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Congrats to you Daniel. My psd instructor and I are headed back to Springfield so that i can test. Then I will start my tnt phase with the same trainer.
PSD:
Prime Student Driver
Prime Inc has a CDL training program and the first phase is referred to as PSD. You'll get your permit and then 10,000 miles of on the road instruction.
The following is from Prime's website:
Prime’s PSD begins with you obtaining your CDL permit. Then you’ll go on the road with a certified CDL instructor for no less than 75 hours of one-on-one behind the wheel training. After training, you’ll return to Prime’s corporate headquarters in Springfield, Missouri, for final CDL state testing and your CDL license.
Obtain CDL Permit / 4 Days
- Enter program, study and test for Missouri CDL permit.
- Start driving/training at Prime Training Center in Springfield, Missouri.
- Work toward 40,000 training dispatched miles (minimum) with food allowance while without CDL (Food allowance is paid back with future earnings).
On-the-Road Instruction / 10,000 Miles
- Train with experienced certified CDL instructor for 3-4 weeks in a real world environment.
- Get 75 hours of behind-the-wheel time with one-on-one student/instructor ratio.
- Earn 10,000 miles toward total 40,000 miles needed.
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 14¢ 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.
If all goes well on tests, do you typically go back out for second phase of training with the same trainer?
Jopa, I'll be driving through Donners Pass tonight. Just don't go looking for me and laying out spike strips at me for revenge!
Michael, typically not. You usually have two different trainers. It's just Rays trainer really really really likes him so he wants to spend 3 more months with him.
Jopa, I'll be driving through Donners Pass tonight. Just don't go looking for me and laying out spike strips at me for revenge!
Never. Honk as you pass under the last overpass just before you climb the last hill towards the summit. I live just off to the right, right above the freeway. Maybe I'll hear. I'll definitely be waving in my head! Be careful out there . . .
Stephen E. Birch
BTW are you heading home for some time off? I know your a Sacto guy . . .
I don't let my age tell me what I can and can't do. If I qualify and I want to do it - I work hard and do everything in my power to do it.
Great attitude and mantra Daniel. Best of luck with your decision and your choice to do so is commendable!!!
I don't let my age tell me what I can and can't do. If I qualify and I want to do it - I work hard and do everything in my power to do it.
I love your attitude Daniel, I feel the same way, only some things are getting a little harder for me to do now days. I realize we are coming at this from two completely opposite positions, but things like flying off the top of a cliff on a motocross bike are just getting more difficult for me these days! 
Hey Daniel,
Just to add my $0.02 into the conversation and for whatever it is worth. Your posts here on TT have been very inspirational to me and given me a much better understanding with how this business works and what to expect from school. I think you would be a great instructor no matter which option you choose but it sounds like you are leaning toward PSD.
I have run into a couple of snags getting some unresolved tickets removed from my drivers abstract so I may be delayed a month so if you are training then I will certainly try to find you! Crazy how things work out. I am still leaning toward Prime so I am taking things one step at a time as soon as I get those tickets lifted its on to the next step. I'll keep you posted!
- Rob
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.PSD:
Prime Student Driver
Prime Inc has a CDL training program and the first phase is referred to as PSD. You'll get your permit and then 10,000 miles of on the road instruction.
The following is from Prime's website:
Prime’s PSD begins with you obtaining your CDL permit. Then you’ll go on the road with a certified CDL instructor for no less than 75 hours of one-on-one behind the wheel training. After training, you’ll return to Prime’s corporate headquarters in Springfield, Missouri, for final CDL state testing and your CDL license.
Obtain CDL Permit / 4 Days
- Enter program, study and test for Missouri CDL permit.
- Start driving/training at Prime Training Center in Springfield, Missouri.
- Work toward 40,000 training dispatched miles (minimum) with food allowance while without CDL (Food allowance is paid back with future earnings).
On-the-Road Instruction / 10,000 Miles
- Train with experienced certified CDL instructor for 3-4 weeks in a real world environment.
- Get 75 hours of behind-the-wheel time with one-on-one student/instructor ratio.
- Earn 10,000 miles toward total 40,000 miles needed.
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.
Jopa, as soon as I hit Truckee I pulled my air horn and kept it pulled until I was low on air. Not sure if it woke you up.
Thank you for the kind words Rob. I do my best to update my Adventures and post as much as I can. But unfortunately there's only 24 hours in a day and I typically use every minute of it. But it's great to know it's helped you out!
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Hey, we have something in common . . . when I was still 18 my first job was as a steel worker in a factory in Torrance, CA and I got to drive fork lifts as well. I was a "material handler" and the scarriest part was picking up 26,000 lb coils of steel and piling them up like a pyramid, the last one on the top being just about as high as the forklift could reach. I agree, doing that sort of a thing is a real adventure to a youg kid, barely out in the world for the first time.
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