Originally Posted by Nick1994
I'll never understand all the Swift jokes. I work for Swift (not a driver) and we're the biggest trucking company in the world, by far, and our safety numbers are pretty good. If you're going to see a truck make a mistake, it's probably a Swift truck, there's just 1,000x more of them on the road.
I mean I like to joke too, but the people who actually believe the joke...
The merging of Knight and Swift completed last month did make Swift the largest truck load carrier in the nation. In terms of overall revenue, the LTL carriers dwarf the truck load carriers but the LTL carriers costs are more having to have many terminals and dock workers, and p&d drivers, mechanics shops, office personnel etc. The truck load carriers are a training ground for drivers wishing to get a few years experience so they can move to a better paying job, more home time, better benefits etc with either LTL carriers or private carriers. It's been this way for decades. FedEx is the largest LTL carrier, followed by the likes of YRC, Conway, Old Dominion etc.