Questions before I head on out for PRIME

Just clear things up I don't mind going through the rookie training and then through the teaming for sometime since I know I am going to have to earn my stripes again. Just from what I have heard from a few companies I had narrowed it down to Prime seemed better as for the pay for starting out and what other drivers had said. USA Trucking is one that a friend told me to contact and said that after I get 6 months OTR check around and Prime was one he mentioned so I looked into their types of loads / areas ect...

I want to learn everything I need to know with the newer trucks / rules with OTR . The last time I drove was in 2013 and was driving a KW whenever my uncle asked me to. I never had to at that time do alley docks because the loads I would do were pull up drop off the empty for a front end loader to put steel in to bail. I would take the loaded bails of steel back to the yard. I have back with my prior employer back into docks to drop off product for Coca Cola but like you all say it has been sometime since I have done that.

I want to do the training because it has been so long so please don't think I am trying to get out of that. I was just told by one recruiter that I didn't have to since I have my CDL. I need a seasoned driver to teach me and what to excel in what I do.

Can't thank you all enough on the input

 

I forgot to ask ... what is the problem with driving a lightweight. I know it can be a pain if your loose a tire and might be a little tight in the bunk.

 

I think i can live with the tight quarters... i am fairly tall - 6'3 - but i have problems sleeping in my own bed and the dog jumping up there with us lol. I always pack light and used to changing in my bathroom which is roughly a 4 x 6 area. Wife got the larger bathroom.
Thanks for the info!

 

I was and still am cheap when it came to getting a hotel room when going to marching band events out of state or basketball games I would sleep in the 88 4runner or our pickup truck lol .. wasn't about to pay 160 dollars a night because during those events they held they jacked the prices up.

With the company I start driving for from what I have been told getting the seat time behind the wheel and keeping everything clean I will be in great shape after a year. It is sad that the mom n pop companies are not hiring in my area due to the economy or other things that are not in their control.