I’m Back With Prime Inc

Santa and I both appreciate green or red trucks. Congratulations!

That's a nice looking truck!

Thanks for the photo - now we can wave at you as we are passing you on the interstate.

Welcome back, Dennis!

Thanks all.

That's a nice looking truck!

Thanks for the photo - now we can wave at you as we are passing you on the interstate.

You would definitely be passing me on the interstate since I rarely get above 60!

I’ll be ready to dispatch later on Monday.

Nice truck, Driver! Congrats on getting back to the grind. Followed you thru training, upgrades etc. I felt bad when you hurt yourself. You have the right attitude, drive etc to be one hell of a trucker. God bless! Hammer down!

Godspeed! 💪🏻🙌

Thanks for the kind words George B. Now I have to live up to them.

Today was more time spent getting a leaky drive tire replaced.

During that work the tire tech spotted a cracked S-Cam bracket! Zoom in to see the crack.

Went to another service bay to get it welded. The tech said this is a common issue since started using the single wide drive tires rather than duals.

12/14/22 One last update to this post about how my first two loads are going.

I dispatched a repowered load from Prime yard on 12/12/22 to Marshall, MO. An easy 3 hours drive north on US65.

The load delivery was for 12/13 02:00 with onsite parking. I arrived at 19:00 12/12 and started a break. They got me unloaded by 23:12.

My next load came in with a lot of time on it, so I parked for the night. Weather was turning nasty anyway with high wind and heavy rain.

Morning of 12/13 I got a trailer washout across the street and took off for Orange City, IA to live load another meat load. This appt time was 12/14 06:00-11:00.

I drove the 415 miles in 7h 52m for 52.8 mph avg.

Arrived on 12/13 at 17:00 for the onsite parking. I checked in to see if possibility to load early that night before the dock closed at 23:00. No luck, but I was first in line for Wednesday morning at 07:00 opening time with a full clock.

3 other drivers arrived 12/14 about 06:00-06:30. Two were Primates with their clocks running. One guy also going to Dodge City like me.

I got loaded from about 08:00-10:00. Was on the road driving from 10:40.

My delivery in Dodge City on 12/16 16:00 could not be moved forward to 12/15 w/o a $180 “abatement fee” which my FM balked at.

So I drove 528 miles in 10h (52.8 mph) to park from 12/14 21:55 until 12/16 14:30 at Spearville , KS truck stop (25 spots). I’m only 16 miles from my delivery live unload (Dodge City TS’s we’re full per Trucker Path.

I’ll get a 34-reset with the 40.5 hrs parked rolling in with fresh clocks for my next pre-plan for Friday evening.

I notified night dispatch/FM of my plan with Est PTA of 12/16 18:00-19:00 to help them pre-plan me.

This reset will help me avoid a couple of days with very small recaps later.

My trainer told me this would be like riding a bicycle coming back to me. He was right. The driving is settling in quickly. My backing is passable, but needs work anyway.

Trying to push for the early loading/unloading, but it is what it is. I’m just glad to be back at it!

Hope I don’t get bored next couple days!

One PS. It was down to 25F overnight so I put anti-gel in my 3 tanks before bed. All ran well after. My first time to do that.