Comments By Adam B.

Oh wow hate to hear that Adam. Just out of curiosity did how did he know about the fuel stop? Did you just tell him or did he already know somehow. Why did he stop you? Just to do a random inspection? Hate to hear this happened to you. Hopefully Prime won't be too hard about it.

He wanted to see my recipts so I showed them and thats when he asked if he would find anything.

And yeah, he pulled me over on the interstate. I knew what was coming when he pulled out of the median as soon as I passed him lol.

I think he went back the last 8 days. He was digging through my old paperwork and the Qualcomm.

I fueled up and took my 30 break at the same time. I logged the fueling as off duty and I'm sure you see where this is going.

I got pulled over a few miles from the California border and received a level 2 inspection. I got hit with falsifying logs and placed out of service for not logging my fuel stop. 10 min cost me 10 hours, a hit to Primes CSA score, and this load getting delivered on time. Plus I expect some sort of punishment from Prime.

I can't really make any excuses on this. I did it to save time on my 70 and I told the officer what I did when he asked if he would find anything before searching my logs so I was 100% honest. The only bright spot is no citation.

Lesson learned, I'll be 100% on point about logging my fuel stops.

I don't drive for Prime, but taking a SWAG at it; my thoughts is it is for multistop deliveries and pickups. I know produce tends to have multiple stops. The seals get broke and a new seal gets put on. It is keeping track of which seal is on when.

I am sure one of the Prime drivers can tell you what it is for exactly.

Prime driver here, it's exactly this.

Have a 2 stop load. After your first stop, you put on the second seal on the trailer line. Original seal is seal in, second seal is seal out. Make a note of it on the bills as well. It's to maintain a seal record and protect against a claim.

I've been running super hard these past 2 days. Yesterday I ran a personal best 640 miles and today I topped that by running 648. In a governed 58/62 truck.

How many miles have you ran in a shift?

Obviously company policy trumps everything. Even if it's legal in your state, your company may disallow it. With Prime, getting caught with a gun on board is one of the quickest ways to be out of a job. They literally fire you on the spot without letting you drive the truck to a terminal.

Yeah I think I am probably one of those that get on there nerves, especially as of late. I'll contact them for the most minor of issues that I probably shouldn't do. I sent them messages about a tiny crack in the windshield, a dashlight, and other tiny issues.

I went solo 2 and a half months ago. Let's see if I can tackle these questions.

How many miles should you try to run those first few months?

Some will say to slowly ease into the miles. I say get a running start and show dispatch you want to run. I probobly average 2500 a week. One of my first week's I ran 3300.

How is dispatch going to react if you shut down for bad weather and wind up late for an appointment?

Hasn't happened to me yet but Prime constantly says we're the captain of the ship. If it's dangerous to run because of weather, dispatch should understand. If it's only rain and you hate driving in it, you may get a different message from dispatch.

How many hours should you be trying to drive without a break?

I usually aim for a 30 around the half way point, though sometimes I run that 8 hour clock down so I have less driving on the other side of the break. If you're tired that's a different story. IMO it's something you need to find out for yourself.

How many miles make for a solid week?

2500-2700. Anything higher is a really good week. Just know you won't get 2500 every week, some weeks you may only run 1600-2000. Depends on a multitude you factors including your 70 hours, taking a 34, hometime and freight in the areas youre in.

When you guys were new, did you find yourself getting tired long before your shift was up?

When I was training and running nights, yes all the time. In the day time I rarely get tired if I get a decent sleep. There are hard days that will make me exhausted, such as mountain driving, multiple stops loads.

Also, what type of schedules did you guys try to keep?

Drive in the day, sleep at night. More specifically, start at 4-5am and shut down around 3-4 pm. You'll still have tons of options for parking and you'll avoid evening traffic.

Was it difficult adjusting to driving at night in the beginning?

I avoid driving nights whenever I can. My body never adjusted to it in training.

Did you try running mostly during the day, or leave really early in the morning and get parked early? What type of schedule makes sense if you have some flexibility to work with?

I avoid night driving. I know the benefits of it but my body could never adjust to it. Instead I'd run really early. I've ran as early as 1am. Usually I try to start around 430-5am on a typical day. Obviously appointment times will decide when you can drive. Starting at 8-9am is probably the worst time as you'll be driving through rush hour twice and parking starts to be hard to find around 5 or 6.

I have words for those people that are inappropriate for this site.

It does happen, it's rare but it happens. That's why you always inspect your truck before you start driving, even if you were just in and out.

Prislc is prime Salt Lake City. Pripit is Pittston Prispr (just as guess as I haven't been to Springfield yet) is Springfield?

Alternatively you can just do an address search for prime springfield and it'll pops up.

P.s anyone in SLC tonight come say hi to me.

Stopping there later today to get work done on the truck. Will be there until tomorrow. Anyone else there?