Hey im a newbie here but have been reading the threads for a while now and i am thinking about joning Prime. Got a question though, i read on a thread that if you have your cdl but no experience they wont hire you. Is this true? Some more info on that. I had to get my cdl through the tech school i was attending in order to graduate and havent drivin a truck since and that was in 2009. Any info would be greatly appreciated thanks.

Originally Posted by I_HATE_MINIVANS

It depends really on how FAR I'll have to go 45 mph. If I'm about to run out of it, I'll just keep going. But at 45 mph, I can't sit there and idle along like that very long because eventually it'll start eating up my 11 hours. About 50% of the time, I'm pulling a Tyson load that was loaded late but still has to be ON TIME, EVERY TIME, even if it's raining Volkswagens. No time for ANYTHING, ... sometimes it's hard to even find time to stop for FUEL. Tyson seems to think my company's trucks have wings or something just because even when we're loaded late, we still have a 97% on-time rating with them. We're their top carrier for on-time delivery. If it's 3 in the morning, we're to call our company vice president's cell phone and wake him up if there's ANYTHING that's gonna cause a late delivery, and they'll switch things around so another driver with a better looking log book can get it there. Aint no time for idling along like an old geezer to save a tenth of a MPG. We gots ta GO! We make our money by HAULING the freight, not storing it in our trailers.

They "told" you that huh? Well... with us, they load us on time or pay a fine.

Originally Posted by ironpony

They "told" you that huh? Well... with us, they load us on time or pay a fine.

Prime, with it's 4000 truck capacity, has more bargaining power than we do with our 200 trucks. They never pay fines for trailers loaded late. They say jump and our customer service sheep says "how high?"

Originally Posted by I_HATE_MINIVANS

Prime, with it's 4000 truck capacity, has more bargaining power than we do with our 200 trucks. They never pay fines for trailers loaded late. They say jump and our customer service sheep says "how high?"

And for all that... all you can do is 97% on time???? Wow! Y'all got a long way to go.

I'm curious; When i call the recruiting hot line posted on their website primeinc.com

I waited(on hold) a whole hour and just finally gave up; Is there anyway faster asking them a question about the hiring validation(s)?