Training Week of 27 Sept

I'm starting training in two weeks on 10-31 or 11-01. I am excited. How was the training overall for you all? I read some where online that Prime will not hire if your over the BMI...like if your a overweight guy they wouldn't hire you. Did you all see any big guys working at Prime or in your training?

 

Yup, we have big boys at Prime. Its mostly about screening for sleep apnea. I've "heard" that there was a limit at 39 for BMI... I'm not positive about that, especially since that kind of limit (if it exists) came into play after I hired on. If you run the numbers for a BMI of 39, you're talkin' about a seriously "big" fella.

 

For you guys that went thu training recently...what was the pay and miles like during each step of training? How was the pay calculated during the first 6 months and after that dealing with the $600 per week or the $0.12 per mile.

 

The $600 a week guarantee is only for during the training phase. PSD gets a $200 advance. During my tnt phase we made good miles. That was on the reefer side. Anything over 5000 for the week is paid at the 12cpm rate. After you upgrade you get 34cpm on the reefer side. I'm in the flatbed division so I'll start at 36cpm. We don't run as many miles

 

what is the average weeks that takes someone to upgrade. Such as NON PSD Grads and PSD grad

 

PSD grad could take as little as 6 weeks. All dependent on two things: miles run n when your trainer thinks your ready.

 

I agree miles play a big part of how long it takes for the 1st couple of wks of my tnt phase we were only getting 3000-3500 miles a week then towards the end we avg around 4500

 

back in springfield, going to work on backing next couple of days and take tests on wednesday, need to work on the paralell and alley dock more, think the off set really clicked and came to me this morning. would really like to hit that trifecta could use the money.

 

Good luck! Maybe I'll see ya out on the pad, I spend most of my free time out there.

 

i'm the guy usually wearing a denver broncos hat, if you see me would like to meet ya