My Prime INC Experience. (A Running Log)

Bones, I was wondering about the "drop and hook" statistic. That percentage is always quoted when comparing companies. Prime seems to be on the low end...50%. Also, compared to Millis (my other favorite right now), home time is non-existant. That may not be so important to me, but I was wondering about your thoughts on those two things..drop-and-hook and home-time.

 

Bones, I was wondering about the "drop and hook" statistic. That percentage is always quoted when comparing companies. Prime seems to be on the low end...50%. Also, compared to Millis (my other favorite right now), home time is non-existant. That may not be so important to me, but I was wondering about your thoughts on those two things..drop-and-hook and home-time.

 

Sorry, I don't know how that got posted twice...

 

We get our share of drop 'n hook freight, but you should understand that any reefer carrier is going to have a high percentage of live load/unloads. It's the nature of the business. Company-side hometime policy is 3 weeks out, and 4 days at home; you accrue one day per week. You get one week of paid vacation every 125,000 dispatched miles after you get bumped to A-seat.

 

Sending in the application to Prime today. I have a buddy who thinks he may want to do the CDL training and driving...as a team driver (I'm the guine pig). I've been working on the math, and I'm not sure if I understand how the pay structure works with team drivers. Is the "truck" paid about 24 cpm? And then split two ways? I know more miles are covered with two people driving (5000 mi on a good week), but the math still doesn't add up to being any monetary advantage to team driving. Thanks.

 

You get a higher rate of pay to the truck... 24cpm sounds like your split. Teams get more miles. You're going to need on of the company guys to amswer this one fully for you.