My thoughts on the usual Prime complaints

I started with Prime January 12 of this year, trifectaed on February 13 and will finish TNT next week and do my upgrade starting April 20. I've done it all in the tanker division and been very pleased with the program. I did have to switch TNT trainers, but that delay worked out for the best. I've been thinking about the research I did before choosing Prime, and decided to post my observations on the two biggest complaints I remember seeing - Lightweight trucks and slow speeds.

First off, in tanker, the only LW trucks we have are lease operators working the dedicated account out of Decatur, IN. Everyone else has full size trucks. (For the record, I will be leasing a LW & going to Decatur). I also have never seen (and apparently there's no such thing as) a LW flatbed truck. On the Refer side, I decided to count Prime trucks I saw one day. I encountered 41 Prime trucks and of those, 4 were LW. 2 each Freightliner and International. I don't have a ton of exposure to the Refer division, but seems to me, LW trucks are WAY overblown when it comes to Prime. Especially since the reason I decided to count was I didn't remember seeing many Refer LW's.

On the speed (or lack thereof my PSD trainer clued me in - it's a lot less stressful! You save money, don't worry about passing people every 30 seconds and still have plenty of time to get where you need to be. After that comment, I realized he was right. I love it, and haven't driven over 57 the entire time.

I know some may still put Prime down, but I've been very happy and am glad to have made the decision.

 

Well, I missed the 90 day update, but here's a ~400 day one.

Overall, I'm very pleased with Prime & the Decatur tanker dedicated. The first quarter seems was quite slow, but things have picked up again. I have done well for myself financially & would make the same choices again if necessary.

I still don't see tons of LW'S outside of Decatur, unless I see the Reed City dedicated guys on I69. I still think this topic is overblown.

I don't drive 57 as much as I used to, but don't fault those who do. When I'm going 65, I frequently pass other trucks, so the "slowest trucks on the road" comments are overblown too.

Finally, since training out of Decatur is near impossible, I've been doing YouTube videos. You can check it out - search Prime tanker videos on this site or YouTube.