New to Prime INC - What to expect (Springfield edition)

Discussion in 'Prime' started by silenteagle, Dec 6, 2012.

  1. JamesWilmer

    JamesWilmer Bobtail Member

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    Thanks IP,

    So what after the 40k miles is done? The Smith System and another driving test?
     
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  3. JamesWilmer

    JamesWilmer Bobtail Member

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    So,
    1. If "owning" is the best way what do you "own" after a lease?
    2. If "owning" is the best way then why does any trucking company want you to own or lease when they should want to to the "best"?
    3. If your mentor told you to stay away from this bs site then, why are you here?

    The "don't you want to own" pitch is the same that Amway uses. It's marketing, a branch of business management that may require more study.

    Proverbs 15:22 Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
     
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  4. Highway101

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    Yes, you have to do a Simulator test.
     
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  5. ironpony

    ironpony Road Train Member

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    I got randoms once or twice a year, and IIRC, right after I went solo.

    As far as the no-failure mentor is concerned, 4 out of 5 will not make it to the end of their first lease, with the majority falling out in their first year. The deck is stacked against newbs starting right after TnT, and that's why I recommend a couple years on the company side to get trucking figured out and amass a good cash position to keep you afloat during the hard times.

    I don't claim to be an expert raceready... but I've started enough businesses to know how to do that and succeed. The lease failure rate is quite similar to the general failure rate of new small businesses on a yearly basis that one can conclude that leasing a truck (as a business) works the same way. You have one chance in five of succeeding. Good luck, and don't complain in the "bad companies" folder about how Prime screwed you. IMO, you're well on the way to doing that yourself.
     
  6. Raceready07

    Raceready07 Light Load Member

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    Yea thats something you know nothing about. Its kool I see you guys get a kick outta this. Take a bet go ahead ##### ###. Failure isnt a option but thats army talk something you know nothing about
     
  7. Raceready07

    Raceready07 Light Load Member

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    Ok so...at the end of the lease you have a option to purchase. Instead of spending the payout like you idiots do you sign the check right to prime. 2. If you own your truck you can go on primes load board thru there broker and get loads like that. Does that answer your ####### questions. 3 dont quote the bible. You chose one little peice quote the whole yhing bruh
     
  8. Dinomite

    Dinomite Road Train Member

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    Jumping in front of bullets for oil is not my forte. Then you come back and you can get a low paying truck driving job. Yee haww. I just went straight to the truck driving. Skipped the bullets parts ;)
     
  9. Raceready07

    Raceready07 Light Load Member

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    Thanks failure rate is95%
     
  10. Dinomite

    Dinomite Road Train Member

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    Proverbs 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly,
    lest you be like him yourself.
    5 Answer a fool according to his folly,
    lest he be wise in his own eyes.
    6 Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool
    cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
    7 Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless,
    is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
    8 Like one who binds the stone in the sling
    is one who gives honor to a fool.
    9 Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard
    is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
    10 Like an archer who wounds everyone
    is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.[SUP]a[/SUP]
    11 Like a dog that returns to his vomit
    is a fool who repeats his folly.
    12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
    There is more hope for a fool than for him.r
     
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  11. Raceready07

    Raceready07 Light Load Member

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    Yea thats what ####### do...bet you if I met you on person you wouldnt talk half that ####
     
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