Prime Inc. - A year in review

What's the hometime like there U2? How many weeks are you usually out before your off days? Thanks for the posts!

 

Company line is that they would like you to be out 3 to 5 weeks between home visits as a company driver. Lease ops come and go as they please. The bottom line is that to really be successful, you have to bank enough to pay for your home time - which depends on your bills.

 

I never claimed to have a clue. I'm here to get information so that I can decide whether or not it is in my best interests to sign up with a trucking company. Apparently, you think that gives you a reason to be insulting. In one breath you say that no-one can make more than $30K and in the next you say your making a good living. In my veiw $30K a year is not a good living and not enough to give up 90% of my time to earn. Apparently, you think that gives you another reason to be insulting. You have some serious issues.

 

What I said (if you were paying attention - you insulted me) was that I made $47k before taxes at Prime last year. You wrote I was incompentant, wrote that I couldn't have done it, and didn't bother to ask how I did it...

- Company driver with raises for mileage.
- Fuel bonus.
- Per diem is paid out of before-tax money.
- My FM knows he can rely on me to get loads picked up and delivered on time - so I get good loads.
- I do my best to deliver as early as possible, so I get back into the pool before others sitting at the truckstop.

The average new driver makes about $30k in his first year - not first year Prime drivers. Most newbs are paid 26 - 28 cpm. Prime starts at 30 cpm, and then goes to 34 cpm I believe at 4 months after being boosted to A-seat. It's been awhile since I made as little as 34 cpm.

Maybe you ought to take your own advice Feral...

 

Feral, I do believe you are here looking for information. If you are inexperienced then you need to save yourself the time and hassle if you think your going to bank serious cash driving a truck OTR. Driving a truck is more of a lifestyle than a career. You have to love doing it just as much as you hate being away from home. Sounds weird but its the truth. When I first started driving back in 01 I made .25cpm which I believe made me about $27K that year. I drove my hind end off for every dollar of that money. As I gained Safe Drivingexperience I slowly climbed the food chain and when I was called back to active duty in 06, I was up to around $52K/yr. Still not a ton of cash but I was home every weekend and I didn't drive nearly as hard as I did early on in my career. My advise it this. Look around here at lots of threads and see what numbers are being posted. More importantly look at what those drivers are doing to make that cash. (time away from home, Lease purchase, etc.) Lastly you need to have a serious heart to heart with yourself for one and your spouse (if you have one) and decide if trucking is really the lifestyle that you want to embark on as a career.

I would like to say one last thing. There is not a driver on here (myself included ) that knows it all. I can tell you my experiences with the companies that I have personally worked for, but each driver has to make up their mind on what is most important to them, and there is no once carrier fits all. Do your research and best of luck to you in whatever journey you choose to follow.

 

Good! Its one way to seek information, and another too make smart remarks! He needs to learn the difference between the two!!!

 

that is true sometimes might not be what you want but you have to take what you get job ,money