coming to prime with CDL+ some experience

Hey guys, I posted a while back about trying to get onto a local prime route out of the local wal-mart DC. Needless to say I had some family issues going on and that didn't happen. But now that's been resolved and I'm looking back into contacting prime and see about getting hired. I do have a question though.

I have 5-6 months OTR experience including my CDL school, 4-5 without, depending on how they look and count dates. That being said I would really like not to have to go back out with a trainer for another 4-6+ weeks. I'm sure I have a little bit of rust since I haven't driven in ~6 months. But 30 minutes in a truck and i'll be back to floating gears like a champ. Back on point though, given my experience would I be required to go back out with a trainer? Before I left my previous company I felt pretty comfortable backing my 2013 t660 into some pretty tight spaces.

 

I figured as much, but a few of the companies I have looked at have mentioned it, figured it wouldn't hurt to throw it in.

Thanks for the response, I kind of figured that would be the case. Yeah, they finally got me a trainer after waiting almost 3 weeks after getting my CDL and being "hired" spent another 6 weeks with a trainer even though he said I was good to go after week 3.

I haven't given up, just trying to find a good place to land that'll actually treat me properly and give me a livable wage. Driving 1200 miles in 2 days then sitting 4 days just doesn't cut it on payday. It looks like I might have to bite the bullet and try to go back and get a few more months under my belt with OTR. I just really don't want to go back out with a trainer. It'd be different if it wasn't team driving vs actually training at 90% of companies.

 

edited:double post