Comments By Reginald L.

Thanks again Brett I completely agree with your assessment on how to make a decision. It is looking like Prime is a good company, based on your knowledge and communications with others would you say there is another company comparable to Prime with a shorter training period? Please know training is not going to be our only determining factor we just want to be as informed as possible when making the decision. Home time is not an issue for us as our children are adults with their own families, it is just the two of us.

Brett, thank you for the information. I have read through the information provided on this site regarding the different companies training program. My question to you is what are your true feelings about Prime? What have you heard about the company and simply would you recommend them? Also if I may ask, who do you/did you drive for?

My wife and I are looking to team and trying to find a good company with good training and pay. We would prefer to keep the time apart (out with a trainer) as minimal as possible without sacrificing good training. Can some of you suggest or give a nod towards the company you signed with, maybe some details. We are wanting to start this real soon. Thanks for any assistance

Not sure if I using the right area to reply but I wanted to reply to Brett asking about why we were looking at CR England. The simple and honest answer is the amount of training time that my wife and I would be apart. While we both agree the money is much better with Prime we were concerned with the amount of time it would take to achieve the 30,000 miles before we could team up. This is a difficult decision for us and we are really trying to do our research. Early on I googled companies with training programs and I thought I got them all but in looking at this site I am seeing names of companies that apparently have schools that I had not heard of. Can you tell me what are your thoughts about Prime? Are there any other companies with programs that you could recommend that might not have my wife and I apart for so long (like Prime) or should that even be a concern? We definitely want to be properly trained before we go on our own and along with everyone else the pay is a big concern as well. Any ideas, comments or concerns would be helpful. Thanks

My wife and I are seriously considering becoming a team driving OTR however we have zero experience so we are looking at company sponsored schools. Our research has narrowed our search down to Prime and CR England. We have read the reviews on each company but what we are looking for is up to date information from drivers that have recently gone through each companies training and is now on the road, during and after training. on what to expect. The blogs we were reading were from a year ago or longer and our thought is that some things may have been improved, or not. So is there someone out there who has recently gone through training with either company and can enlighten us on the process. We have spoken to the recruiters and we fully understand they are sales people and may tell us whatever we want to hear so we want the real scoop from real people that have gone through both programs. Questions we have are about the level of training, time spent on the road with the trainer, pay during and after training and what features are on the trucks assigned to you. Any assistance would be appreciated.