Prime VS. CR England

I think I have narrowed down to two Companies.... Prime Inc or CR England. Does anyone have some insight as to one or the other?

Ummmmmm do your homework. It should be a really easy decision!

Hi Wendy - You have my wife's name and last initial by the way!

As per my research, Prime hands down. You'll need to do your own research though. I'm probably going with Crete or Shaffer (same company), but if I was to pick a company strictly based on their paid schooling program and how much they paid during training, definitely Prime. I'm going to a private CDL school, but Prime is my runner up to Crete and Shaffer. Schneider would be my third choice. Prime and Crete / Shaffer have longer training periods - 8 weeks plus. Prime's is longer than Crete / Shaffer. Schneider is only 3 weeks. I personally would prefer a longer training period.

Find out what is important to you and make a list. Use things like I mentioned above, e.g. training length, training pay, when benefits start, cpm , hometime policy, terminal locations, company paid schooling, tuition reimbursement, different freight options, OTR or other options like regional and/or dedicated etc...

Best of luck to you!

Thanks Bill for the kind words and insight. I really appreciate your thoughts and offering ideas on how to get starte

I realize people may think my questions are shallow and lack forethought however, I am not from the trucking world and I'm not always confident as to what I should know.... I'm glad to know there are people out there like you and Jopa to make it a bit easier

I was originally looking at CRST because that's who I found on a job site advertising it. That got me looking. I did an internet search for comparing CDL schools and found TruckingTruth and that was the best thing that happened to me in this endeavor. I looked at a lot of the ones with info on here, only looking for company paid schooling, and I chose PRIME.

I like that I won't be forced into team driving as with CRST. I like that the training is mostly 1 on 1 in the truck. I like that they do not make you pay them back for the training as long as you do 1 year with them. I like what I've heard others say, including a couple on here who've given great rundown reports on their experiences. I like that they have options for tankers and refrigerated I like their pay scale

All of that was before I ever talked to someone there. I then called and spoke to a recruiter, Julie, and she was great! I talked to her and asked questions and then applied online yesterday morning. It was pretty easy. 24 hours later I was approved to start and am planning on May 12 as a starting date. I am excited because of what I've heard about them already.

Good luck!

Wow Randy J! That sound so exciting ! Thank you so much for your thoughts. I'm going to utilize some of your wisdom.... Hey, good luck at training with Prime😃😃😃

Wow Randy J! That sound so exciting ! Thank you so much for your thoughts. I'm going to utilize some of your wisdom.... Hey, good luck at training with Prime😃😃😃

Not so much my wisdom as what I gleaned from being on here for just a few days. The experience of other students and veterans along with the great info Brett has compiled here....... it all worked together to make it a lot easier and able to get to the bottom of things a lot quicker.

Hey Wendy....in case you haven't been through it already, go through our Truck Driver's Career Guide from beginning to end and follow all of the links you come across. There's a mountain of information in there about every topic imaginable that pertains to getting your trucking career off to a great start. It will cover how to choose a school, how to choose a company, what life on the road is really like, and a million other things. I consider it essential reading for anyone considering a career in trucking.