Swift Transportation - Menasha Terminal 2476 American Drive, Neenah, WI 54956

"Quiet, clean, and enough parking. I never see many people here. The inside of the terminal is creepy at night. Like a maze you simply follow signs. I was expecting a ghost to be outside of the shower door when I opened it. You have to go on a hike to get up the stairs to shower...heads-up to anyone with a leg disability. It's burning up in the laundry room which includes vending machine. The driver lounge should be non-existent unless upgraded bc it looks like the common area in cell block C."

"This is for swift drivers, both company and owner operator. Only one mechanic. I went in complaining of a small power steering leak where the hose connects to the power steering unit. This means that either the fitting is loose or the hose clamp that is a crimp type clamp is loose. I've got an extensive array of tools in the truck but no wrenches. Quarter inch drive all the way up to three quarter inch Drive sockets but they are no good on a hose. Neither are needle nose pliers. The mechanic could not get to it today. I asked if I could borrow a crescent wrench or a wrench to fit the fitting so I can at least eliminate that possibility. Instead the mechanic consists that it has to be the hose clamp that it always is the hose clamp and that I should just go get one and put it on there. He was referring to the cheap hose clamps you find on your cars cooling lines. These have a high failure rate if you barely over tighten them and that's for low pressure use but we're talking about a high pressure hydraulic line coming off of a hydraulic pump. There are hose clamps that do quite well on these but they're nothing that you're going to find at your local automotive place you have to go to an industrial supply. There's a reason hydraulic lines have fittings that are pressed on with very tight tolerances. When I pointed out that the hose clamps he was referring to are not safe for this use because of their failure rate he commented that I'm just a truck driver what what I know. I told him I used to design fabricate and operate Sub see machine tools that were hydraulically operated. His reply will that's why If you drive a truck, implying I was no good at my other job. If you look back there was a huge drop in employment in the offshore industry when our new president took office. What the mechanic is forgetting is that he is there to take care of us the drivers. Without us he has no job. He is there to support us to keep us rolling and to keep us safe. Many people from various backgrounds drive trucks. Their experiences may far surpass the mechanics. In my case comma I have attended manufacturers training on commercial diesel engines and I was a service manager. I've also worked in an engine manufacturing plant repairing defective engines as they came off the line. I later went on to do field machining offshore and began designing and fabricating custom machines for that purpose. I don't know what this mechanic's credentials are but I know that he is not concerned about a hose blowing off taking out a hydraulic pump and possibly causing an accident."

"Good place to park, clean showers, that's it. Shop is extremely understaffed, only one mechanic working on trucks and trailers. Fuel pumps actually work."

"Nice & quiet terminal near greenbay. Great parking and more secure than truck stops. Also has 2 showers. They will be upstairs, clean & cozy. Overall great terminal to sleep or do a reset."

"Smallest terminal I've been to so far. Only 2 showers and one washer and dryer. No gym. It's quite & pretty dead on a Monday... Staying for 34 hr reset."