Steve's Prime Training Journal

I have been solo now for 2 weeks. During that time, I have been from Salt lake city Utah, to Springfield Mo. Then went home to Virginia for a few days. Picked up a load of pig fat to be made into hot dogs in Cincinnati, Now I'm in Taunton Massachusetts waiting to be unloaded. They said it might be a few hours before I get an empty door, Meanwhile the snow is continuing to fall. within the next few hours the weather conditions will continue to deteriorate as the Blizzard of 2013 approaches. 60-70 mph winds, up to 3 feet of snow and zero visibility.

Looks like I will be stuck at this receivers for several days while they try to dig us out.once I get backed into the dock they said it will take up to 3 hours to unload. its 1700 cases of frozen dinners loaded on the floor so its got to be all hand unloaded. Geeeze, could it get any worse. By then I may not even be able to pull away from the dock to close my rear doors. Its gonna be a long weekend folks. Glad I have a fully stocked fridge on board.

I already got my pre plan for my next load going to Maine picking up french fries then driving to Atlanta Georgia. If it weren't for the storm I would have had 3500 miles this week

I have a full tank of fuel and made it to a truck stop in Plainville Massachusetts. And trust me. The name of the city suites it. The governor has declared a state of emergency and has banned all traffic on all roads until further notice. The truck stop i am at mostly is a fuel and convenience store with overnight parking so I wont be whooping it up in the drivers lounge.

Looks Like I'm gonna be here awhile and its still snowing hard.

After clearing the snow from my truck this morning I found a nice surprise. The left headlight was busted and yellow paint on the deer guard. One of the snow plows clearing the lot scraped me last night. Of course when I confronted them about it they denied it. I called the police and made a report just to cover my butt. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to know what happened.

Thanks for the details. Va Beach.... I am not far from there on the Outer Banks of NC. I am looking into Prime as well. The problem you had at the start of being employed worries me just a bit. I was hoping to stay on vacation time from my old job while I got through training. Stay safe out there!

Great read! Thanks for taking the time to give us all a detailed account of your training adventures!

Enjoyed reading it all hope to drive for Prime :) Is it true if I dont live in Mo will have to switch my Drivers license to Mo? I dont have permit or anything

Seems like only yesterday!! haha!!