How to go about quitting Prime

Welcome to the world of truck driving. Go to YouTube.com and enter "bigrigtalk" watch the vid on "what to expect in 1st year of driving" Jerry will say how it is. He doesn't sugarcoat the stuff.

 

Leave on the best terms possible.

Talk to your immediate supervisor, explain your situation.

Climb the ladder of command if you need to.

Good Luck

 

Call the leasing dept......

 

Why is it your not getting miles? Maybe if your dispatcher sucks ask for another one.

Trip planning isnt going to make or break you. i almost never do it. if you pay attention you will be fine. Or is there just more to the story that you arent telling us?

 

Can't make many miles at Prime when they're all going 37MPH on the highway

 

As a company driver, trip planning will make or break you. dumbest thing Ive ever heard not to worry about trip planning.

First and foremost you want to plan you trips to always be early. Second you want to plan your trips to use your log time efficiently and put yourself in the best possible position for reload. Company driver is about miles, you can't do much about appointments but you can manage your clock to make yourself available to as many miles as possible.

If the load is scheduled in 4 days and you can do it in 3. do it in 3. With fuel efficiency in mind try to deliver early. Some places you can't deliver early, but run the miles you can today. don't put off till tomorrow the miles you can run today. If you have run recap, remember, the hours you run today are the hours you are going to get back 8 days from now.

If you can park at shippers and receivers. Do it. go in early and get a break if it works for the trip. If you can park all night and deliver in the morning without starting your clock, you FM has a clean slate with which to work with on getting you that next load.

I never understood the driver who parked 10 miles away at a truckstop and started his clock the next morning to sit in a dock for 3 or 4 hours.

Learn to split break. 8 and 2, backwards and forwards. You were loaded in an hour and half, need to evaluate if staying another half hour and getting a 2 can help you out later that day. Or if you've been at a customer for 4-6 hours, will it work to finish and 8 break.

talk to other drivers, learn to run smart. be proactive. You know how many drivers think they are just there to drive from point A to point B? You are Prime's representative at the customer, you have responsibilities. whether its to count freight, prevent damage cases from being loaded, or doing whats right by the company that employs you. Who signs the bills? you. So do whats right, whats expected and you won't have problems.

 

Wec are you reefer? If so and the problem continues get with Steve Larson. He's up in dispatch room he is supervisor can help you sort it out.

 

Talk to your FM and ask him what he thinks the problem is. He has a reason, and he should share it with you. If its an hours issue, then he can explain it to you. Drivers forget the FM is there to make money off you. Also, I don't think you said how long you have been solo, your FM is going to test you the 1st year, but you need to be up front with him/her and tell him/her how many miles you need each week. Granted everyone wants 3k of miles, but thats not going to happen your 1st year, only those proven drivers are going to get that.