Prime Inc PSD And TNT Training Program

Just another quick update on the TNT training. It's really starting to fly by I am in 4th week now so it's a little over halfway over for me. I'm learning a lot about the flatbed securement and a lot of other things. My training is going a little slower as we're not really getting miles for some reason. I think our biggest week was 3800 miles and we're a team truck so that's a little concerning for when I go solo. My trainer is great but with that being said I may have to bite the bullet and request a new one when we get routed through Springfield in the next couple of days to take care of some things. I mean we're doing flatbed and going 6-8 days between showers is just completely unaceptable to me especially with the few miles we're actually running. I'm not trying to complain or sound like a like Diva but something has to give. It's just embarrassing going in anywhere wondering if people can smell me. That's all for now I will update again whenever possible.

How did you make out on the hygene challenged replacement request?

Just another quick update on the TNT training. It's really starting to fly by I am in 4th week now so it's a little over halfway over for me. I'm learning a lot about the flatbed securement and a lot of other things. My training is going a little slower as we're not really getting miles for some reason. I think our biggest week was 3800 miles and we're a team truck so that's a little concerning for when I go solo. My trainer is great but with that being said I may have to bite the bullet and request a new one when we get routed through Springfield in the next couple of days to take care of some things. I mean we're doing flatbed and going 6-8 days between showers is just completely unaceptable to me especially with the few miles we're actually running. I'm not trying to complain or sound like a like Diva but something has to give. It's just embarrassing going in anywhere wondering if people can smell me. That's all for now I will update again whenever possible.

How did you make out on the hygene challenged replacement request?

I ended up not trying to get a replacement. The shower situation has gotten better. Well for me at least 😂😂😂😂 I shower at any opportunity I have. If it's a 30 minute DOT break or any spare time I have I rush and take one. I kinda just fixed that myself for the moment.

So another update while I have a little downtime. I am now going into my 8th week of TNT training. I am at about 36,000 miles I believe. I am having the hardest time trying to upgrade at the moment. Ugh. Every weekend he has had to put the truck into the shop for something minor so I haven't been able to get through Springfield. I was supposed to get through there this weekend to upgrade today but Thursday they gave us a load that was like 2000 miles and he said he had to hurry up and get it here to deliver Tuesday. So today I'm sitting in Pennsylvania at the 90 waiting to deliver tomorrow. He said hopefully next week I can be in to upgrade so we shall see. I will update again as I can.

Thanks for the updates. I've been following this thread with interest, as I begin prime orientation 12/19.

It just can't get here soon enough!

Good luck!

Thanks for the updates. I've been following this thread with interest, as I begin prime orientation 12/19.

It just can't get here soon enough!

Good luck!

Thanks it has been an awesome journey and Prime is a really good company so far to me. No complaints here. Good luck at Prime and I know you will enjoy it here.

So another update. After a long journey about 8 weeks to be exact my TNT phase of my training has finally come to an end. I came back to the Campus Inn yesterday to do the upgrade class which was a 4 hour safe driving course with videos and sim lab driving in dangerous and bad weather conditions and my final backing test on the simulator in the sim lab. All I have left to do is to complete the flatbed securement class which the next one will not be until Monday so I will be hanging out here until then taking care of many things I need to do such as my final upgrade CBTs, wash my clothes and finally get my haircut as its been a while. Since I have came to orientation on Sept 19th I have no been home at all. I could of had home time during TNT but I chose to stay out so I could complete it as quick as possible.

My TNT was full of ups and downs which is to be expected. Overall I feel my trainer was amazing as far as the way we got along so good and all the years of experience he brought to the table to teach me the proper securement and tarping of loads and all the safe driving techniques. He was all about safety first and never ever short cutting the job ever. This is the training I needed. We did not see eye to eye on hygiene but that ended up being resolved and in the scheme of things I still feel lucky to have gotten him as my trainer. It was a bittersweet day being dropped off back in Springfield. I was so happy and excited about everything I have accomplished and how far I have came since day 1 but at the same time I can't lie about how nervous I am about my first few loads knowing now that all the securement and tarping is solely on me now. I am sure this is normal but I tend to overthink way too much and second guess myself way too much at times.

Anyway that is all I have for now and I will do one or two more updated until I get into my own truck before I finally let this thread die. I appreciate everyone who has taken the time to follow this and everyones input.

So with flatbed, how much did you actually travel otr? Or did yall stay in a particular region? I'm hoping to spread out across the country as much as possible.

It's still a toss up for me between flatbed & reefer.

So with flatbed, how much did you actually travel otr? Or did yall stay in a particular region? I'm hoping to spread out across the country as much as possible.

It's still a toss up for me between flatbed & reefer.

In the flatbed division you do travel quite a bit OTR. A lot of our freight does come out of the midwest it seems but with that it will go toward either coast. During my TNT we covered about 35 states and that in the short 30,000 mile time frame we went as far east as Maine and as far west as Oregon so you definitely cover the map and do quite a bit of traveling.

So with flatbed, how much did you actually travel otr? Or did yall stay in a particular region? I'm hoping to spread out across the country as much as possible.

It's still a toss up for me between flatbed & reefer.

In the flatbed division you do travel quite a bit OTR. A lot of our freight does come out of the midwest it seems but with that it will go toward either coast. During my TNT we covered about 35 states and that in the short 30,000 mile time frame we went as far east as Maine and as far west as Oregon so you definitely cover the map and do quite a bit of traveling.

So with flatbed, how much did you actually travel otr? Or did yall stay in a particular region? I'm hoping to spread out across the country as much as possible.

It's still a toss up for me between flatbed & reefer.

Not sure why my last 2 posts didn't show my answer haha.. Anyway with flatbed you will do a lot of OTR. During my short 30,000 time out we covered about 36 of the 48 states. We went as far east as Maine and as far west as Washington. A lot of our stuff is in the midwest however that will usually be going toward one of the coasts so you will definitely do some OTR traveling.