Everything I don’t like about Swift’s flatbed trucks.

[@Luckyducky9222]

Override the adaptive by keeping your foot on the pedal. Release to engage jakes. Enter your downhill without the cruise on so your jakes kick in sooner or enter at a proper speed. Your limited speed is due to the company. Don’t tailgate when overriding your cruise. Your cruise is set an Ecco mode so the truck will try to stay at low rpm. With time you’ll start knowing when to start your jake and turn off your cruise before you need it 4 sec later.

[@Jun3bug25]

Just tap the service brake and the jakes will stay on or set your cruise to speed you want and the jakes will keep you around that speed and the freight liners I had would slam on the brakes if the radar would saw certain shadows

[@Flynnyr]

Not in the truck I’m currently in. If I set the cruise to 65, and I head down a hill, the speed will increase and the jakes will not slow me down at all until I reach 70 mph with the governed setting, And even then the jakes aren’t strong enough to keep me under 70 so then I have to manually set the jakes, but since the jakes are already going. It won’t slow me down. It’s really dangerous. My trainer had a truck that the jakes would slow you down if you went 66 and had cruise at 65. Not this truck though

[@Jun3bug25]

@@Flynnyr I meant you set the cruise 60 or 55 going downhill the truck will keep you around that speed I like to just pick a gear and set the jakes myself though lol it makes me feel like a professional😂

[@zeoportugues.7504]

Swift's platform trucks and not only are limited, because those who drive are people who start their professional lives as drivers. Not everything is not roses my friend! Now there are many who work for these big companies with their own "horse" truck where there is no speed limitation and they are people who already have calluses. here's the tip! good job!

[@scottm2244]

I would take the newer Cascadias over a 680 any chance I get. Every piece of plastic and there is a lot vibrates loudly and there is a significant lack of cargo space compared to the Cascadia.

[@DnC2005]

All new cruse controls have a +5 setting. Once you go 5 over the set speed it starts slowing down. The are cancelled out by the cruse control unit ether it hits +5 or you hit the brakes. This is why I Dont ever use cruise control, way to many autopilot systems come on. It’s my truck and I’ll decide what it does.

[@LobbsTrucking]

What did you use to mount your GoPro and mic setup?

[@Flynnyr]

I got a GoPro accessories kit from Amazon that came with a bunch of stuff. I use the hat clip mount to clip it to my hat. I have no mic setup for it. Just GoPro 8 and the hat clip is all I use. 🙂

[@LobbsTrucking]

@@Flynnyr awesome, I got a black hero 8 with a media mod, I wanna document my swift journey

[@rossturner7859]

This seems fairly in line with most modern company trucks unfortunately.

[@evanoliver44]

Is this 400 Hp or 450 Hp ? Thank u for ur video

[@Flynnyr]

I honestly don’t know. If I had to guess it’d probably be 450

[@joshalex93]

If you are running away on a hill, that's on you. Also, that's not the Jake's slowing you down. That's the governor. I guess you weren't told how to properly operate your truck.. I drove many T680s in my career and never had these issues aside from the cruise issue.. My old Swift truck number was 173560

[@Flynnyr]

Oh okay, but If it’s the Governor that’s slowing me down after I reach 70mph then why won’t the jakes activate when I turn them on ?

[@Flynnyr]

Also I’ve never been in a situation where I’ve been running away. I enter each downhill in the right gear and right speed. Just found that weird Governor Jake thing by coincidence.

[@joshalex93]

@@Flynnyr the job of the governor is to do what's necessary to keep a vehicle under a certain speed.. See, I'm foot to the floor regardless so all that crap doesn't affect me

[@Qwijebo]

How's that transmission working for ya?

[@Flynnyr]

I personally don’t like automatics, but the current one I’ve got is doing decent

[@Qwijebo]

@@Flynnyr I drove a rental because the company I worked for thought they had more control, but man that delay getting onto the highway was sketchy. And the rental co. tried to govern which made it worse.

[@Flynnyr]

Yeah, the governing part is ridiculous. These companies govern these trucks way to hard

[@RedRedred-ld4pb]

They should fire you.

[@jamesberggren9029]

Everything that I don't like about swift. Swift!!!

[@jamesberggren9029]

Why would anyone drive for swift?????

[@Flynnyr]

The reason why I did was because I didn’t have any tractor trailer experience after I got my cdl. I had done yard driver for 2 years and I drove a straight truck for 6 months. I got my cdl and come to find out, lots of places require you to have 1 year tractor trailer experience to get on with em. Swift hires everybody so I went with swift.

[@jamesberggren9029]

@@Flynnyr I got my cdl 30 years ago. Times are a little different now but swift has always been a hire the newbies because they can be paid less. I hope you have or will move on soon.

[@Flynnyr]

@@jamesberggren9029 yessir I plan to move on after my 1 year is up! I’ve contacted a heavy haul company out of Texas and they’re waiting on my 1 year to be up in April

[@jamesberggren9029]

@@Flynnyr good luck to you sir. Heavy haul is a lot of fun!!!!

[@Jun3bug25]

It’s a good company to start with at least it was for me