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Miserable Drivers at Prime

Discussion in 'Prime' started by popmartian, Feb 8, 2011.

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  1. Feb 8, 2011 #1
    popmartian

    popmartian Road Train Member

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    I just got unloaded at USF in Little rock Ar and saw a (P****) driver cussing out someone on the phone. When we went to get our Bills I said you look pretty upset. He said " I had enough, been out here and aint making no money."

    He looked so upset as he walked back to his cab, I was thinking how miserable it must be to sit around waiting and not making any money.

    His truck number is (*****) purple with silver (LOGO) on the side pulling a White 53 walbash reefer with huge black letters on the side.

    These recruiter at (P****) tell drivers they will average 2250 miles a week. Wow at 32 cents a mile. thats only about $77 dollars a day take home. How can a man raise a familywith a wife and two teens in school????

    And drivers just keep lining up at the front door begging for a job!

    Be careful what you askl for, your probably wishing you hadn't accepted that offer from prime. LOL:biggrin_255:
     
    popmartian, Feb 8, 2011
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  3. Feb 8, 2011 #2
    sydsdriver

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    Let me see.........Prime is bad because you claim to have met an unhappy driver. If this driver exists, we have No idea why that driver is having trouble. We have no idea if he is fighting his dispatcher. We don't know if he is taking advances, then getting small checks. We don't know if the driver is a lease operator operating his business poorly. And we can not ask any of these questions because the martian is telling a story about "a driver in a prime truck".

    I will give the martian credit for not putting an actual truck number.

    Martian we know you are bitter about Prime asking you to take a sleep study, and refusing to hire you without it. But, this complaining on behalf of an anonymous, possibly hypothetical driver is just silly.
     
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  4. Feb 8, 2011 #3
    popmartian

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    Message from Martian Lunar Rover Spirit : Stardate 20110208

    From: Popmartian



    Re: M.A.D.

    Earthlings, Greetings and Salutations;


    In Chess one must out play out smart out maneuver the opponent or else faces losing or backing himself into a stalemate which neither party can win. It is then determined a draw. In the days of the "cold war " the United States of America and the Soviet Union created a strategy of M.A.D. an ackronymn for Mutually Assured Distruction. The result "No Winner" and Total Global Annihilation. The Great Master of Physics Albert Einstien once said. " Insanity is repeating the same task over and over and expecting different result."

    This Game can go on for weeks, months and even years if you're up to it. The Alternative, to be so bold, is to agree that we have reached an impass. Neither party consedes or declares victory. A simple matter of moving on and stop flexing the already over inflated male egos.


    The decision is yours!

    End Transmission.........
     
    popmartian, Feb 8, 2011
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  5. Feb 8, 2011 #4
    123456

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    I do believe that there have only been 1 or 2 drivers that didn't like prime !!!

    YMMV........
     
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  7. Feb 8, 2011 #5
    U2Exit

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    It's sad really.

    Popmartian sounded so happy a few months ago when he was leaving SRT and saying goodbye to the trucking industry for good. Made a curious claim to finally be rid of annoying DOT physicals. (hmmmm)

    That didn't last long.

    Fast forward a month and half and he's trying to get back into the industry and that pesky little Prime physical throws him into a hissy.

    No one makes .32 a mile at Prime. It's not even on the pay scale.

    Newbs with no experience that get off their trainers truck at 60k trainin miles, do their first 20k solo miles at .30 and then move to .34... Or they can stay on the
    trainers truck and run out that 20k with team miles and start solo at .34
     
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  8. Feb 9, 2011 #6
    TruckerMike

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    Yeah, those recruiters are lying big time. I average well above that. In fact, my current run is 2300 miles. That's right after coming off of an 1800 mile run. Those recruiters need to quit low balling. We drive many more miles than that and make much more money than you posted as well. Silly recruiters.
     
    TruckerMike, Feb 9, 2011
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  9. Feb 12, 2011 #7
    rcd127

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    They have changed the starting amount to 33CPM. I know that's what I get.
     
    rcd127, Feb 12, 2011
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  10. Feb 15, 2011 #8
    jarge2

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    i deduct from your quote from the driver, as no mileage pay was mentioned in the quote, that if this incident happened that the driver was a L/O running his business poorly. Also one driver out of the many that is unhappy is certainly not an indicator that all drivers there are unhappy. Personaly i get the miles i want from prime, and i dont have the issues that you are speaking of. So by the formula you may be suggesting here you have heard from one unhappy driver, i am posting as the happy driver so that must equal prime is a 50/50 company?
     
    jarge2, Feb 15, 2011
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  11. Feb 19, 2011 #9
    Pinoy51563

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    I cant complain. My first settlement check was $1,150.00 after everything was paid.
     
    Pinoy51563, Feb 19, 2011
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  12. Feb 20, 2011 #10
    TruckerMike

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    Good deal! Time to hit up the casino! :biggrin_2559:

    Seriously though, glad you've gotten off to a good start.
     
    TruckerMike, Feb 20, 2011
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