Prime Inc driver thread

i was lucky i had to come back to the house from orientation becouse i had to get a work release from the doc from a minor surgery i had a year or so ago the cards played in my favor i go back monday and i get to keep my trainer that i was going to start with he was freed up so i dont have to wait

 

Sounds good. Get out on the road faster

 

Im new to this forum but i am heading to springfield sunday afternoon i researched all the other schools and prime suited me the best i am excited i have been around trucks for over a dozen years i was a otr tire tech for over 6 years so i know my way around trucks i have got alot of my ? answered on here and i appreciate that

 

Good luck to ya! Enjoy your time out here. What is an otr tire tech?

 

they go out to repair tires/trucks on the side of a highway. Very dangerous job! good luck behind the wheel!

 

Thanks yea that's mainly what tire techs do the otr div does a lot of off the road equipment though like loaders and tractors and such

 

Does anyone know if Prime hires ppl with Assault Misdemeanors?

 

Caveat: I'm not a recruiter, and I don't know the absolute answer. That being said, I think most companies would not hire someone with a violent offense. And it probably depends on how old it is. Your best bet is to call and ask a recruiter.

 

What made you guys choose Prime? Whats the starting pay scale? .30? How much are you at after a full year? .36?

 

Training is $500 or $600/wk guaranteed. (Depends on how you enter the program). After you upgrade to your own truck, it's 33cp to 80k, 34cpm to 120k. Lightweight truck = 5cpm bonus. NE Regional (must live there) 5cpm bonus. Fuel bonus anywhere from 1 to 4cpm bonus (that's the highest we got). Since JCW upgraded in October, he averaged around 40.5 cpm (reefer, lightweight) and 2200 miles/week.

We chose Prime for the best training pay and solo pay right out of the gate. Does he love the job? Yep. But at the end of the day, it's about sending money home to Momma......uh, ME. Due to family medical issues, we have left Prime for a company that will get him home every couple of weeks, with the opportunity for drive-bys more often than that. You will not find either myself, or JCW saying anything bad about Prime.

Examples of our FM going above and beyond:
1. FarmGirl's bday is Veteran's day. Birthdays are important to us. The FM did her level best to make sure he could see his baby girl, and more importantly she got to see her Daddy on her birthday. He took his 34, and it didn't actually work out quite like we wanted, as Tyson did their level best to keep him in AR. A kind Prime driver who was unloaded, but had to take his 10 switched trailers, and our little girl got to see her Daddy ON her birthday. We did her birthday dinner the next day, but seeing her face light up after thinking she wouldn't be seeing him on her special day made his day. (Did I mention we told her that Tyson were being slow, and we had to change our plans? I gave her the option of waiting for Daddy to have her birthday meal, or having it on her birthday. She chose Daddy. We kept the fact of the trailer switch from her.)

2. Even though he agreed to stay out Xmas, the FM sent him a load that picked up somewhere in TX and went somewhere in IL w/ enough time on it to take the 34 at home. "Go see your kids, Merry Xmas." Yep, Xmas Eve and Xmas w/ the family. Totally unexpected.

3. Home in time to take us all to an out of state gymnastics meet for CityGirl.

4. Home in time to take CityGirl to her State Meet. With enough money in the bank, to go to a special family meal afterwards.

5. There are other things that his FM did to make our lives that much easier to deal with. I really appreciate all of her hard work.