Should I quit and move on, or should I not?

Let's flip it around.

You should be thankful you don't have to back, you should be grateful you can do 70. (Actually need to in order to make some of your appts etc) and you will discover that the employment history will dig up him and his company as a employer. You will have to wait 10 years before that becomes literal history as many of my bad employers did. I don't even mention them any more after 10 years. They no longer exist and all the problems I had including blacklisting goes away at that point. Poof.

I don't know about the haven't learned anything. If you are having good driving time and enjoying life then that's what matters. If you are under a cloud and get ornery because there is a big problem when driving, then by all means find another employer before this eats you up. You only have one life. Why waste it in the salt mine?

 

Prime will find out so you better list the owner-operator. He probably won't give you a glowing recommendation.
Here's two companies to try though that probably will hire you.
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Western Express - www.westernexp.com
No Recent Experience? No Problem.
We’ve pioneered the industry’s first “REFRESHER” program for drivers who have a CDL but didn’t attend truck driving school.
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Patriot Transport Inc. - Carol Stream, Illinois - www.patroittransport.us has their own cdl training & refresher program.
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Is this with a large company, like Knight, that this operator is leased on to, or is this an independent operator?

 

Have you asked him when he plans on showing you how to back? Yelling is a bit subjective. My kid, 28 now, thought anything more than a whisper was yelling at him. However, that too should be addressed with him. Let him know you dont appreciate the yelling and to tone it down. If he cant be professional, leave.

 

I don't mind a yeller. If he knows his ####. Just need to be able to take it going the other way back at him.

Im one of those people from the docks by the ocean, if I need your attention a half mile away, I'll roar. And you will hear it. Yelling is not roaring.

 

Quit.

My god don't take anyone yelling at you, screw that.

 

Who ever suggested he should be lucky not to be backing the rig, is way off line. You NEED to know what your doing when your backing and going forward, I was an instructor with prime many years ago. They are a good company, if you get another person that yells and does not teach you. Stand up for yourself immediately, you need to have as much knowledge as you can receive in the first part of your career. Yelling does absolutely nothing except to make the small cab of the truck uncomfortable. So yes leave, but also understand you may encounter this again

 

Some companies report to DAC and some don't. You can request a free copy of your report from HireRight.com. You can have them send you a copy in the mail or through email. Either way you have it sent to you THEY WILL TAKE 15 DAYS TO SEND IT.

Prime is pretty picky. If they turn you down, that's more like not getting picked to be a NY Yankee Baseball player. It's NOT getting kicked out of the league. A ton of really good trucking companies will hire drivers Prime has turned down.

 

Yep, if everybody follows the rules as set out in 391.23 Prime is going to find it out. DAC is not the issue. It is that rule. You are either going to have to account for that Gap on your application or list the carrier. This is mandated by rule. I suggest total honesty Now I want to caution you about something very important. You will undergo a yearly update on your driver qualification files. If you don't list this and Prime, later on, discovers you lied, you might be fired. You do not want a lied on the application as your reason for discharge. Do yourself a big favor and list that job.