I HATE PRIME

I remember a time when Prime could haul ##* and get on down the road.

 

Thank you! I remember Prime hauling ##* back in the day.

 

Exactly. Started a thread to do empty calorie fussing..if Prime is too slow go around them. If you can't get around them, wait til you can. Most importantly, don't create noise pollution. Drivers should fuss about things that actually matter......which is almost nothing.

 

Don’t you know their moto???
- “ If you did time, join Prime”

 

That's normally the case, but often they think that fuel is entirely free for all the miles. Not so.

There are different fuel surcharge calculations. I think most are based on 6.5mpg but could be different based on the load and terrain.
If, we want to know how much "free" deadhead we get by exceeding the assumed fuel mileage in the FSC, it can be calculated:

max deadhead% = 1 - assumed mpg/actual mpg

So, if the FSC says 6.5 mpg, and we get 7.5 mpg.
It's 1 - 6.5/7.5 =0.133

You got 13% empty or loaded but unpaid miles covered.

Owner ops running spot freight have higher deadhead. Specialized haulers have higher DH too.
30% DH is pretty common.

 

No, no. That’s Felon (Western) Express’s motto. Prime, Inc is “Please Remember I’m Missouri Educated. I need (to) concentrate.”

LOL

 

It occurs to me that if you were looking ahead (as you are trained to do), you can easily avoid being behind a Prime rig. Alas, you probably (just a guess) hammer down and don't see them until you HAVE to slow down. Add to this, you seem to be the type of person who gets mad for the following reasons: taking foot off the pedal, tapping the brake, having to change lanes (even if NOT slowing down), having to slow down because someone is turning, and whatnot. You know...like 4-wheelers tend to be.

What's your beef with Prime, anyway, bud? There ARE companies which are governed even slower (such as Raider Express - always going 60MPH, even downhill - no joke). Are you mad at them, too? Do you hate them all? Dude, THAT is a lot of hate. Do you even have time to divide it out equally? Nah, this seems specific. Specific enough to post a BS rant over dumb things you cannot control. Why is that?

What's REALLY buggin' ya, driver? Tell us...maybe we can help.

 

They used to be ungoverned...back in the 80's and mid-90's. That's why they went bankrupt and the name of the current iteration is NEW Prime, Inc.

At that time I was a rookie and governed at 67 - this was back when all roads were still 55MPH EVERYWHERE. Prime used to blow my doors off, sometimes as a small convoy. It was my goal to one day work for them...when all my tickets went away. Didn't actually happen until 2015. By then, they got their act together. I went Lease just so I could have a 68 MPH rig. Missed the boat on that one, I did!

 

If the OP is mad at Prime Inc’s trucks going 65 MPH, he would be hopping mad at one of TransAm’s fleece purchases doing only 62 mph.

 

Or as Bill Mack used to say "Please Remember I Mortgaged Everything, I Need Cash"