There's A New Young Driver Out There
Topic 10269 | Page 1
Congratulations! To both of you.
Congratulations! To both of you.
Sir Old School, this world needs less trainers like me and more trainers like you! Give it a thought..
Congrats! I'll be I. Springfield then ! Hopefully I get a trainer that I sync with to get the most out of the experience!
Indeed congrats to you guys!
Beware!
My student finally got dropped off at the terminal two days ago. I'm now on some much needed hometime. Like with all students, you teach them a million things but at the same time they teach you about yourself. Time to think back and figure out what I could have done better and what I will do differently for my next student. Was a good experience though. I handle team driving a lot better than I thought I would.
Will be in Springfield 9/15-9/17 to haul away my next victim.
Ill be back in Springfield on the 25th. Looking for a tnt trainer. Already have my cdl , just need 15k miles to upgrade ( more would be great)
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
TNT:
Trainer-N-Trainee
Prime Inc has their own CDL training program and it's divided into two phases - PSD and TNT.
The PSD (Prime Student Driver) phase is where you'll get your permit and then go on the road for 10,000 miles with a trainer. When you come back you'll get your CDL license and enter the TNT phase.
The TNT phase is the second phase of training where you'll go on the road with an experienced driver for 30,000 miles of team driving. You'll receive 14ยข per mile ($700 per week guaranteed) during this phase. Once you're finished with TNT training you will be assigned a truck to run solo.
Congrats Daniel, I don't think anyone had any doubt that he was in good hands.
It's funny too because I'm here at the Flying J in Franklin Kentucky and there's a Prime truck here, same color as yours with a couple bikes strapped to the push bar on front. I saw it and thought maybe it was you.
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Beware!
My student finally got dropped off at the terminal two days ago. I'm now on some much needed hometime. Like with all students, you teach them a million things but at the same time they teach you about yourself. Time to think back and figure out what I could have done better and what I will do differently for my next student. Was a good experience though. I handle team driving a lot better than I thought I would.
Will be in Springfield 9/15-9/17 to haul away my next victim.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.