prime family

Bare minimum you will have a lot less room on the trainers truck than a lightweight. Just expect to have to sleep with everything you bring and you'll be fine. You will be dispatched thru home to get the rest of what you need once you upgrade. Go to the Prime sub-forum for a little more specific answer. Short answer is clothes for a week or so shower things maybe an extra pair of shoes/ boots for muddy lots.

 

Read this thread, it'll answer a lot of questions...

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...27-new-prime-inc-what-expect-springfield.html

 

If you want to maximize your effort and don't mind talking the risk get some experience and consider training on the company side it will get you out that cracker box and earn you more money average company trainer makes from $1000 up to as much as $1300 a week.

 

my thoughts are that pay scale would scare potential drivers away from prime.that is not even decent pay considering. a sub par solo driver will make $1000/week at a real trucking company and be able to drive at least 65 mph as opposed to prime's 61 mph.

I just found out why i never see a prime driver smiling-

 

Be prepared to put on your thick skin because lot of drivers talk smack about prime drivers. Just don't let it get to you.

 

Unless maybe he's talking net, $1000 a week is about what a company driver should make, trainer should be closer to $1500.

 

Yes, I didn't make it clear, I was quoting $1000 net, and that was a low figure my best trainee makes about $1400 to $1500 net as a company driver who is a trainer.

 

You can do quite well at Prime... y'all do the math. Starting, no experience except training: 42-CPM, 2800 miles average per week, variable fuel bonus paid weekly, detention and stop pay. One week of paid vacation earned after every 125,000 dispatched miles.