Prime INC.

Celadon is a good company to look into

 

Hubby went to drive for Prime (under a lease) couple months ago. It has been a nightmare. The paystubs are on average 7 to 10 pages long.
He droped a trailer on Sat morning that couldn't deliver until Monday- they charged him $36. They have a fee for everything!

If you have plenty of money and time to waste- Prime is the place to be

 

If you guys had done your research you would have seen how bad PRIME is. Every trucking board out hear has nothing but bad things to say.

I know you have to take alot that is said with a grain of salt on here but when everyone talks bad it usually is.

As far as Celadon goes I personally would never work for them again. They do not stand behind their drivers they want you to pull over weight loads. And as long as DOAK the DORK is giving orientation you will be told lie after lie..

I was leased on to them in 2000-2001 they may be ok for a company driver but i dought it

 

Please
Remember
I
Mortgaged
Everything

 

Doke is not doing oriantation

 

redss, if he knew he would del. early why did'nt he get the ?

a) del. day moved up

b)decline the load and get something better

c)just wait

d)as i assume he did drop the trl and get another load and keep on truck'in.

which prob. made the most sense to him and kept him moving and making money.

 

Actually, I have read good and bad about Prime on several boards and it seems fairly balanced. The bad seems to come mostly from those who do not understand the operating model that Prime is offering. My understanding is they are allowing you to be an L/O in a situation where they will guarantee to get you the freight. They rent you the equipment (yes the price is high but compare the price to renting a storefront to open say a donut shop) to do the job with, take the time in orientation to explain how everything works and then help you along the way. You are expected to pay normal business expenses but the revenue is higher than other places. (Now that is what I have gathered from those who have spoken well of them.) In reading what I have read, I have come to believe that some are cut out for this situation with Prime and others are not. I have found, by talking to several individuals who know more about this than I do, that most drivers who say, "I haven't been paid in XX weeks from Prime," were actually drawing out their entire projected net income in advances. Maybe Prime should do like other companies and limit the amount of money one can receive in advances. Another post in another thread on this board has a driver reporting how he grossed $167K from May 2007 to December 2007. I have talked with a lot of current Prime drivers who have been with them for 10+ years and they say they love it. Maybe someone can clarify this difference of opinions for me.

 

This is the deal. He picked up a trailer that had damage-which had to be switched with another driver. The other driver was supposedly around the corner- 4 1/2 hours later he showed- hubby left with the load- dispatch didn't tell hubby that the receiver closed at noon. Originally the first drop would be Thursdayand the second drop would be Friday. He missed the receiver by 2 hours( got there at 2 pm). Had to sit on the first drop until 5 am Fri, which made the 2nd not deliverable until Monday. He asked about dropping the trailer after 1st delivery- dispatch said ok- he gets trailer dropped, pulling away- gets a message he needs to hook back up so they can moniter the temp of the reefer until morning-he did that. Did he get paid for all this wasted time??? Sure!! A whole $50. Then they charged him a $36 drop charge- b/c another driver would have a short haul.

He's already discouraged with all the crazyness that goes with running your own business little things like this don't make it any easier.

 

That is messed up. They should pay the reefer fuel and any other $$$$ for the trailer. All you should have to pay for is the truck and $$$ to run it.

I have seen good and bad on Prime and was real close to working their. Glad I went to work elsewere. Prime may be good for some,but not for all.