Profile For Anthony B.

We've been tasked with a load to Florida, when we get there I'll have enough miles to upgrade. 💩 Just got real.

That's great Paul..I'm about halfway through tnt now...like you I'm still iffy on my backing but it will get better with more practice. I went over donners pass twice and I'm like you I took it slow I didn't care about the super truckers blowing by..as long as I make it down it is a success lol I've been to California 5 times so far and being from Texas there are no mountains so the experience is really helpful..you'll be solo before you know it and just do what you know and like my trainer tells me go with your gut feeling don't second guess it..be safe out there driver

I just went through the sleep study test with prime I had to get the machine....it only cost a total of $1200...$500 for the test and $700 for the machine....they will deduct payments from your check to pay for it just so you know how it goes

Awesome! Fantastic news, thank you for the update. I thought the recruiter sounded a little too unsure of the price. $1200 is far more manageable, and for somebody such as myself with no insurance and no way of taking a sleep study normally, I'm okay with it.

No problem...don't stress about things it ain't as bad as you think I was stressing about my blood pressure before I went and hit it first try on the physical so you'll be alright..they try to work with you on everything to get you going...there are some snags you will run into but nothing you can't get over..they have a few snags but what company doesn't..I'm in tnt phase right now and my experience has been good so far...good luck to you future fellow prime driver.

Real quick I want to say that you guys on here are fantastic! Since the trucking bug bit me and I decided to run with it, I have scoured the net to inform myself of the realities of the industry. This forum has, by far, been the best resource, and I sincerely appreciate it.

I am a big guy. I was a ministry director, then owned a thrift store, in which I dropped down quite a bit due to the mandatory exercise of donation pickups and whatnot, then became a pastor and man pastors sit a lot. Counseling and so on. Then I drove a taxi for nearly two years, and that job is much like trucking, healthy-wise. So that, and admittedly poor choices...fast food is so addictive...led me to really being a pretty stout individual.

Now, I'm healthy, will pass any DOT physical--HAD to pass the physical twice while driving a cab--but in the depths of my research I found out about the BMI/Sleep Apnea issue. I had put in my application to go with Prime after deciding they would be my best bet to getting going in this business. And then I saw that many people posted about how Prime has a limit of 37 BMI--or a 17 inch neck--at which point they will either send you home or require you to get a sleep study. I about hung up the towel.

I am a big guy, well above that threshold and going down--I am losing weight and have changed my lifestyle to keep the needle dropping and to keep it dropped. But to get that low is a long haul, and my neck will always be above that. I'm muscular as well as hefty.

So I spoke with a recruiter and, after he put me on hold for a lengthy moment and spoke with somebody, he put some of my fears to rest. If you're a big guy, or gal, looking to get going with Prime, the official story is that you will go through the four days of orientation and then will be subject to a sleep study. YOU WILL SIGN A PROMISSORY NOTE saying you will pay them back for the sleep study -- between 2,500 and 3,000 bucks. If you pass, you get to get on with it. If you fail, you have to get a CPAP...and then you get on with it.

So there it is for all who may wonder, as I did. I may still go for it. I am 99% sure I do not have sleep apnea, but Prime has the highest pay for newbies, and it seems as if they have a very thorough program. If I went with a truck driving school I'd have to pay between 4,000 and 6,000, then find company that wouldn't take my BMI or neck size into account, all the while earning nothing. Prime still works for me.

Whew, that was a long post. Wonder how many people stayed for the end?

I just went through the sleep study test with prime I had to get the machine....it only cost a total of $1200...$500 for the test and $700 for the machine....they will deduct payments from your check to pay for it just so you know how it goes

Thanks Paul...I have just began the tnt phase sitting up here in Salt Lake City at the terminal our load drops not far from here...orientation was a breeze I made it through the initiation phase lol but it wasn't too bad..got held up for the sleep study but actually am enjoying tnt right now just ready to learn the ropes and get my own truck on the road..but it has been good traveling the country during psd and tnt so far..it amazes me how you can travel through so many states in just a few days...be safe out there and hopefully one day might run up on you at a truck stop..safe travels

I liked reading this post and all the other journeys on here about prime..currently at the campus inn about to start orientation in the morning