Starting Training 3/6/2012 at Prime!

The load he has will be delivered by another driver, although ORD would get paid for getting the load to Springfield. He would then get another load out of springfield that let say would deliver on Monday, thus keeps his wheels turning and generating revenue for his pocket and the company.

Deadhead, means traveling from one point to another without a load thus generating zero money.

Yes, ORD does offer some helpful tips and information about prime. Although I can see the reefer guys side, it gets old after a while of the bashing. Reefer and flatbed are two different animals with the same goal in mind, and that's to haul freight from one point to the other.

ORD, don't take my advice personnel, just trying to help you.

 

Yes that is possible you just have to work it out with your FM. When I go back to Prime I plan on renting a car for the day and Prime will pay for the cost of the bus ticket to cut down on costs.

 

I sure hope so Greg, because I left my car there in Springfield. It's in a secured lot (With a lot of other vehicles that look like they've been there for years. I wonder if they're students that drove and just never came back???)

 

Then don't come on here spouting off how pulling a refer isn't work. I can understand someone wanting to do flatbed for the "challenge" cause I have thought about doing it myself, but refer work is a challenge in itself due to the tight del schedules. Many times I have gotten up in the middle of the night in freezing weather to jump start the refer, or put a belt back on a pulley.

 

Just wanted to say congrats on getting in. According to the recruiter, my being female means the only ways I can get in are to wait for a female trainer to come available (in a year) or work somewhere else for 6 months at which point I can call and get hired immediately AND be a trainer for other females.

 

I have met two female trainers just in the past 2 weeks. One was finishing up the training and the other was picking up a student. We do need more trainers, and on here too

 

Completed my first day of orientation in SLC. The chow was not bad however, those computer training things need to be updated badly. Everyone was having a hard time with them because the questions had little to no relevance to the videos. Oh and the doctor was very gentle.