Big Vs Small Company Pay Difference?
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Anyone one of you "Trucking Truthers" have a Youtube channel?? Hey Rainy, have you seen that guy Junior Honduras who drives for Prime? He has a great channel that I have been learning a lot watching. Where is your channel Rainy? I wonder if he makes a lot with referral bonuses with that channel.
Ashley Loucks (chickie monster) has a channel. It is pretty good.
I would recommend :
Ashley, Lovin Truckin, Indiana Jack, Life is Good, and not much else.
I'm training with a smaller company, 750 to 800ish trucks. The really cool part, I have access to all of Prime's facilities! Plus, when I have the chance to stop at my "home" terminal in Missoula they know me by name. My pay is the same as a Prime TnT. So in my book, WIN WIN and another WIN!
TL;DR I'm blessed with a small company and the benefits of a mega.
700 trucks is NOT a small company. My company has around 350 trucks. Small (imo,) is anything less 100. 101 to 999 trucks, I would classify as mid size.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
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.
I'm training with a smaller company, 750 to 800ish trucks. The really cool part, I have access to all of Prime's facilities! Plus, when I have the chance to stop at my "home" terminal in Missoula they know me by name. My pay is the same as a Prime TnT. So in my book, WIN WIN and another WIN!
TL;DR I'm blessed with a small company and the benefits of a mega.
700 trucks is NOT a small company. My company has around 350 trucks. Small (imo,) is anything less 100. 101 to 999 trucks, I would classify as mid size.
93% of all trucking companies have fewer than 6 trucks. 97% have fewer than 20 trucks. Anything above 100 trucks puts a company in the upper 1% of carriers based on size.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
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.
Bigger companies usually have higher milage per week. Let's say you start with a mega at 33 CPM it will take a 3030 mile week to gross $1000. A smaller company may pay 50 CPM and if you average 1500 miles per week it's only $750 gross. So you see, CPM is not a magic number with any company. Some claim you can make up to 60 CPM with them, if you get all the bonuses and extra pays. Just be careful with what info you can't confirm. There are many tall tales when it comes to driver pay. Good luck.
CPM:
Cents Per Mile
Drivers are often paid by the mile and it's given in cents per mile, or cpm.
I'm training with a smaller company, 750 to 800ish trucks. The really cool part, I have access to all of Prime's facilities! Plus, when I have the chance to stop at my "home" terminal in Missoula they know me by name. My pay is the same as a Prime TnT. So in my book, WIN WIN and another WIN!
TL;DR I'm blessed with a small company and the benefits of a mega.
700 trucks is NOT a small company. My company has around 350 trucks. Small (imo,) is anything less 100. 101 to 999 trucks, I would classify as mid size.
93% of all trucking companies have fewer than 6 trucks. 97% have fewer than 20 trucks. Anything above 100 trucks puts a company in the upper 1% of carriers based on size.
LOL. Should have said small company feel. I had just woke up before posting that. 
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
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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i dont watch youtube because there are too many whiners. i ha e been asked by many people to start a channel cause im funny..or so they say. i do have stories to tell, but really... who has time for that? maybe ill start. who knows.
i saw Lil Guy in my terminal last week. i watched him once...another annoying person on YT. but, maybe im just nasty lol
i guess we need to define small....i dont really think 800 trucks is small. But even at Prime i get the small time feel. i always know people in the terminals. i see drivers on the road. its family.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.