Company training or CC program?

Although I have no experience I have done research and agree that going to Prime by far seems to be the best training opportunity I looked into NETTTS in CT and you just do not get adequate time behind the wheel as you do with Prime...as far as time to get on your own I look at it as an opportunity to become a better driver and have someone with experience there to help you while you are still learning...patience is a virtue and Prime is the way to go!!!

 

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Folks who have never shifted a manual transmission go to Prime all the time.

 

That's why many training companies also provide CDL schools, to teach prospective drivers everything they need to pass the CDL test, which includes shifting. Then once you acquire a CDL, they further provide paid training and a job if you successfully complete the training. A high percentage don't.

Now on the training aspect don't go to work for a company with extended training periods, because such companies are actually taking advantage of naive newbies to use them as a cheap source of labor. Plus after a few weeks living in a truck with another person, you won't believe how badly you will want to hurry up and get the training over with so you can go out on your own and start earning some decent money. I'd say six to eight weeks is about right. Anything longer is over kill and you are being exploited to the hilt as a source of cheap labor.

 

Which is about what you get once you've earned your CDL at Prime. And BTW... there aren't too many carriers that start at 41-cpm (reefer division, lightweight tractor.)

 

Went through PSD and TnT at Prime recently. 75 hrs PSD, 30,000 miles TnT. Learned to pass test, drive, and everything else needed to be solo starting out. $3500 cost, 1/2 forgiven after 6 months, rest after a year. $6500 for cc is expensive compared to Primes cost. You need to stay at the first job anyway. Very happy with path and 41¢ vs 25 - 28¢ really makes a difference.

 

75 hours is minimum for PSD; average is around 115, and the few extra days out really help the likelihood of getting a trifecta.

 

Apparently, you guys are a bunch of recruiters for Prime, as Prime requires 60,000 hours of training, which is at least 6 months at mere training wages. Not to mention, Prime's fleet consist primarily of lease operators as opposed to company drivers that impede traffic because they all are forced to drive at just 58 mph. Hence, if you want to be exploited as a source of cheap labor for at least 6 months, then by all means Prime is the place to go. Then when you finally test out you can lease a truck through Prime so you can spend your entire career driving 58 mph. That is, of course, if you can last the entire six months living in close confines with another person first, and most people can't.

 

I was out for 84 hours but most do end up around 100 hours. 34,256 miles not 60,000 is what I drove in TnT. I am a COMPANY driver. If you don't what you are talking about don't give out bad info. And I guess if your happy where you are you are positive. I don't care who hires on. Go to CC, or Swift or wherever. For me Prime worked out as promised. I'm just giving the information I know. And find another company paying minimum $600 per week in TnT training anything under 5,000 miles for a week. And 41¢ per mile when you are a solo COMPANY driver. I wasnt EVER approached about leasing and almost everyone I asked said go company for at least 6 months before looking at leases. I do drive 58 (limited on cruise at 62) and have averaged an extra 3¢ per mile. Higher than average but that's good for me. Good luck whatever you decide.

 

And just where do you get your info from.

Someone so bold to speak as some authority should be able to back up his claims. You worked at Prime?

lets pretend you meant to say 60,000 MILES. That requirement has been reduced to 30k MILES. And Not recently, in fact a couple years ago.

now myself, I trained under the old 60k mile requirement and I completed it, starting no CDL to Solo in a COMPANY truck in 4 months 1 week. thats 4 weeks PSD, rest is TNT team.