Prime or their partner Wil-trans?

I don't know anything about Wil-trans. With Prime if you are company, you will be driving one of the lightweight trucks, the governed speed would be ok if they weren't neutered in pulling abilities. If you train you might be able to get a full size truck. If leasing you will get a full size truck. They are neutered still, but not as bad as the lightbody trucks. The usual yada, yada on leasing. Most weeks are pretty good, go into negative numbers though if you are taking time off, ya know the payments still come out. Husband runs on recap most generally. If you go into Canada though you have to have 24 hrs off in the previous 14 days or you sit till you do.

I have changed the days to 14 days instead of the 7 days I posted.

Also here is off web for HOS Canada link
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2005-313/page-5.html#h-15

 

Must be a prime rule ? I go to Canada constantly and have no idea wtf your talking about.

 

it's pretty much the same thing ....
same company.. pulling Prime trailers and etc.

Supposedly Wil-Trans the company contacted itself out to Prime.
Working there you are working for Prime.

There's tons of info on this.. just look it up.

 

Wil-Trans purchased Jim Palmer Trucking which is also full sized trucks pulling reefers.
Check on that before a final decision.
If you're going to live on the road, may as well be comfortable.

Just my personal opinion, but if I were looking for a job and decided to choose between Prime and Wil-Trans, would go with Wil-Trans.
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4/11/2014 4:30:00 PM Write
Wil-Trans Buys Jim Palmer Trucking



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"Missouri carrier Wil-Trans has bought assets of refrigerated carrier Jim Palmer Trucking and plans to refurbish that company’s fleet with new trucks, the company said.
Wil-Trans, which is based in Stratford, Mo., has about 185 trucks of its own, and Palmer’s fleet has about 175 trucks, said Darrel Wilson, CEO of Wil-Trans.
“We feel like the Jim Palmer name has some value in the driver market,” Wilson told Transport Topics. He did not disclose the purchase price.
Jim Palmer Trucking, based in Missoula, Mont., emerged from bankruptcy in 2009 before it was bought by Chicago businessmen.
Wil-Trans and Jim Palmer both use company drivers, and Wilson said his company plans to replace Palmer’s fleet with 2015 Freightliner Cascadia trucks. Wil-Trans is getting about 7.6 miles per gallon from its own Cascadias, he said.

Wil-Trans bought the Jim Palmer name but not its operating authority or its Compliance, Safety, Accountability ratings, because Wil-Trans has better CSA scores, Wilson told TT.
Wil-Trans contracts freight for Prime Inc., which ranks No. 21 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers and is second largest refrigerated carrier."
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I put down 7 days instead of 14 days on my post. Husband runs recap, so he does not take days off usually, therefore with Canadian HOS rules, he has to take a 24 off before he can enter into Canada. I don't believe it is a company rule.


http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2005-313/page-5.html#h-15

 

I visited both Prime and Wil-Trans in 2012 before signing with Gordon that year. Prime, of course, has a behemoth facility, gym, cafeteria and all, complete with trainers scouting the halls for newbies who might go with them. The best word I'd have for Prime recruitment was... indifferent. But I was pretty much given the run of the place and thought that was cool. Talked to a lot of people there.

Wil-Trans was just a few miles away and had told me they were so dog-friendly, I could bring all 3 of my critters and didn't matter how big. It's a 'family' operation and Wilson had the flu at the time, wasn't there--but family members are in operations. The recruiter had been Wilson's bartender (or so he told me) and Wilson his 'best customer'. Take that for what you want. When an orientation trainer walked by with a Wil-Trans driver policy manual, I asked if I could look it over. Answer came back, no, not until you sign up and you'll receive it at orientation. Okay, fine. (Not!)

Recruiter's rap on the phone was that Wil-Trans was 'so dog friendly' had even considered hiring in a vet at 'their terminal'. Funnee. 'Their terminal' was small, squeezed, rented space in another company's building. Wil-Trans has had its bad patches, which the recruiter acknowledged.

Just didn't pass my smell test...

 

Canadian rules are 24 hrs off for every 180?(I think) run.So unless you have been running for a couple of weeks you don't have to take 24 hr reset. I've only had to worry about it once. The 2nd time I told them I would have to take a 24hr reset and they just gave me another load in the states