Prime Pay

oh, and the fuel bonus is a little harder to get in the summer when i idle for a/c, but it can be done.

 

Is there a drastic difference in the pay during the winter months?

 

Nope. You just have to plan on not being as busy in the January/February time frame, meaning its a good thing to have some money set aside - but this winter I was real busy.

 

I didn't think there was a slowdown this winter..... Till March hit, and I didn't have time to breath.

 

I didn't experience a slow down either... Except when weather delayed me. 2009 was horrible, I sat a lot... '10 was much better, and '11 was stellar!

 

for your 3days off at prime do you take your truck home with you?

 

Yep... deliver, drop trailer and bobtail home... unless you live within 50 miles is a terminal. I think its 50... they never made a fuss when I didn't park at RTCDEN.

 

for new truck drivers which is a better company to start off with McElroy or Prime trucking? And which pays better??

 

You need to ask about McElroy on a McElroy thread. Company reefer in one of the lightweight tractors starts at 41-cpm... 8-cpm of that is paid as non-taxable per diem. There's a variable fuel bonus on top of that... ChuckTaylor got 9.4 mpg last week, and hit 6-cpm on the fuel bonus, for example.

 

how much do you earn during the 2 to 3 months your in training? I also heard you need a passport and if you dont have one they will charge you for it how much is this and when will they start charging you??