How to go about quitting Prime

give notice , let your FM know u are not happy, put it on the QC
phone calls have a way of not being remembered ....

 

Stick with it and get your year of experience and get a good trucking job. They'll make much more than slinging boxes at a warehouse.

 

Hi Wec, there you go. The big problem with trucking, is people come into this job from other backgrounds, and are used to, come in, put in your hours, go home, get paid. Trucking is unpredictable, and the thing that kept me going through my O/O years, was, there were good weeks and bad weeks. The bad seemed unbearable, but then the good ones seemed to make up for it. I'm glad to hear you are going to give it another shot.

 

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i would think trip planning is just second nature to precision power
one of our guys rattles off distances from here to here off the top of his head all day
but he cant hardly read or write
but i havnt found a place in Ca he hasnt been
or how far it is from here to there at a blink of an eye

 

Wec, when my husband started his miles were a little short because they were dispatching him at a lower speed because he had just started. Once his FM got a hang of what he was capable of the miles are there.

Hang in there and show them what you've got. You can do this!

 

Getting through your first year can be tough... there's a lot that's changing in your life right now, and the isolation that comes with being a solo truck driver sure doesn't help. Understand that there is an ebb and flow to freight, and the last thing you're going to have is a steady paycheck like the 8-to-5 world gets.. Some weeks are going to be fat and some are going to be slim.

Communication with your fleet manager is really important. Give him a call, and ask him about it. It's quite possible you were in a bad spot for freight, or you didn't have the available hours to match up to what was available... and that can certainly have an affect on your settlements. Read what ChuckTaylor put down, and pick his brain. While he was driving he was the best driver on the company board we were both on, and has won the company driver of the year award. He's one of the best resources a Prime company driver has on TTR.

 

I'd do it with a big smile on my face.

 

Stick it out a little longer, Get a little tighter with your F/M, smile throught the crap loads and before you know it you will be doing 3000 miles a week and begging him to slow you down a bit