I go to Prime Sept 21...I have a couple of questions

Sure... a driver without a CDL isn't going to be able to compete for any driving job, and Prime's training is some of the best in the business. Even with just one year's experience, its my opinion you'll have a hard time finding something more local than OTR - but you'll not know unless you try.

No. To be paid, you must be available for dispatch. While you're on hometime, by definition, you're not available for dispatch. Keep that in mind when you're training as well. You've got to be on the truck to get paid. Once you're on your own (A-seat, solo) you're eligable for 5 days of paid vacation every 125,000 dispatched miles. That works out to around once a year depending on how hard you're running.

Good luck man! Don't let the nay-sayers get you down. I think they'd screw-up a wet dream given the opportunity. Prime's worked well for me on both the company and lease side.

Check-out U2's threads...

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/prime/75406-prime-inc-a-year-in-review.html

and...

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...6216-my-training-experiance-as-a-trainer.html

 

wtf are you talking about? sounds like you got upset because i pointed it out that if you would read you would see i already covered your ? also i don't see where i complained at all i posted my exp with that company gave good points and bad points on the subject.so no need to try to be a smart ### about something for whatever reasons/problems you seem to have.now go troll someone else k.

 

WOW!! Overracting a little, eh? I was just bringing it up because you posted on a thread where the guy is goin' to orientation next week, so why use outdated info?

We all pretty much know to stay away from the lease deal while new. I think solo, for the company, is the way to go for the first few years.

 

Yeah... you don't loose them. The only thing I caution folks about is to plan their home time financially as well. 4 days off generally kills a paycheck, but if it's done at the beginning of a week (across a settlement cutoff boundary) then the impact can be spread across two payroll cycles if that helps.

 

naw no over reacting here,i just responded like you kept responding to me bro.no biggie you kept making a big deal out of my 1 post giving the pros and cons of it all.just seemed a bit odd being that most on these boards go on a complete bash fest.i did nothing of the sort just explained my exp with them is all.to each there own i guess.

 

it's all good, sorry if I jumped to conclusions. Like you said, alot of people on here just take right off on people, so I try to take evryones advise(with a grain of salt of course), and then try to make a decion that is best for my circumstances.

Thanks for the help. Stay safe