prime orientation next week

One thing I've noticed since being on the road for three weeks now. There's a lot of Werner tractors out there! o_o I've seen at least 3-1 ratio of them versus our own Prime vehicles. Also, I see lots of Schneider, Central, and even Swifties! Crazy.

 

Depends on where you're at. The next time one of those Werner trucks goes racing by you, remember... you're getting paid in training just about what those guys get week-in and week-out as a CDL driver.

There's lots of cheap freight for those guys to pull.

 

And here I had the newbie mindset that they simply had more freight to haul around, not so much cheap. And we PSD people get paid roughly the same as they do? Ouch.

At any rate, I see enough Prime to make me happy that I joined up. For now, it's bed time.

 

IIRC they split 26 cpm for team freight to start.

 

Same thing my Instructor said. Ive seen a lot of other company's trucks, of course they were passin me lol One tried to run me off the road.... Could not keep it in his own lane at all. Ill stick with Prime

 

Doesn't bother me if I get passed. I go around 58-60 non-stop and manage 6.8-8.5MPG in this Peterbilt thing. Going through Tennessee to Arkansas I saw a ton of Swift trucks. They even had their own section at the Walmart Distribution Center here in Monroe, GA! Lately though, since we're in my home state, I've been looking at companies that offer regional spots so if I don't stick with Prime I can hopefully hook up with one of the guys out here. So far, three weeks and about 100hrs in! Going to test this Wednesday after we take a load from McDonough (Ken's Foods) to a Food Lion out in Dunn NC

 

Ya bein passed doesnt bother me either. Is fun when you get to pass someone else though lol

 

Whats the limiter on the company trucks?

 

62 on the pedal, 65 cruise. Doesn't matter... you have to maintain 6.75 mpg week over week to stay employed on the company side. That includes idling if you're in a truck without an APU.

 

Do the trucks have a way of seeing what your mpg is at or do you basically have to wait till they yell at you?