"Don't talk yourself out of it"

What did you hear about Prime, that was so bad?

 

Let this be the first and most valuable lesson you ever learn: Never let anyone talk you into doing something in a truck that you are uncomfortable with. You cannot trust a recruiter to look out for your best interests. That feeling you are getting? It's your gut telling you not to do it. Listen to your gut.

 

Out of your list, I believe Prime is the only company that will actually pay you a decent starting wage. From what I understand they start at around .35 for new students, which is way more than any of those others will offer you. I have a buddy who started at Prime recently and he seems to be very happy, although I couldn't stand being stuck at 55mph

If you don't mind running reefer, or would consider flatbed or glass, give Maverick a call. They will pay you VERY well for glass (students start at .40). Check out the Maverick forum here if you want to know specifics. They're good to work for and treat their drivers well.

 

Starting pat at Prime is .41, for a solo driver, and the trucks will do 62 mph. The drivers going less than 62, are getting a fuel bonus.

 

By glass, do you mean sheets or plates of glass that are either quite long, quite wide, or both?

Would glass be flatbed work?

Please advise.

Thank you.

God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!

 

Funny my school said the same about Prime that it's not a good company and there only looking for drivers to do lease. They said the companies I should stick with is either Werner or Swift but this forum says different.

 

Clearly you have pissed someone off at that school.

Especially the Werner recommendation. If my dog miraculously learned to drive an 18 wheeler I wouldn't even let him work at Werner.

 

The glass loads are very large packs of glass (called stoces) that are generally used as large windows for skyscrapers and such. Here's a photo of one of our glass trailers (the truck is an old Schneider one from when we purchased their glass division)

Glass drivers can run flatbed loads, but flatbed drivers don't run glass. Glass is paid higher because it is very fragile and you have to be careful about how you drive, because it can and will shatter, most of it is untempered. And it CANNOT get wet. So there's a lot involved.

 

.41 ain't nothing to sneeze at for a new driver, not at all. And Prime has nice equipment, and their terminal looks pretty nice too. If you don't wanna run glass with Maverick, and wanna stick to van, Prime looks like a good choice. They used to have a bad reputation but seemed to have really turned things around in the last few years. If I decide to go O/O and lease, I'll be looking at Prime since Mav doesn't offer that for TCD, and one of our guys just left and leased on there because they offer health insurance to their lease drivers. And he's a picky guy, doubt he would've gone to Prime unless he was happy with what they had to offer.