Stevens or Prime?

Depends on you and who your FM is. On the company side I averaged over 2800 miles per week over a 3-year period, reefer division, solo.

 

Thank you, IP

 

Right now I am averaging about 2500. Northeast and mid west runs.

 

Any Idea from any of you, Stevens or Prime Drivers, how often or are there any loads that go through the Albuquerque area?

 

I went through Albuquerque area quite often when doing the west coast with Prime.

 

One of Stevens main routes is I40 to and from the SoCal area through NM. You could probably spend a day counting trucks on the freeway.

 

Thats good to know, I have been keeping an eye out lately on what companies run through here on I-40/I-25, have seen a few Prime, maybe a couple of Stevens and a lot of Swift, Knight and Werner, but Swift has a terminal here also.

Right now Im on the fence between Stevens and Prime.

 

We deliver to Las Lunas quite a bit also. I have delivered to Coke in ABQ also, but yes, 40 is one of our main freight lanes from Barstow to White Pine TN where we pick up 81.

 

From all the research I have done you want Prime. Please read rthe reviews for stevens below.

http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Stevens-Transport-Reviews-E3621.htm

http://www.indeed.com/cmp/Stevens-Transport/reviews

 

Those reviews are pretty much the same for any training company. Most sounded like they either hated OTR driving(long drive time, lack of home time, etc) and blamed Stevens. Or they had hand-holding problems and communicating with there DM/Planner/Dispatchers.
I thought Stevens was pretty good, training was great and even my time on the road was productive. I am on my way back right now to start again after being away for 8 months dealing with a family medical issue.
Oh and if noise(train at the Colorado training school) wait to you get to a packed truck stop with all the reefers running.
Where every you go make the decision and stick with it for the year. Learn what you can and remember it is not for everyone.