PRIME LW/CONDO????
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You have a choice. They will pay you considerably better if you choose the LW truck though.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
And you may have to WAIT if your choice doesn't happen to be available on the terminal when it comes time for a truck assignment.
Prime would "prefer" solo's take a LW (hence the financial incentives to do so) and leave the fullsize's for teams. Personally - I don't know that I could full-time in an LW for very long.
Rick
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.
And you may have to WAIT if your choice doesn't happen to be available on the terminal when it comes time for a truck assignment.
Prime would "prefer" solo's take a LW (hence the financial incentives to do so) and leave the fullsize's for teams. Personally - I don't know that I could full-time in an LW for very long.
Rick
That's What I Was Thinking If This My Full Time Space Day And Night I Would Like To Be Comfortable. Don't want to be told I have to drive LW.
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.
I asked for the condo and got one the next day. No wait at all. There's no pressure at all either to take a LW.
I only waited one day for my condo...Miss Myioshi was told she'd have to wait for the LW she wanted but she got one after all.
Don't let the 5 CPM fool you. I have the condo and get a bigger fuel bonus and more miles than my friend in a LW....hence I make more money. Learn to amange your time and either way you will be good ;)
CPM:
Cents Per Mile
Drivers are often paid by the mile and it's given in cents per mile, or cpm.
Don't let the 5 CPM fool you. I have the condo and get a bigger fuel bonus and more miles than my friend in a LW....hence I make more money. Learn to amange your time and either way you will be good ;)
Thanks Rainy D. Ive read your thread and it's been very helpful. I know it's pushing it but what about color and choice of manual/automatic do they go that far in option choices ?????
CPM:
Cents Per Mile
Drivers are often paid by the mile and it's given in cents per mile, or cpm.
Don't let the 5 CPM fool you. I have the condo and get a bigger fuel bonus and more miles than my friend in a LW....hence I make more money. Learn to amange your time and either way you will be good ;)
Thanks Rainy D. Ive read your thread and it's been very helpful. I know it's pushing it but what about color and choice of manual/automatic do they go that far in option choices ?????
Hahhahha. Now that IS pushing it. Upgrades get either new LW or condos that were turned in by lease ops. Mine had 225k miles on it and had been jack knifed and in the shop for months. TA and prime gave me copies of all maintenance when I asked for it. And the truck is GREAT never gives me problems.
No offence but I suggest you worry more about training than the truck. Unless you lease you get what they give you. And I do NOT recommend leasing for a newbie. And I mean That sincerely. By the time you go solo you won't really care what you are given.. It will be like.. "Get me off that team training truck" lol the lack of privacy got to me.
As far as auto or stick... The new trucks coming in are auto. My friend got his LW in Feb with only 20 miles on it. I think he got a lemon cause it was in the shop a lot. It was a stick. However they just gave him a 2016 automatic condo. It takes some getting used to apparently.
Prime has a walk away lease so newbies often get trucks that someone had a couple months or even a couple years. They also have different lease options where you can lease the balance of the first persons lease. ..so it is possible to have a truck that was leased new by one driver... Then turned in a year later then leased for a few months by another driver. A condo could have been a team truck and run constantly. You just don't know what you are getting. They hand you a paper with a truck number and say here is your truck go find it. They don't even tell you the color lol.
I will say this... I feel TOTALLY safe in my truck and in primes maintenance. I've never been denied repairs, and Brian said it best when he described our inbound crew like a NASCAR pit crew. They'll change tires and fix trailer brakes as you wait in line to enter the terminal.,.. Amazing.
Glad u liked my thread. Ask anything you wish... We are here to help and good luck ;)
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.
CPM:
Cents Per Mile
Drivers are often paid by the mile and it's given in cents per mile, or cpm.
Don't let the 5 CPM fool you. I have the condo and get a bigger fuel bonus and more miles than my friend in a LW....hence I make more money. Learn to amange your time and either way you will be good ;)
Thanks Rainy D. Ive read your thread and it's been very helpful. I know it's pushing it but what about color and choice of manual/automatic do they go that far in option choices ?????
Hahhahha. Now that IS pushing it. Upgrades get either new LW or condos that were turned in by lease ops. Mine had 225k miles on it and had been jack knifed and in the shop for months. TA and prime gave me copies of all maintenance when I asked for it. And the truck is GREAT never gives me problems.
No offence but I suggest you worry more about training than the truck. Unless you lease you get what they give you. And I do NOT recommend leasing for a newbie. And I mean That sincerely. By the time you go solo you won't really care what you are given.. It will be like.. "Get me off that team training truck" lol the lack of privacy got to me.
As far as auto or stick... The new trucks coming in are auto. My friend got his LW in Feb with only 20 miles on it. I think he got a lemon cause it was in the shop a lot. It was a stick. However they just gave him a 2016 automatic condo. It takes some getting used to apparently.
Prime has a walk away lease so newbies often get trucks that someone had a couple months or even a couple years. They also have different lease options where you can lease the balance of the first persons lease. ..so it is possible to have a truck that was leased new by one driver... Then turned in a year later then leased for a few months by another driver. A condo could have been a team truck and run constantly. You just don't know what you are getting. They hand you a paper with a truck number and say here is your truck go find it. They don't even tell you the color lol.
I will say this... I feel TOTALLY safe in my truck and in primes maintenance. I've never been denied repairs, and Brian said it best when he described our inbound crew like a NASCAR pit crew. They'll change tires and fix trailer brakes as you wait in line to enter the terminal.,.. Amazing.
Glad u liked my thread. Ask anything you wish... We are here to help and good luck ;)
Totally understand focusing on training. I have a background in driving for the military for 10 years so driving and training will be rather second nature and a refresher. And I pray I don't get a lemon.
Also what kind of truck you drive? And I don't wanna lease from them period better off buying own truck and getting on with a company with a load board if I were to go that route. I don't like the idea of leasing and having to depend on someone else to make my load choices for me.
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.
CPM:
Cents Per Mile
Drivers are often paid by the mile and it's given in cents per mile, or cpm.
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I will be leaving for prime Saturday and was wondering if prime puts you in a LW truck starting solo or do they give you the option to choose??
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.