Torn between Prime Inc and Knight transportation

The first thing thing you need to do is call Prime and hear it from them as to whether you pay for load locks and chains. You must consider the source and whether there's context from that source. Is he a lease purchase driver? Is he an owner operator? Truck drivers can be some embellishers and you have to be careful talking with certain ones. If you're training is being done right, then your trainer won't be asleep while your driving initially. It'll be on down the line in your training before you're team driving.

 

Is this for flatbed duty -- or something else?

From what I know of both carriers -- I would definitely choose Knight.

-- L

 

Primes 3-4 months training is basically you just holding the steering wheel on graveyard shift. Go to Knight.

If this is for flatbed, go anywhere but Prime. They will charge you for your equipment and include gear you'll never use but require you to purchase. Then they'll offer you pennies for it when you leave. It's a scam that preys on inexperienced people coming into the industry who dont know better.

 

They both suck out loud and in bad ways honestly. @Chinatown is our job guru on here. He can find better, believe me.

@Chinatown...help this guy out to save a mistake.

 

Find out exactly how much your rate of pay will be with Knight - .45 to .53 is a big gap! It is a $200 difference based on 2,500 miles a week.

 

Without regard to Knight or Prime, I'd say look at the job and don't concentrate on the training period. If you were picking a wife or career you wouldn't focus on the wedding ceremony or the college's dorm but the primary goal instead. If both jobs had the same Cents Per Mile (CPM) and the same length of training which job offer fits better to what you want/need? Once you decide that, is the difference between the CPM or the training period enough to make you change from from your 1st choice to your 2nd choice? Remember in 12 months of work you will be spend the vast majority of your time solo, not in training, no matter which company you work for. Sharing a truck with a trainer will feel like a long time but that's where you learn 95% of this job, especially decision-making. The parts of the job you don't know right now are the parts you learn with a trainer. It's not like deciding if you would prefer to wait 4 hours to be seen by 1 doctor or wait 3 weeks to see the same doctor. That time with the trainer is where you see an experienced (hopefully) driver do this job and you learn to do this job. Prime's training period is based on miles, so if you are operating like a team with team loads you can get through those miles faster than a solo driver. Prime's training is longer than most companies, but even their longer training period comes to an end. I'd make a decisions based on the job after training, not the training differences. It would be easier if they had the same length of training.

 

Do you have endorsements? If so, there's others to consider.

 

Pride Transport has a drop yard in Tolleson.
6 to 8 weeks training period for new cdl school grads.
CDL Jobs | Hiring Now in Utah | Pride Transport
Hiring Arizona new cdl school grads.

 

I've heard that about Prime flatbed with the fees for flatbed equipment. I wouldn't do that. I'd go with Prime reefers though.
`Knight is also ok to get the new career started. I see their trucks a lot in Las Vegas delivering to Sam's Club and Walmart.