Info from L/O at prime, inc.

The best speed depends on many things, and will vary from one truck and engine/drive train to another. Cascadias tend to do better in the 50's, but with the newer aero packages, you can run faster and still get great fuel economy. The newer trailers are being built with aero mods that help greatly as well. It's something you're going to have to play with.

I use the corporate website to determine the base price of fuel in-route from one trip to the next. It changes sometimes almost daily, although some places have low fuel prices almost all the time. You can usually count on the Sapp Bros in Peru IL, and the Flying J in Effingham IL for example. They'll give you a good primer on fuel in the ACE-II business class. You can read this too...

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...63-leasing-prime-post2731540.html#post2731540

Road assist guys help coordinate service while you're on the road. If you pull into one of the locations we have a national account with, you'll need to get an "RA number" for the shop to charge against, so coordinating with your RA guy is a given. A lot of times, I'll just tell him whats wrong, propose a service solution, and ask him to send the RA number. Done.

Your payroll gal, is the person you deal with on any sort of reimbursement problem, and giving them a call before the bills show up helps you direct them where to get the money from to pay said bills. Log ladies help you thwart the machinations of the evil Ms Elogs.

 

There's a sticky thread in this forum on what to expect during Orientation. Good read.

You can see a live listing of available trucks at www.successleasing.com and click on inventory at the top. Granted it's low on Trucks right know due to the weekend but keep your eye on that site you'll see when a truck becomes available in real time.

 

Orientation all week (if you really wanna call it that. Lol) you'll get your truck Thursday or Friday.

 

I know that, TnT the driver at least has a clue.. before that their pretty clueless.

When I got out of 3 week CDL school I drove for about oh 2 hours on the road during that time, the rest was reading and backing.
After when I joined a company I only was in training for 3 weeks before they gave me my own truck.
I can tell you that I was no polished truck driver after that.
I'd rather being in training longer if I could do it over again, of course you only think how long till I can GTFO while you're in that truck with a stranger lol

 

The recruiter I spoke to last week and it's on Prime's website. Right on the website it says you do the 10k before the 30k... I don't know where you are getting your info from.

 

That's not true at all. It's 75 hours. I get my info for being one of the instructors

 

how long have you been doing it for?
Define being successful? everybody has different goals.

you are putting in the hard work leasing and training, I respect that.

 

first, Earn 10,000 miles toward total 40,000 miles needed


second, complete additional 30,000 miles toward total 40,000 mile goal. (10,000 miles + 30,000 miles = 40,000 miles completed)

again 10k + 30k, not the other way around


https://www.driveforprime.com/students.php

I was told it has NOTHING to do with time or hours, only by how many miles the truck moves if you are driving or trainee.
The longer you guys fart around, the longer the process takes I was basically explained.


If that information is not true as you say then that means my recruiter has been lying to me and prime's website is lying.. which is not cool.