Comments By RealDiehl

Hey Chief, the original poster was training as a "unicorn".

Santoy, I would follow Karsey's advice:

You can talk to your fleet manager or Chris Martin who is in charge of TNT training.

Hit me up at truckingalongfun@gmail.com

The driving only at night part is not relevant. But the fact that you are not allowed to back or do a thorough pre trip are major issues. Prime does not want an undertrained, potentially dangerous driver on the road in one there trucks. Once you explain the situation (focusing on the safety issues) Prime should be willing to pair you with a more competent trainer.

If you are concerned about being used by your trainer to make money, try asking to train with a company driver if that is an option.

On the first of this year my company switched all regional drivers to CPM (they did let us know several weeks in advance). I was getting a nice flat rate per day prior to the switch and loving it.

CPM is not so good. My rate is .70CPM which is great, but the total miles are crappy. I'm making close to $500 less PER WEEK since the new year started.

I drove 568 miles yesterday and shut down at 1400. I'm still waiting on my next load assignment 17 hours later and judging by recent history chances are it will be a short one. Hopefully things pick up...for all of us.

Congratulations, Kearsey! It would be cool to see in the coming years if any drivers from your training "family tree" also hit that 1 million miles mark.

Hi, Jim. Unless I'm mistaken, it should be much easier to get hired as a team than it would be as a solo driver.

Most companies try hard to get their drivers to team up. When I was with both US Xpress and Prime fleetwide messages would be sent fairly frequently, asking for people willing to be team drivers.

If I was you, I'd look around for maybe some companies offering sign on bonuses or other benefits for hiring team drivers. Or maybe your current company will offer an incentive for a referral bonus if you can drive as a team there.

Often team drivers earn PTO more quickly than solo drivers.

When I was with Prime, a new driver had to go through TNT training before teaming with another driver. However the new driver could do part of their TNT phase with a Prime trainer and then finish TNT as a team driver with another experienced driver. For example, the new driver would do 30,000 miles with a trainer, then do the other 20,000 with the person they planned on teaming with. Maybe Kearsey can verify if that is Still the case.

And sometimes this must be said...

Be honest. Don't try to hide anything. You will have zero chance of being hired if they find something you failed to disclose. Some job applications ask you to list moving violations within the past 3 years. Actually, most that I've come across ask for that.

It doesn't necessarily mean they won't hire you. They just want to know.

Good luck! Keep us posted and/or check in with any other questions you may have.

Thanks, Sandman! Much appreciated.

Thanks for sharing your tips for a good night of sleep.

For the white noise, where did you get the download? I've seen ads for these types of things, and the one time I decided to try and download it it came with a fee. Do you know of any free ones?

I'm interested in seeing how effective it is at canceling noise, but it's not something I need so badly as to pay for.

If money is the issue, I’ll contribute to the spray paint purchase

I'll take said money to the store to buy said spray paint

I'm starting to think you two characters are huffing on that spray paint😅

Only one way to find out.

Besides having a bad experience during your last foray into trucking, are there any other reasons why you think you might fail? -Prior commitments? -Some kind of disability? -A chronic illness?

Bc you have so little experience you would most likely have to go through a training phase with any company that offers you a job. Try not to look at that as a negative. More training = a better chance of being successful.

You mentioned getting home on weekends with your old job. Can we assume you had a regional gig that kept you on the road for a week at a time? Are you looking for another regional type job? Or are you willing to be an OTR driver?

If you do decide to give the trucking game another go rest assured you have plenty of drivers here on the website that can offer assistance if you ever need it. Unfortunately, if you get out on the road and realize after a couple months that the lifestyle is something that is not for you, all the help in the world won't make any difference.

You have some experience. Try to draw on the knowledge you gained from those 5 months to help you make an informed decision about whether or not you'll be able to live the trucking life.