Just got hired with Prime Inc.

Ive seen your pictures and you know what strap protectors are used for. You've probably seen hundreds of loads going going down the road and think to your self stupid f### not one strap protector on the whole load. You know them straps are probably cut and junk.

 

Prime...your nothing but a piece of meat.

 

I totally get what you're saying and what their reasoning is. I still think it's silly.

 

You can keep it or sell it back, all or some of it, whatever you don't want to keep.

 

It's actually a good price for what it is, you might find the same prices from a trailer dealer or a truck dealer that's having a promotion but you'd have to hunt around.

$25 to tarp and $25 to untarp, so they usually say $50 but on rare occasions it will be more on a one stop load. sometimes it will be $75. I had one that paid $125 to throw some steel tarps over some crates. It's unlikely to see more than $50, but it does happen for a company driver.

The bad part is if you pick up a tarped load and have to swap it with another driver. you only get paid $25 to tarp it. So when you get to the yard you have to untarp it and put on the yard tarps. Sometimes you can leave your equipment on and then just swap with whatever equipment the other driver has, but I wouldn't recommend it.

 

Not too easy to carry extra gear on the grey dog.
Bet lots of gear gets donated back to prime chunks.

 

Yes, I'm still here. It's not the best place but it's not the worst.