
5. As a lease op to Swift, can I decide whether i want to operate in a specific region? For example, when winter is bad can I choose to stay in southeast based on weather?
6. What about the nice mattresses they are known to put in their trucks?
Thanks,
Well the main reason I didn't answer these six questions in this video is because I've answered him in almost every single video I've done the past 9 weeks. I guess I'll answer it one more time though
1. This is kind of a strange question to me. I don't know why anyone would lease a truck from a company they weren't planning to stay with. But as I said in the video for details such as this about portability of the lease I would refer you to Michelle
2. If you take the optional camera which is forward facing only the trucks are governed at 70 on the cruise and 72 on the pedal. If you reject the camera as I recommend the trucks are governed at 68 on the cruise and 70 on the pedal.
3. No
4. I'm not aware of any warranty including factory warranties that cover everything, that's kind of ridiculous. But as I said in this video for specific details about the lease I would again refer you to Michelle as details can change over time and I want people to have the latest and most accurate information
5. As an independent contractor it's your business and you can run where and when you want to. But keep in mind that your truck payments and insurance must be paid every week whether the truck is rolling or not. For this reason I would encourage you to plan your hometown accordingly with your own financial needs and goals
6. Yes the mattresses are the same quality mattresses that they put in all of their trucks. I've mentioned them and other videos so I didn't see the point in refrying the same potatoes in this video
@@truckertoddllc thanks man. Sorry you had to repeat yourself. I know your videos are pretty thorough. I did put a call to her and left a detailed message. I think the forward facing cam policy for the governed speed allowed is a no brainer. Thanks again.
I believe the home spec fridges wouldn’t be very reliable due to the compressors sometimes being at weird angles. Home spec fridges are required to be level at all times and if not, they will shut down if compressor is crooked. I could be wrong, but it’s why the high end compact fridges built for off roading/overlanding and for trucking are more reliable.
I understand your concerns. I had a Volvo at dart that I put one of those type refrigerators in and used it for over 4 years. Also a lot of RVs and travel trailers have residential refrigerators in them as well. So while I understand your concern I think it's still possible to work if you mount it properly
@@truckertoddllc yeah I’ve seen other drivers do it. Not doubting you necessarily. I mean heck what’s $150 for a fridge that lasts you 4 years versus paying $500-$800 for a much smaller one, right?
Yeah the one I bought for my Kenworth cost me almost $700
I have one in my truck I bought at Walmart I’ve had it for 7 months it’s sitting in the floor. No issues so far
Just buy the 4.3 cubic foot magic chef from lowes or Home Depot and get the extended warranty if it craps out just swing by a store and replace it.
About time 😂. Great review. I hear great things about this program.
Also was told all MRP trucks come with virgin rubber all around
All of the ones I saw had virgin rubber, no recaps that I saw
Great informative video. Thanks for taking the time to do it. I was wondering if you run OTR , regional or dedicated.
OTR
Surprised they put a Cummins motor in that Freightliner.
Yeah I was honestly surprised by that too
Yeah that's either a plus or minus depends on who's preference. But yeah it's a surprise for sure. Low mileage too. I would take it with a dedicated account.
@@willmann30 you should contact Michelle and see what's available in your area
@@truckertoddllc thank you sir. Yes I was about to come on board with Swift on dedicated account here in New England doing rail cars.
Sounds like a great deal. Congratulations. Please stay in touch and let me know how it goes so that if someone else asked me about it I'll be able to give them some details
I got my MRP truck from Greer. It's been a very pleasant experience so far!
Congratulations. I'm glad things are going well for you
@@truckertoddllc much appreciated sir! I got a 2019 Cascadia with around 340k miles. Very well maintained!
Should be a money maker for you. Congratulations
i like when he says ill be honest is he liein the rest of the time?
At first I thought this was a stupid question from a simple minded person. It turns out I was correct. You can't even spell lying. I'll be honest is a phrase often said and those that watch my videos know that I always tell the truth
6:21 well there is an audible air leak around the brakes passenger side
Nice try. The truck was not running when I opened the hood nor had it been started that day so there was no air buildup to leak. The video was actually filmed early in the morning and the reason I didn’t have the engine running while I was filming is that the engine sounds would make it hard for you to hear my voice.
Thanks Todd for this video ! You didn't mention if Anyone has to already be a Swift Employee to get
one of those trucks , or not .
If I wasn't so long in the tooth I could
possibly be interested in one Myself !
( just to piss off the " DREAM KILLER " , if nothing else )
They aren't available to employees, you would have to be an independent contractor. But you can power on and get one from day one
I might have missed it, but I’m not sure if you ever explained what MRP stands for. Someone new to the business probably needs to know that.
It stands for maintenance repair program
@@truckertoddllc thank you
Good Morning Trucker Todd This is Marcus Smith . Please send over your truck#/driver # so I may relay it over to my recruiter Addison and see that you get your referral bonus due you as I am in my truck and now working 11 days out loving it Thanks to watching your videos so you be safe and have a blessed day and Thanks for everything.
Truck number 222999
Driver code WIRDA1
Thanks for watching my videos and adding my information for the referral bonus. Please let me know how you do and if there's anything I can do to help
I sure will and Thanks again Trucker Todd
Todd, thanks for the video. Is there an inventory list somewhere and do any of the swift trucks have the driver’s lounge option? I called Michelle and left a mess as soon as the video was complete.
As far as I know none of them have the lounge option but I could be wrong about that. I never wanted that option because you lose all of the under the bunk storage or at least most of it. Fridays are horribly busy for Michelle so it might be Monday before she calls you back. If you email me your information I can send her an email on Monday to remind her. truckertodd806@gmail.com
Love your UA-cam videos do you have a video on Heath ins and what is your ins on the truck permit tags what about that can you talk about that
Yes for health insurance I went through healthcare.gov. for insurance when I was using everything that Swift offered I was paying $285 a week. Now I'm paying $500 and something a month. I actually did a video that showed all my fixed expenses but some of my expenses have gone down since this video. Here's a video link that will answer most of your questions:
ua-cam.com/video/hFN15dkpmuY/v-deo.html
Is that you singing in the info? Man that sounds amazing
LOL no that's not me singing. The band information is in the description of the video. They are really good and they are out of Springfield Missouri
Trucker Todd i would like to get with you have you to help me pick out Great Truck
Email me and let's talk about it. truckertodd806@gmail.com
Does all the owner operator trucks only got that little swift decal unlike the company trucks that’s covered in swift decals
Yes the owner operator trucks don't have all the Swift decals, that's the easiest way to tell them apart
So I do the loads pay by the mile or %?
Currently right now they are paying on a sliding mileage scale based on the length of loaded miles. There is currently a couple of dedicated deals that pay the percentage but I don't have any details on those and you would want to talk to Michelle about that. I'm a pretty big fan of the mileage pay right now just because of how low Dry van spot market rates are right now, should those rates return to being good again then I might start advocating for percentage pay at that point but right now I'm happy with things as they are
They have their load board up yet?
Not yet. I'll probably do a video when they do
@@truckertoddllc okay. That would be great
Did they mainly have freightliners there?
Swift carries Freightliner, Kenworth, Volvo, and international. Since the MRP program is mostly company trucks that are converted over, most of the trucks are Freightliner but periodically the other brands will make their way into the mix. The best thing to do is call Michelle and tell her what you're looking for and see if she can find it for you. The more flexible you are the better it will be. Remember we are in the middle of several global crisis's s at the same time including supply chain issues, chip shortages, and new and used truck shortages. Trucks with any company are hard to come by right now and you have to be willing to bend a little bit
I was referring specifically to what was in greer..
I refuse to buy a freightliner.
I have a freightliner now and definitely won't get into another one....but she already told me what she could get..I was just curious what was in greer specifically..since that's probably where our orientation will be..
The way the terminals are set up it's impossible to know the entire scope of what's available. I just picked three freightliners because that's what they have the abundance of. As I said If you're looking for something more specific I would encourage you to contact Michelle because she can check across the country and try to find you what you're looking for. Hopefully I'll be at other terminals in the coming weeks and I can film some other MRP examples
300k miles wouldnt the engine need rebuilding at 500k
A modern properly maintained engine should go from 800,000 to 1,000,000 miles without needing a rebuild. Oil filters and all itself have greatly extended the longevity of engines.
Hi Tood, Swifts have trucks with APU?
No only opti idle
@Trucker Todd LLC. I just started watching your videos, I'm being talking to a recruiter for a week. Any thoughts?
Hello can I lease a truck 🚚 and have a driver do the job I can't drive a truck??
Yes, it's called being a fleet owner but you would want to make sure that you make enough profit that you could afford to maintain the truck and pay the driver the way you're supposed to with federal withholding and everything like that. In my opinion you will constantly be looking for drivers because why would they drive for you when they can get their own lease truck for no money down and make more money?
show me 2019
Stay tuned. I'm sure there will be more videos like this coming. I just showed what I saw at that particular terminal at that particular time
Are you still with them
No, this is an old video. I saved up cash and bought a truck from one of my viewers. Almost a year ago.
I need enlightening .. say that truck is 100,000 with 3 year lease paying 800 a week with 15 k balloon payment .. with swift paying 1.15 a mile and isn’t percentage what is the profit because you get a truck but after you own it it has a lot miles.. sure you wouldn’t even have a truck if not for leasing and it give you Chance to have a truckbut being that it’s not percentage pay are you profiting really ?
Well there's several things here that are wrong in your comment. First of all the very lowest paying load that Swift offers is $1.15 a mile. The average load pays much more than that. Secondly you're not thinking about the fuel surcharge which adds almost 70 cents per mile this week. Also you're not considering that when you do percentage pay you have to give a certain percentage to the company. For example at my last company I was on percentage and I had to give 30% to the company. Also you're not considering on percentage pay that you cover all your dead head. Here I get paid a small rate for deadhead and my tolls are covered which they were not when I was paid percentage. Also if you read the news or watch my Friday video that I will be doing, you will see that spot market rates have been falling for quite some time now. I'm going to show on Friday the national average rates for dry van, reefer, and flatbed. On percentage pay you would have to average over $3 a mile on every single load to make the equivalent of what I'm making here at Swift. As for the last part of your question, yes I'm very profitable here, most weeks I take home between 2300 and 3200 a week after all expenses. Very few percentage drivers can say that right now, especially doing dry van. Again I encourage you to watch this upcoming Friday's video where I will be discussing this subject in depth
…. Ok let me see if this example is valid… say 2000 miles for the week multiplied by 1.15cpm just example .. gives you 2300 for the week now your truck payment comes to 700 a week .. places you 1600 now and u spend on fuel 2000 miles is divided by say 6.5 mpg 307 gallons now multiplied by say $5.30 a gallon places you at about 1600$ for the week in gas so now that you had 1600 left and the gas took it all.. now the fuel surcharge In this example would be 67cent because for THIS example of 5.30 the average minus the base 1.25 then dived by 6.0 mpg you get 67 and then you multiply 67 by the 2000 miles which gives you 1340$ back Fsc …. Am I atleast right on that ?
Okay once again we have a lot of assumptions that are incorrect. First of all I told you that the rate per mile will average much higher than that. Next let's talk about truck payment, you figured it at $700 a week. You must not have watched any of my videos or you would have known that I've got the highest truck payment you can have here and mine is not even $700 a week. Next you said that you were figuring fuel at $5.30 per gallon. You are about a dollar a gallon off on your average. If you had been watching my videos you would know about the fuel card I use that gives me big savings. I find a lot of guys here take home between two and three thousand dollars a week but it's hard to give you specifics because it depends on each individual person and how well they buy Fuel and what part of the country they run. All I can tell you so far is that your numbers are way off
@@truckertoddllc lol that is why I mentioned in “this example “ I know average is off a bit and rpm😌 ok so your truck payment your saying is over 700 or far less also I appreciate you replying to me I’m just tryna figure it out that is all
A freightghtliner with a Cummins... !?!?!?
Detroit is better.
Yeah my truck has a Detroit but some of the older ones have a Cummins
@@truckertoddllc I found Cummins perform well and look good and I found they are easy to upgrade to increase performance and fuel economy but they will have problems that detroits just don't have.
@Freedom Works yeah I like both engines about the same honestly. when are you going to be in Lubbock again?
@@truckertoddllc hopefully soon 🙏 I like 👍 telling you !!
I’m in freezing 🥶 cold Illinois , Wisconsin and Minnesota lately. Heading to Eagan now , I’m there test subject for all there great 👍 ideas they like trying out. I will get over to your neck of the woods again hopefully 🙏 soon. I’m going to take you and Paula out to the Double Nickel for a night of great food , drink 🍹 and conversations !!
Maybe I can pick up a few of your entrepreneurial ideas.