CAGE and Prime Inc.

Well here I sit in Springfield. I got here yesterday. After talking with several friends and drivers from this board I decided to come to Prime. I will not mention my buddy here at Prime until I know if he wants me to use his screen name or real name.

Here is how I got here. The guy I was to drive log truck for called me and said he only had enough work for about 2 weeks and gave me the option to work or not. I chose not to. I called my recruiter at Prime from last year and she put me on fast forward got me approved and I was on my way here yesterday via plane. I will get reimbursed $204 for the ticket which is fine by me.

So yesterday went like this. Woke up at 4:30 am to catch flight from Portland that left at 7am and arrived in Springfield at 6pm. Got ride to Campus Inn got check in squeaked in dinner went to SIM lab decided to wait.

TODAY woke up at 5:30 got ready, filled out paperwork, did physical and copied of license and birth certificate. Physical is pretty basic, needed card from my CPAP downloaded and a few things faxed from DOC. Complete interview with paperwork, went to SIM lab scored 100% on the test, and then finished day with a video on truck maintenance basically PRE-TRIP on truck and reefer trailer.

I am using PDA-net on my phone since the wifi here is touch and go. I will post an update every few days similar to my experience with my other company.

Oh and I need to keep 20k with trainer so decided to go out flatbed to learn something and thanks to my buddy for setting me up with someone to train with that seems to be like a pretty good guy. He said learn what I need to learn and he wont mind kicking me off early as long as I got it down. I wont get off truck until I fully understand securement. From talking with several drivers here it appears flatbed is busy, I have met 5 flatbedders and 3 reefer drivers and they all love what they do. 2 of the flats were in reefer but switched to flat when it was slower since they appeared to get more freight. Oh and they6 were lease and 1 was company 2 months about to jump into lease.

Everyone be safe out there.

 

Well the week is over and my sleep apnea has me on hold, the doctor is waiting for a fax of my latest sleep study, I had the card downloaded and I am 100% compliant just needs the fax info and I am free now I get to sit here all weekend. I am not too happy but understand and respect the safety side so I understand. Will be over to the terminal for every meal heck I may just hang out there all day tomorrow who knows. I am still very impressed with these guys. I hope to be on my trainers truck on Monday.

Once I am on the road I will be happy to give a flatbed perspective for everyone as well.

 

Good day today met my trainer for 20k miles along with U2Exit and sazook, along with a bunch of other nice drivers