Those numbers are a few years old. 40k training miles (team) minimum. There has to be a good reason to keep you beyond that. Accident, ticket, or screw ups while training can get more miles tacked on before they will allow you to upgrade.
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And conversely, imagine being one of the drivers who got a parking space early. Would the driver get out without sharing paint with another truck? All those experiences are what one can hopefully experience while doing however many miles of OTR training.
The driver should not be in such a rush to get out on his/her own that training suffers; one stormy night, the driver will be happy to have done the miles and experienced the wonders of OTR trucking.Rollr4872 Thanks this. -
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Actually the benefit falls to the trainer. Company trainers are paid the team rate minus the trainees wage, just as Leass Op trainers pocket the extra revenue minus the wages. So the company pockets the same amount, whether its a lease or company team hauling the load, or a trainer trainee.
Money seems to be your main concern, so maybe he should move on to someplace with less training, ... like Watkins Shepard where he can be off on his own in about 10 days. -
Wow I thought this was a friendly forum. Guess I was wrong. And if you say money isn't your main objective you are full of it. Just forget I ask y'all anything. Have a nice life ��
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My impression is that you somehow think your husband or boyfriend is the exception to the requirements.
Your post has thinly veiled criticism of Prime's trainee pay policies, and time requirements. There aren't very many companies out there that pay trainees ### good as Prime, and it is certainly not taking advantage of them. Your chances are even less to find a better paying company than Prime who upgrades their trainees to solo drivers starting at .41/mile in a lightweight truck.
Your post smell of money concerns, and frankly there are alot of students and trainees that are jumping into this career that think its easy or this is their last or only hope for a better future. More often than not the trainee and their families end up disappointed by either the pay or the time away from home, and the rest of the majority can't cut it. It's the minority that sticks around and puts the time and effort into a successful career.Rollr4872 Thanks this. -
I'm sorry if I came across that I have money issues. As I stated I just think 80k miles is slight overkill. You make assumptions where there are none. But I do appreciate the little info you were able to supply me with. Good luck in your travels. -
Money... make sure hubby takes a canceled check to a joint account that you both have debit cards to. Get the settlement check on direct deposit so you both have access to the cash on Fridays. Make sure ya both communicate on what happens to the money. Best thing for him is to have some money for the road deducted from his settlement, and placed on the personal account side of his fuel card. That way he has some money to survive on, no matter what. Try to do purchases only on the debit cards, and if you need cash plan your withdrawals on the debit cards so you only incur one service charge per week.
Advances... avoid them like the plague! It's really easy to get into a trap where you're living on advances and have absolutely no money on your check. Many of the people who claim "Prime screwed 'em" just don't remember the hundreds of dollars they blow in the truck stops. Everything in there has the price jacked up double or quadruple!Rollr4872, TooSlow4Words, Truckie83 and 1 other person Thank this. -
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