Profile For Ray F. (aka. Mongo)

Congratulations to Daniel B. And Olga. I used to drive with Daniel over at prime. If anyone knows how I can get a hold of him please message me.

Hello all. It has been a long time since I last checked in or posted here. As the title says driver pay is very stagnant. It really hasn't gone up since about the mid 1970's. I have been looking for a new company to drive for. I am sick or companies saying that they offer industry leading pay. Then only want to pay you .40 cents a mile. That's an insult to the driver. My first driving job started at .48 cpm. We the driver's are the ones that sacrifice everything for this job. Now I know we all have to start somewhere. But once you get some experience. Please do not settle for a mere pentance when you can make more money and have a life also.

Well 6 month's ago I changed over to being a flatbedder. For 2 1/2 yrs I pulled a reefer.

Now I have to figure out how I am going to secure each load and make it legal. At the end of the day. I know I can look back and know I did something positive. And that I did it safely.

I never got that pulling a reefer.

I do know there is a lot more work involved but it is worth it to me.

So if you want a challenge on every different load. Try flatbedding.

When I drove for prime all of my truck's had 10 speed manuals in them. Now that I am with Melton I have an auto. After 6 months I still miss a standard.

Prime is a great place to learn. I know. I started there 3 yrs. Ago. Became an instructor/ trainer there.

Left there in September to another company and make more money.

I was dispatched out of SLC. I can't say anything bad about prime as a whole.

Best of luck to you.

Congrats Daniel. Just don't forget us out here. Keep in touch. I will give you a shout the next time I stop at the 49er.

As far as company drivers go Prime is just about at the top for new drivers to start out with. The extra 5 cents a mile is worth it for a lw truck.

There are a lot of drivers that have gone through there from my area. But as far the school goes I can't help you.

There isn't any policy that I know of on tat's here at prime.

Listen to Daniel B. And Ken. The 3 of us are all instructor/trainers with prime.

As far as backing goes we all have good an bad day's. Sometimes you can one shot a really tight spot. And other days you can't back into a spot with 6 spaces open on either side of you.