My Prime INC Experience. (A Running Log)

Bones, I've looked around the forum and can't find a best place to ask about home time. You've done some driving, so I'll ask you. I'm thinking this my be a dumb question, but here it goes.. Firstly, let me say I don't have kids, spouse, dog or even house to worry about. So home time is NOT a priority for me in the beginning. But...seven days on and one day off...almost seems kind of pointless. What in the h3)) can a person do in 24 hours? My parents live in NoGA, like I said before, so I will be crashing with them if possible. But seriously, do most people just get a motel room nearby? or what? Can that hometime be out in Bugtussle Texas?...if a person wanted that. Does hometime have to be spent in the same place every time? Say I was on the road for three weeks and had three full days off...could I get those days in...say...Vegas? The Berkshires? Panama City Beach? Wherever?

 

Try the Prime forum... THAT'S WHERE MOST OF US POST!

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...27-new-prime-inc-what-expect-springfield.html

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...78715-ask-your-questions-about-prime-inc.html

If you read through these two threads, most of your questions will be answered.

Yes, you can take hometime wherever you like in the lower 48, including Toadsuck AR - and you don't have to go to the same place. It's pretty basic... you tell your FM where you want to be, he arranges (it's entered into the computer) a load, you run the trip and deliver, drop the trailer where you're told, and bobtail wherever it is you're going. Reverse the process on the way out. We do demand that you honor your projected time of availability. You're out a minimum of 3 weeks, you can take a maximum of 4 days at a stretch - or one.

Fortunately, this isn't Werner. FMs don't have the power to tell you when or where you can take hometime, and if they try that BS you can get them in quite a bit of trouble.

 

No wonder Prime went with lite weight trucks hahahahahahahaha

 

Baahahaha!! That's a good right there.

 

Just a well managed company lost dude. How's that garbage collecting going fer ya?

 

Hey Bones I went through the pics you posted, good job man. Keep us updated and good luck.

 

i liked the thread "prime discriminates against fatties"
those dudes in the photo look too huge to get a med card!
they must have lowered their standards and got a quack to sign off on the morbid obesity!