Prime- only newbies sing the praises 2

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Hey fella!

So what you're saying is you didn't do an adequate job inspecting the truck (not that I necessarily would have caught that either!) - and you still signed the lease knowing the ramifications of a serious breakdown - unless you didn't read the lease.

The problem with freight rates is that the service supplier (trucking companies, owners, independent operators) don't set the rates. In fact, in the current economy (and ever since deregulation basically) the shippers have set the rates. At some point even Prime has to take a bite out of the big crap sandwich that is freight these days - or they go out of business like many others.

Not entirely... given two trucks on the same board in the same area, the FM has more input on which load goes where than you would suspect. Load planners at Prime don't have final say on who gets the loads. Had this discussion with a couple of different FMs and the reefer ops guy.

That's just not true. I ask for and get the linehaul and fuel surcharge number on every load I pull... mostly so I can make an informed decision on leasing that so many who feel that "Prime screwed them" haven't. There's enough of a mix of rates there to show me that what you are saying about company drivers only receiving low-paying loads is flat out wrong.

Just as every other trucking company in this country would. Don't kid yourself... there are no white knights where legal liability for an accident is concerned. You're on your own.

And this is different than employment where? In what industry??

It was explained to me that this was mostly done to make it easier to manage company employees vs independent contractors. Different issues. And yeah, from what I've seen - and I've been with Prime longer than you were I believe - this is pretty much the case.

On a 10-hour break?? Illegal and stupid to do something like that. Prime doesn't pay us anything to unload - it would be different if we got what the lumpers are paid. Besides, there's a paper trail. If I'm on the dock, I'm on line 4.

My experience with Prime is obviously different than yours. It's left a bad taste in your mouth, and I can't say that I blame you. However, there are plenty of us - including lease ops - who are making it, and don't feel that way about the company. I've talked to people driving for all of the companies you mentioned above, who feel that they have a good deal too - and many who haven't. Spare me the juvenile comments... there are more than enough of them on this forum.

Well... its either that or pay for the wrecker, expense of using a T/S maintenance facility, and having a truck out of service. Formerly, Prime did a good job of taking care of maintenance, and that's one of the things I've always liked about the company. Paul Higgins has taken over maintenance, and I've noticed a change in the way things are done. Got a laundry list of items that need to be fixed on my tractor before winter, so we'll see how I feel after rotating through the shop - probably Pittston if I can work it.

I'm certainly making more money than you did... so I'd say that statement only applies to you!

 

You are basically agreeing with most of what I said. My truck made 24,000 in revenue in 4 months. That is more than you will probably make this year. BTW Prime got all of it. Boo hoo.

 

Every fleecer knows you need 2-3 in that truck to make it work. Why work so #### hard as a driver when you can just wear the Prime jacket and be the teacher. =You need to tote the company line more to make it work for you!

Prime/CRE motto: Live by the Fleece, Die by the Fleece. Fleece lives another day (and another driver).

 

Ok how many people have taken over the maintenance at Crime Inc.????

 

By the time you add up all the wasted hours and expenses driving on your own you begin to see all the benefits of faking it as a trainer.

 

I made $47k last year... not too bad actually.