TNT Question
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I like that twelve idea. I was considering being a psd trainer or in house trainer in thw long run. Help ease people into the lifestyle.
PSD:
Prime Student Driver
Prime Inc has a CDL training program and the first phase is referred to as PSD. You'll get your permit and then 10,000 miles of on the road instruction.
The following is from Prime's website:
Prime’s PSD begins with you obtaining your CDL permit. Then you’ll go on the road with a certified CDL instructor for no less than 75 hours of one-on-one behind the wheel training. After training, you’ll return to Prime’s corporate headquarters in Springfield, Missouri, for final CDL state testing and your CDL license.
Obtain CDL Permit / 4 Days
- Enter program, study and test for Missouri CDL permit.
- Start driving/training at Prime Training Center in Springfield, Missouri.
- Work toward 40,000 training dispatched miles (minimum) with food allowance while without CDL (Food allowance is paid back with future earnings).
On-the-Road Instruction / 10,000 Miles
- Train with experienced certified CDL instructor for 3-4 weeks in a real world environment.
- Get 75 hours of behind-the-wheel time with one-on-one student/instructor ratio.
- Earn 10,000 miles toward total 40,000 miles needed.
A billboard on the I-80 of John Wayne saying how he doesn't like quitters.
"Don't much like quitters son" on I80 Wyoming. Passed that sign a million times
Someone was asking about shifting and I replied to make it the toughest you possibly can in the beginning and that would help you later on.
Your trainer might be getting worked up cause guess what? Your gonna remember getting a chewing later on down the road.
Remember the reasons he or she gets hot but don't take it personally and as all things this to shall pass.
I ran 12 to 12 shifts in the fall and winter and 3 to 3 in the spring and summer. Kept about the same daylight hours for both but getting the difference of traffic
Being in a small space such as a truck with someone will take a toll after a while. When I was in TNT every little thing he did after about the 3rd week really started to work my nerves. I really could not wait to be off his truck and on my own. With that said my trainer was an amazing guy with a ton of experience and he taught me a lot. Now that I am solo and on my own there are days I miss being on his truck. Sounds weird huh? Me and him still keep in contact and he still helps me to this day with questions I have or to just listen to me vent. Hang in there it will be over before you know it.
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 14¢ 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.
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It has been said that the hardest time frame to drive is from midnight to 6am. So with that said, when I was training (which I don't anymore), I had my shifts setup 3 - 3. That way you either drove into or out of the midnight to 6am time frame. My only requirement was that during your drive shift, if we were just driving, you had to drive 10 hours of the 12. I didn't care what you did with the other 2 hours (nap/shower/fuel/eat/laundry). Of course not all 12 shifts were just driving, so we just took whatever came being at shipper/receiver/waiting for next load assignment.
Ernie
Shipper:
The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.