History of Swift Transportation - Carrier Chronicles Episode 1

[@iancossel650]

Fun fact Swift was created by one of the most famous blind men in American history. It actually stands for Stevie Wonders Institute For Trucking. It explains why they have so many wrecks. Even Ray Charles can see the problem with the drivers

[@mattberg916]

So they haul more freight than any other carrier...how much makes it to the destination?

[@arianmazloom]

ahahahhahahahahahaha

[@TruckinDavo]

Not much lol

[@mack1ford]

Would be cool to get the history of consolidated ways I grew up around the jacksonville terminal.

[@aaroncone6778]

I think you folks have hit a home run on this new series! There is a lot of great trucking company history out there, that could keep you busy for years. Werner, J.B. Hunt, Schnieder, UPS, Fed Ex, Yellow Freight, Navajo, Transcon, PIE, etc.. Awesome Job Guys!

[@jackschromeshop8296]

Thank you for watching Aaron!!

[@Vickyvee97]

I'm waiting for it as well.

[@richardhargrave5016]

As a kid going to Vermont to visit my grandparents we would see a lot of St. Johnsbury trucks. Would be nice to see a story on them.

[@Retired88M]

You missed the part about when Swift took over MS Carriers in or around 2000

[@cschuh4695]

I drove for MS Carriers for 6 weeks. That was the SORRIEST trucking company I EVER worked for. "Get Miles, Get Home"??? Spoiler alert: It doesn't work that way... Either you get miles OR you get home... But not both... In those 6 weeks, I grossed less than $1,500... With several years of experience and zero accidents, I was assigned to a ratty old P-O-S cabover, while the drivers fresh out of school got all the new Centurys to destroy... Every time I went to a terminal, the shop would change the road speed setting on this truck - 61, 64, 66, 63 - constantly being changed by mechanics... After sitting at the Atlanta terminal all day and into the evening waiting on a load, they had the audacity to dispatch me 1 (YES, ONE) mile to the Kroger building RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET!!! I WAS SCREAMIN' MAD, AND FIT TO BE TIED!!! I finally made it back to the Memphis yard, parked at the front door, walked inside and said, (LOUDLY) "Which cubicle should I take these keys to, cuz I'm done with this schitt... MS Carriers was TRULY a SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS... I imagine that SWIFT folded that sad state into their own inner workings...

[@Retired88M]

@@cschuh4695 we used to call M S Monkey Shit carriers TRL Two Russian Lunatics The Revolvers Loaded Branch Tree Limb CFI Chicken Frying Idiots CF Corn Flakes Prime. Please Remember Ize Missura Edgecated

[@J2498]

Love this new format discussing the companies Thanks

[@driver4818]

Love this new series. Please keep it up n’ keep them coming for us please. Thankyou! All the mega carriers. :)

[@dennislaws5187]

My Uncle was the head of the repair Shop of Cooper MTL when Swift bought them, He had previously leased 1 to 3 tractors to Cooper for years. and they offered him the job of being their first shop manager and he sold his trucks and went to work for them. After Swift bought them he was there for about 3 years and then built and opened his own truck repair shop, in Duncan SC.

[@ScubaJoe3]

Love the new series! Looking forward to seeing all of these!!

[@biocamoassassin9360]

Would love to see one on TMC and Schneider.

[@dawge30]

Interesting video. I would like to the old Smith Transfer covered. I know they've been gone since the early 80's, but they were at one time one of the largest trucking companies in the nation. Their old Terminal in Verona, Virginia ( just outside Staunton) is the Augusta County government center.

[@anotherpeasant]

This video caused my KZbin to crash! lol

[@TruckinDavo]

😂🤣😂😅

[@cowboykody6775]

Swift keeps wrecker companies and repair shops in business

[@einconrad1975]

Do one about schnider trucking and YRC and ODFL

[@jmm2000]

Be pretty interesting to see companies like Delta Lines, CME (California Motor Express), McLean, System 99, Thurston, Brown, Lee Way, ICX (Illinois California Express), Nations Way, Time DC, Doudell, Milne and CCC.

[@joshuaholloway]

Please do a video on consolidated freight slash conway

[@onebadapple83]

How ‘bout Marten Transport Mondovi, Wisconsin? I’m so old that I remember old man Marten with one truck and a milk tanker!

[@cowboykody6775]

Roger Marten?

[@denniswinston7365]

What happened to Trans Con Trucking i think they were out of LA.

[@DARRENWALKERBIGD]

I'd like to see old dominion, pitt Ohio, and south eastern

[@david65662]

Just what we need. A company who is prone to accidents lol

[@david65662]

@trucker life that too lol

[@nathanjames1062]

Hey Apple for Swift on their flatbed side none of our drivers ever screw up

[@drrocketman7794]

So far, as a Swiftie, the only Swift truck I've ever seen in a ditch was mine, but it was right side up and undamaged, because I had rather driven it in the ditch than tipping it over fighting a sudden crosswind.

[@drrocketman7794]

Might also add my very first day driving i had 8 or 10 other guys blow past me in a snowstorm on the 80 in Wyoming, but I passed all of them jackknifed or lying on their sides.

[@mulljacob]

Very interesting

[@ForrestBaum]

Could you make a video on Willig freight lines? It would be awesome to learn their story

[@brandonbesco4383]

I think you should do the history of the MCCOY group.

[@timmybrinner5250]

I would like to see a chronicle video of Roadway Express, please

[@tdeath9813]

How about one on the history of Willis Shaw Express?

[@brandongaines1731]

You guys should cover Jim Palmer

[@thundermite1241]

Can we get a vid on sterling/ford history

[@chevyon37s]

They did a video on Sterling truck history a year ago.

[@ryanronning3712]

You should cover Ireland trucking in Myrtle Creek OR. The largest log trucking company in the world that I'm aware of.

[@jeremyhoward1653]

Do Schiender

[@goliathprojects7354]

Watching this, I expected my internet to sponatiously crash.

[@jackschromeshop8296]

LMFAO 😂😂😂 best comment yet haha

[@larryparker1678]

What about DTI, NMX, Digby dry freight and NavJo?

[@riggsandmurtaugh7938]

Arrow truck lines for sure

[@TruckinDavo]

Owner was a asshole, ripped ppl off, stranded his entire fleet.. history lesson over lol

[@CCS216]

I’d love to see the now defunct TRL. But, since that’s unlikely, I think UPS would interesting.

[@marcusmaclin9866]

I think the were bought out by prime🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@CCS216]

@@marcusmaclin9866 Prime has taken over their old offices, warehouse and yard in PA. They were a strange place to work, but they were really good to me. There’s a lot of smaller carriers that I would love to see on there, but it seems like it’ll be bigger companies only. DTI would be another interesting company.

[@marcusmaclin9866]

I would like them to do celadon they took over/bought so many small companies its not even funny

[@Retired88M]

@@marcusmaclin9866 TRL aka Two Russian Lunatic s, aka The Revolvers Loaded

[@cschuh4695]

I drove for TRL for several years, #5611... They were excellent to me, had excellent equipment, and a wonderful company to work for... FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA... My RECAPs were always bumpin' 69 hours/8 days... When my mother passed away, I had just left the Pittston yard with a California load... They stopped me in Harrisburg, sent a team for my trailer, and told me to bobtail home to Buffalo... TRL was good-as-gold in my book, and I really hated to see them swallowed into the mess of Prime, Inc...

[@dennisbisconti4583]

How about the history of consolidated freight ways

[@HighwayironPhotography]

Do a video on Stevens Transportation

[@lesevans1479]

you no how to spot a stolen Stevens truck ------ a white guy will be driving it

[@stevengriffith436]

In 1997 they bought direct transit Inc. Out north sioux city,sd

[@eldepavas]

Whatever you do, never go full Swift!

[@joebauer7357]

Legend transportation

[@Super_Canadian]

You should do Day&Ross

[@eddiemuldoon7240]

How about covering some company's that no longer exist. Like PIE or CF or FB or IML Eagle? Just a thought.

[@jackschromeshop8296]

Great idea!

[@truckerrespect7797]

Most of the big carriers are based in the south, Midwest, or some other place with a large population. I suggest doing a vid on the history of Cole transportation. This company was an integral part of life in Maine, especially in the north. The founder was a wonderful man, he was very active in the community and was also a WW2 hero. He started a museum in Bangor Maine that is open to the public. Thanks a bunch for doing all the entertaining videos

[@humbertoricardoassuncaolim1597]

#SWIFT THE BEST IN CRASH😆😆😆

[@millionmiler]

The history of smith transport inc out of roaring spring pa

[@joearnone8138]

How about checking out Landsrar hundred percent owner operator’s

[@WorldTravelA320]

I find it funny, you use a Simon Transport rig, instead of an actual Dick Simon truck. Here is some history. Swift bought out Dick Simon, because Simon declared Bankruptcy after a Simon driver played kamikaze with the California State capitol building. Swift bought out Dick Simon and renamed it Central Refrigerated Transportation. The Simon Transport rig, in your video belongs to the company owned by Lyn Simon, who was one of Dick's sons. The other big Simon still in the game is Kelley with Kelles Transport Service.

[@hewhohasnoidentity4377]

Thanks. I noticed something didn't look right about the truck shown. Back in 99 I took a friend to the SLC Dick Simon yard that ended up going to Central. In 2002 I began a 15 year prison term in trucking. There are STILL some old skunk trailers on the road today.

[@NatureRecycleFlorida]

Best in crash

[@blazinSpike]

Navajo Express Inc

[@grandhammer3771]

Us swift drivers don't get respect no matter how good we drive

[@aarongray1981]

Anyone know the history of Prime inc?

[@xxboonisbadfortnitexx1549]

What's the difference between a toilet and a swift driver a toilet can back up!

[@ajwillett7302]

What about Schneider national?

[@mattwillson8280]

History of the great pumpkin would be interesting , another good one would be Matlack and Chemical Leaman how they were absorbed by quick and cheap.

[@aarongray1981]

@@mattwillson8280 or North American, Mayflower, or United

[@mattwillson8280]

@@aarongray1981 Yeah , those outfits too . or Allied. Then the portable parkin' lot guys like awful haulzem away...

[@kygambler22]

Matt Willson I worked Matlack from 68.to 1993....they bought out Southern Tank Lines in Kentucky....

[@chrisherman7531]

I'm sure they started out well enough ,but really have nose dived ....

[@strpped379]

Gordan ...GTI...

[@J_Calvin_Hobbes]

A diesel bear is gonna pull you out of service for talking triple digits in the Monfort lane. Talk the speed limit, add more details. This could be a 10 minute video and still be short enough to keep viewing audiences. This will be a great series, especially if you cover all the "fallen flags", as we railroaders call defunct / merged companies.

[@triplehdieselrepair7194]

JB Hunt

[@mikep6635]

How about ups

[@lbernau]

Let's hear the story behind CFI and Prime Inc.

[@eltartarsauceplug4658]

Ryder would be cool

[@vegas_the_trucker1595]

You forgot the purchase of m.s. carriers

[@stevengriffith436]

And direct transit inc.

[@wallyfronzaglio372]

Where's Maddie ?

[@nathanjames1062]

Oh try CRST

[@mattwillson8280]

cedar rapids stunt truck .....

[@nathanjames1062]

@@mattwillson8280 Oh you mean Cedar Rapids slave trade yeah I used to work for those assholes they are the worst company now I drive for Swift I'm making four times as much money a week and I pull flatbed

[@mattwillson8280]

@@nathanjames1062 That sounds as bad as when I worked for F troop

[@nathanjames1062]

@@mattwillson8280 letter B troop F out of Missouri

[@mattwillson8280]

@@nathanjames1062 Na , small fly by night pirates from canada

[@markleonard7759]

7hills transport

[@RobertLidstroem]

Thank god you are talking and not the woman in the truckbrandshistory! Such a weird slow talking, sounds soooo weird

[@Rusty_Nickle]

I like it when Maddy narrates. I like them both. But have gotten used to her narrating

[@RobertLidstroem]

@@Rusty_Nickle i truly thought it was a computervoice! Like Apples Siri!

[@MasterWitchDoctor]

Mason Dixon

[@robertdale7329]

Walmart and orime

[@thundermite1241]

God swift sucks they always bring the stuff broken or i get stuff for the wrong store

[@stratmaster5]

SWIFT TRANSPORTATION......The Rodney Dangerfield of the trucking industry. They get no respect

[@RELIABLE·GT3]

WALMART TRANSPORT TRUCK

[@RELIABLE·GT3]

WAL-MART TRUCKING LIMITED

[@RELIABLE·GT3]

HEB TRUCK LDT

[@RELIABLE·GT3]

HARBOR FREIGHT TRUCKING LIMITED

[@RELIABLE·GT3]

99 cent store trucking

[@JerrodleeJax]

Swift is such a joke. If you got a heartbeat you've got a job at swift, no English necessary.. I would rather walk across the country with Freight strap to my back and be seen driving a Swift truck.