Headed To Prime At The End Of The Month!
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Congrats on Prime and don't forget your warm clothes during training. ...and I am not sure rider policies, but your lil buddy there in your pic needs his own berth. Welcome to TT, kind sir.
Welcome, and Best of Luck to ya!!!
Welcome aboard Will, glad you're here!
I've seen one truck driver who had his snake with him on the road. So if he likes to ride, you might have a well traveled reptile on your hands.
Hang in there with that High Road Training Program, it will definitely be a big boost toward you getting your permit. You're doing the right thing, I wish everyone would follow our advice and get their permit in advance. You will realize once you get to Prime how far ahead you are than everyone else, and you've eliminated one of the many things that could throw you a curve during your training.
Best of luck to ya!
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.
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.
Hi Will and congrats on getting to orientation with Prime. Does it start on the 27th by any chance?
Looking forward to joining Prime's TNT program myself. I should be in Springfield soon!
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 14ยข 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.
Feel free to contact me for any questions or concerns. I can walk you through the entire program. Good luck!
Feel free to contact me for any questions or concerns. I can walk you through the entire program. Good luck!
Not to hi-jack this thread but I sure would appreciate any recommendation on a Springfield trainer from you or OldSchool...if even they would agree. 
Feel free to contact me for any questions or concerns. I can walk you through the entire program. Good luck!
Not to hi-jack this thread but I sure would appreciate any recommendation on a Springfield trainer from you or OldSchool...if even they would agree.
OS wouldn't know he doesn't drive for Prime. Just be proactive really. There's a million students and only a 100 instructors, make yourself stand out from the crowd. Engage in conversations, be polite and when it's Pretrip inspection time you better be having your head under that hood. They're looking for students who want to learn and not stand all day and chat.
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Heya all,
Just wanted to jump in and say hello! As the title says, Im headed to Prime at the end of the month for company sponsored training. Currently going through the training program / information here as i'd like to try to get my NC CDL permit before I leave, for one less thing to worry about.
Both excited and nervous to be making a change to the trucking field. Its always been in the back of my mind, like an itch that wont go away. So im taking advantage of a changing point in my life to go forward with it!
Love the site so far, tons of info here and lots of answers to questions I already have. Hope to get a chance to interact with peeps here and hope to contribute to the site in the future!
Till Later, Will H.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Company Sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.