Prime Trucking Student Driver Questions??????

I would suggest going over to PumkinDriver.com and doing a search on Prime. Even though it's a Schneider-centric site there is lots of good info from drivers that left SNI and are now with Prime. Good luck with your search, I too am looking at going with Prime. Been out of the business for yrs. and am finally ready to go back otr.

 

If you call Prime.....they will tell you honestly what their pay program is. All student drivers start out as C-seat drivers, and as their experience progresses, they move up the B-seat(co-driver), then to A-seat(lead seat). I've only been back at Prime for 5 weeks and am quite happy with it. But, they expect you to work.....you don't sit with these guys.

 

Hey Steve&Lo what division did you decide to go with? I am having trouble deciding between flat or tank, I haven't driven either before, any advice there?

 

yeah you can't sit when you have to drive 2,200 miles in 34 hours or from denver to memphis in 15, the time tables with prime are retarded !! when i was there i not only bent but broke dot laws everyday !!! i'm talking 15-16 hours everyday, oneday i had to drive 19 hours, and when they didn't give me home time after 10 weeks out, i got on a bus so they kept the weeks pay i had coming for 7000 miles worth of driving.
prime sucks !!!!

 

you drove 7000 miles in one week I think that make syou the super trucker of the world.

 

Well I guess I know how they get guys to do the flease purchase !!! It is cause they don't know simple math . 7000 miles in one week now that is super trucking Prime style there !!!

 

.Many fleece drivers do wayyyyyy to many miles a week.
Those days may be ending in the near future !!!!!

 

We are going to electronic logs... gonna be real hard to do that.

Under the old system: Honestly anyone doing 7000 miles is being greedy and taking the risk on themselves. If you cant do the load legal, Prime expects you to tell them. They couldnt see a driver's log book and could only go by what a driver told them they could do.

Now its a bit changed... While they are still trying to develop a way for the load planners/sales to have direct access to a drivers available hours/log book. The Fleet Manager knows exactly how many hours a driver can and cant drive... With the e-logs he can see nearly everything on your log book.