My Prime INC Experience. (A Running Log)

So I want to do the walmart account but my recruiter told me you have to live within a 40 mile radius of the dc, but alot of drivers told me they dont any info on dat

 

Which Walmart account? Shelbyville has a pretty large grace area.

 

olney Illinois

 

Got my truck back tonight. Fix it up in the morning, then burning some rubber.

 

When this question was asked, I had been in my 2014 Cascadia Lightweight for just over a week.... I lived in mine up until 2 weeks ago when I became an instructor. Its not the Ritz Carlton but for 3-4 weeks at a time....its worth it, .41cpm + .01cpm for every 1/4 mpg over 7.25mpg so 7.50mpg=.42cpm , 7.75= .43cpm , 8.00=.44cpm, 8.25= .45cpm, 8.50mpg=.46cpm 8.75=.47cpm and 9.00mpg =.48cpm The fuel bonus caps out at 9mpg. THIS SAME BONUS APPLIES TO THE FULL SIZED Condo but the base pay starts at .38CPM
I regularly hit 8 to 8.25 at an average speed of 60mph in my lightweight, had I slowed down to 58mph I may have done better but my right foot does as it pleases.

the engine is a DD13 and it is not a race truck but it does alright although I do wish it had a little more umph on steeper grades (5-6%) with anything over 42,XXX lbs it struggles with the steeper grades but overall it pulls just fine. its turn radius is awesome! I put 103,000 on that truck in the time I had it, so no its not terrible but if your like everyone else in this Industry then the fatter the paycheck is, the happier you are about that time spent away from home!

 

Are u able to choose if u want a cascadia or a prostar I would prefer the prostar not really a fan of cascadia's

 

On the company side, you get what you're assigned.

 

I understand I would love to get a prostar

 

That's the one thing holding me back on my final decision making towards Prime, I used to stay out 4-6 weeks but not sure if I could do that in a company lightweight truck, I guess I could lease, which is what I was about to do after two years at KLLM.....im inside a triangle looking at Prime, Pride and Gordon's reef division.....KLLM has fallen to 4th choice.....

 

so we have been told that we will go through a 3day orientation, then pick out a truck...we are going in as o/o's...

we are a team and both have 6 months recent experience and i have a total of 5 years experience and we both have reefer experience...what "seat" will that put us as , please?