Exactly How Does Prime Training Work?

I had Prime call me today to say that I was accepted ..... but that I would have to go out with a trainer for 60 days at 12/cpm or $600/week

Told her that I wasnt interested in that .... I dont need a trainer to drive a truck .... I have been in 40 states so far .... snow ice and all .... LA .... NYC etc

Said that they require 8 months OTR current .... I have 4 months right now .... I drove years ago so they wont count that nor my local time .... told her that I have 2 offers on the table right now .... both of which I only have to do their 2 day orientation and then assigned a truck of my own .... why would I want to go with a trainer making little money

She was a bit stumped for words .... then an hour later got an email from her saying that its not that bad with the trainer and that in time I would be making good good money

Blah blah .... recruiters I tell ya .... if it wasnt for the trainer part I might have gone with them .... but I refuse to do that again .... and then I have the current place .... trying like hell to keep me from leaving .... decisions decisions

 

Does anyone get sleep in the beds in the truck while in motion?
Whats the trick to it?

 

Honestly you just get use too it. When my husband and I used to run as a team we ran at the time before the rules changed 10 on 10 off by that time you were ready too sleep. Many teams liked to run 5 and 5 but by the time you would wind yourself down and were ready to go to sleep it was time to get up again. Now you can not run 5-5 since the rules changed. After a few days of getting bounced around you will get use too it

 

Thanks SF i hope I could get use to it I suppose if your so run down you would ready to hit that bunk.

 

In my years of driving, when I had to sleep in a moving truck I found it easier to sleep on my stomach, you don't feel the bouncing as much and when the driver makes a turn you wont feel that either.

 

tylenol pm

 

Depends on the trainer. You're moving into his "house", so he is going to set some rules for your behavior. On the other hand, you really don't have any control over his outside of the agreement you both sign before getting on the truck.

Some trainers are ok, some are awful, and some are great. Depends on the luck of your draw. If the situation doesn't work, then you can get ahold of your fleet manager and change.

Lets see... my trainer was fond of taking time off. Therefore it took longer. Six weeks for 60,000 miles depends on getting 10k of loaded miles per week. I think that's unrealistic. It's slow freight season right now, so 10-to-16 is probably more realistic.

Ironpony

BTW, I'm in my own tractor now... headed to Louisiana with a load of Kraft

 

Thanks IP, I saw your replies on botth posts.But it turns out Prime does not have a pet policy or they do and it is no pets allowed unless I was a O/O. So unless I can figure something out I wont be going to Prime.

 

If so, do they offer regional runs or is it strictly OTR?

Hunter

 

um, i just spoke with prime on the phone this morning, and i was told that their trainning is 17 weeks long, or 60,000 miles..... i just put 6 months of trainning in with school. im really not trying to go through 2 more months of trainning, the pay is decent during training, 500 a week, then up to 600 a week.
i seems like a pretty decent company to work for, but sadly, i just cant do 17 weeks of trainning, i wanna get in my own truck after a 4-5 weeks of trainning and hit ti rd,a nd start making my way up the money hill....