Holiday Training At Prime
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As far as I know, this still is considered an "upgrade" to his CDL and therefore must follow the same rules
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.
Just wishful thinking that I don’t have to go through all of the stuff again. I took a class for my Class B with Air Brakes. So just thinking I may not have to sit through all that again. Not looking to go solo right out the gate. I would like to get with a trainer and get to working though. I am sort of looking forward to the road training. I know there are some things with driving a semi that’s gonna be different than what I was initially doing, so I don’t want to bypass that part.
Calvin what is your expectation with this?
Based on the last sentence of the below paragraph, seems like you are expecting Prime to expedite your road training, reduce it so you are able to run solo sooner.
So my son is n Memphis and he’s 3, my recruiter said he can push it back to Jan 2. Also I have a class A license already with semi restriction. I have Air brakes already. I did hot shot which is how I ended up with the A with restrictions. I hope I can just test out in a semi and do the pre trip and get to working.
@Dennis L that’s exactly what I’m saying… Until you said that, I just found the email for orientation, I just filled it out literally right after reading your response. I haven’t been assigned a seat class but, I’m sure it won’t be A, honestly I’m not ready for that. I want the in the seat training.
Calvin F, What seat class were you assigned on your invitation to Orientation email from your recruiter?
That seat class will establish your realistic expectations to “get to working”.
G-Town, I take “get to working” to mean getting paid. Once he passes the CDL exam to remove the semi restriction, then he can be hired and start getting paid $900/wk while available for dispatch during the TNT training phase.
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.
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.
I totally understand.
G-Town, I take “get to working” to mean getting paid. Once he passes the CDL exam to remove the semi restriction, then he can be hired and start getting paid $900/wk while available for dispatch during the TNT training phase.
Maybe. If I was certain that’s what Calvin meant, I would not have replied at all.
All things considered, I want to ensure his expectations are realistic and for anyone reading this who is new, it’s only in specific cases that training is expedited/reduced for a rookie with no relevant experience operating a class 7-8 tractor trailer.
I don’t want to assume.
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.
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.
Calvin F
I can’t speak for Prime Safety department about your seat classification.
I think your realistic expectation should be a “D seat” since you have zero experience with a tractor - 53’ trailer combo. Your prior hot shot experience means nothing except knowing which direction to turn the steering wheel to back a trailer. I had experience backing travel trailers which helped, BUT this is a lot different.
The CDL training should take about 3-4 weeks to get you ready to take the test if you apply yourself. This depends on how quickly you learn. A lot of information is thrown at you quickly. It’s like drinking from a fire hose.
From reading your posts I don’t believe that you have realistic expectations yet.
Read Brett’s book, the Truckers Blog articles, and listen to Brett’s podcasts before you get here. The training diary by Etch is also very good. He passed his CDL exams yesterday.
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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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
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Fair point not to assume anything