Question for prime drivers
Discussion in 'Prime' started by BiggDog, Nov 17, 2012.
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I've seen this guys trucks. Also seen him out on the pad. Not sure if I've ever spoken with him though
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thats fine for someone hired by Prime. That person committed to Prime
at no time did this op say he was going with Prime.
He's talking about working for this guy who contracts his drivers to Prime.
He certainly can be PSD'd and trained by an employee of this guys company that is PSD instructor and or TNT certified by Prime. There is an arrangement for these things. Just like discounts, freight network, access & use of Prime facilities. Etc -
I think the point, Chucktaylor, isn't that the OP can't hire on with this guy, but rather he needs to really do his homework since it's not quite as straight-forward as it might seem. Just off of the top of my head: One is the issue with getting his CDL via this guy - not that he can't, but there can be issues with tuition reimbursement. For at least one poster on this site, it was - whether you like it or not. Another one is health insurance. Whether it's available through this guy - or whether he'd have to go through one of the new state insurance purchasing deals, and what the different costs might be. Healthcare reform is an issue now.
Yup, nice to have a 5-year-old truck handed to you for $1. What are you going to do with it? On day one of "it's your truck" you're not leasing it onto Prime under the current policies. Got a plan for it? Hope he has the money put away that's necessary to actually run it without bankrupting himself.Last edited: Nov 22, 2012
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No, I get the point. You cant be wrong.
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Well getting my cdl with them isn't a concern, I'm already in school working on that. But the tuition reimbursement is. Also while I have heard of companies that give trucks away the the drivers after a few years driving them, this is the first I've heard of it done with a brand new truck. I'm mostly trying to get some info from someone who isn't being paid to give it to me. Cause if this deal is as straight forward as they are advertising then it sounds like a great opportunity. But at the moment I'm still suspicious of the whole thing.
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You aren't "given" a brand-new truck. You drive this guy's truck as a company driver for five years. After he's completely depriciated it, you get it for $1. You get no tax advantage in a purchase of $1, you're getting a 5-year old truck with a lot of miles on it. And you'd better do some research into what it takes to run a truck, because you need a lot of money behind you to make it work. In a lot of ways that's a deal - if the truck is mechanically sound, and you don't need to sink a lot of money in it in the near term to keep it running.
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