Prime Company Driver

You gonna Biotch Slap the parkin' Nazi??

 

Hey Jim.

I think we're up to about 13,000 miles in 2 1/2 weeks... I think 5 or 6 loads. We've been running coast to coast for the past 2 weeks. We've been running hard lately... pretty much non-stop.

 

Hi guys...thanks for all the good info. My question is how is the freight situation in the Northwest Indiana area and how would it affect my hooking up home time ? I live about 50 miles southeast of Gary. Thanks

 

There's a number of places we deliver to and pick-up at in northern Indiana, southern Michigan and the Chicago area. I wouldn't expect you'd have a problem.

 

I haven't seen that gate work right since I have been at Prime... about 2 months now. It greets you on the sign, but then you still have to swipe your card.

 

Always worked for me... but then again, I stay away from SPRIMO. Usually don't have the time to hang out at the terminal, and I'm more interested in getting to a 90 than dropping loads on the yard. Personally, I prefer the shops at CHDSLC and PRIPIT to dealing with SPRIMO.

 

Running team, we get through there all of the time... running 44/40. Plus, we both live in Ozark... so we have more interest in swinging through there than most. Also, we like to stop for the cheap fuel... if we haven't already stopped in OK City to fuel on the way.

The last few times through have been a hassle though. We had to have work done on the last few trailers that we brought through the inbound for a planned "brief" stop... One had a side marker light out that we had to go to the trailer shop for, and the other was due for a yearly inspection. They both contained loads that we were hanging onto, so those unexpected delays were a pain.

 

Hey Coop,
I'm from Hobart. Never had a problem getting a load home... let's see, this one will be my second since going solo. Seriously, the problem is getting out of that mid-west loop. I've spent more time doing MI, IN, IL, IA, etc. than I'd like. But the home cooked meals delivered to the truck by family... priceless! Plenty of freight going in, out and through there, and plenty of places to drop your trailer for the B/T home.