Mega Carriers Who To Go With

Pay isn’t one of my big issues because any industry as the new guy you get smoked on pay

It's important to keep this in mind: You will constantly see members here stating that trucking is a performance based industry. You could make thousands of dollars more in your first year than another driver at the same company with the same Cents Per Mile (CPM). Do the best you can. Be reliable and manage your clocks well. Meet safety and fuel bonus standards. This will help you maximize your earning potential.

Pelican... I started on this site 7 years ago just as you are starting now. I got trained at Prime so I know a lot about it, I make it a point to answer questions correctly. And if you notice, I usually bring up the company name only on Prime specific threads. Several of us do this sort as ambassadors who give.the best information on a company.

After training a dozen people who believed YouTube and were disenchanted, I got annoyed. In 2019 I started the YouTube channel because soooooo many of the YouTubers of many companies lie or are too new to give accurate information. When it comes to pay. Home time. Leasing and company treatment of drivers I want to give an accurate picture that most of what matters is YOUR attitude and behavior. Before I started one guy was a cry baby and claimed harassment from dispatch while a woman claimed all female truckers will get raped. These two almost stopped me from having an amazing career and a stress free life. As an experienced driver. I know they were full of BS

If you look around here, you will see many of us at the same company for literally years or decades. Why? Is one company better than another? Or is it the driver?

Yes. I am treated like royalty at Prime. Everyone knows me when I walk in. Guess what..... The same happens to Old School (Knight) G Town (Swift), Big Scott (CFI), Turtle (Walmart) and every other dedicated, long time driver with a great safety record and on time delivery record. It's about attitude. It's about communication and team work. If you want to be a number at a mega carrier, you will be. If you want to be something greater. You will be.

My brother laughed yesterday cause he said I am just a number.... The number is 10/4. Because whenever I tell my fleet manager i want something....10/4 is what I get back. It's hard work on my part. Honestly, I would be treated the same anywhere I went. I always said we haven't had a female US President yet because I didn't run. 😂. Determination and commitment

As for terminal location... Guess what..I did a video on this too. 😂. Terminal location or drop yard location doesn't matter in my company.

There are certain companies like Averritt where it does. My friend gets home.every weekend and is required to park the truck there. Old Dominion or other home daily or weekly jobs it matters. For OTR it won't.

Example... A CA resident will be sent to the Salt Lake City terminal at Prime to train. They will be there a few days for orientation then head out across the country making deliveries. Then come back to test. Then go back to team training. Location doesn't matter cause they are never there. See? I was from NJ and went to MO. My dispatcher was in MO. No biggie.

Drive around some industrial parks near home and see what carriers have a lot of traffic near you. Often there may be dedicated accounts that may eventually get you home more if that is a concern.

CRE wouldn't be at the top of my list due to pay. Others have had great careers there and are happy. Schneider doesn't allow talking on the phone or 8/2 splits. This would kill.me. Schneider has a shorter training period also, and I was terrified and wanted longer training. But get a bad or jerk of a trainer and that long training period can be excruciating. Despite what advice people give about interviewing a trainer and accepting them.... Most times there are not enough trainers. So you sometimes I have take what you get. Prime does a personality matching test. Sometimes it really works and sometimes it really doesn't.

As for cities... It is better to do them with a trainer than without one. My last video shows my student picked up a load in East LA. She did great. And is confidently getting her own truck this week! Now she knows she can do this cause she ran my truck for a couple weeks by herself.

I wouldn’t recommend Schneider right now. They just haven’t had the freight lately to make living out of this truck worth it. Lots of short haul, lots of sitting. DTL was going over the business levels with me in the different regions/markets and it’s pretty discouraging.

I wouldn’t recommend Schneider right now. They just haven’t had the freight lately to make living out of this truck worth it. Lots of short haul, lots of sitting. DTL was going over the business levels with me in the different regions/markets and it’s pretty discouraging.

Klutch;

It's totally NOT just SNI .... ask PackRat, Kearsey, Laura, etc ... and BK, remember? It's many things; here's a start:

The Future (and present modicum) of Freight~

While you're at it, and NOT being condescending at all.., some of the podcasts they offer are sure interesting! There's SO MUCH to the whole big picture, of logistics. It's almost 'flooring.' No Pun.

~ Anne ~

I sincerely hope you didn't take my comment as a criticism or as something negative. It was 100% tongue in cheek. I appreciate what you have to say.

Pelican... I started on this site 7 years ago just as you are starting now. I got trained at Prime so I know a lot about it, I make it a point to answer questions correctly. And if you notice, I usually bring up the company name only on Prime specific threads. Several of us do this sort as ambassadors who give.the best information on a company.

After training a dozen people who believed YouTube and were disenchanted, I got annoyed. In 2019 I started the YouTube channel because soooooo many of the YouTubers of many companies lie or are too new to give accurate information. When it comes to pay. Home time. Leasing and company treatment of drivers I want to give an accurate picture that most of what matters is YOUR attitude and behavior. Before I started one guy was a cry baby and claimed harassment from dispatch while a woman claimed all female truckers will get raped. These two almost stopped me from having an amazing career and a stress free life. As an experienced driver. I know they were full of BS

If you look around here, you will see many of us at the same company for literally years or decades. Why? Is one company better than another? Or is it the driver?

Yes. I am treated like royalty at Prime. Everyone knows me when I walk in. Guess what..... The same happens to Old School (Knight) G Town (Swift), Big Scott (CFI), Turtle (Walmart) and every other dedicated, long time driver with a great safety record and on time delivery record. It's about attitude. It's about communication and team work. If you want to be a number at a mega carrier, you will be. If you want to be something greater. You will be.

My brother laughed yesterday cause he said I am just a number.... The number is 10/4. Because whenever I tell my fleet manager i want something....10/4 is what I get back. It's hard work on my part. Honestly, I would be treated the same anywhere I went. I always said we haven't had a female US President yet because I didn't run. 😂. Determination and commitment

As for terminal location... Guess what..I did a video on this too. 😂. Terminal location or drop yard location doesn't matter in my company.

There are certain companies like Averritt where it does. My friend gets home.every weekend and is required to park the truck there. Old Dominion or other home daily or weekly jobs it matters. For OTR it won't.

Example... A CA resident will be sent to the Salt Lake City terminal at Prime to train. They will be there a few days for orientation then head out across the country making deliveries. Then come back to test. Then go back to team training. Location doesn't matter cause they are never there. See? I was from NJ and went to MO. My dispatcher was in MO. No biggie.

Drive around some industrial parks near home and see what carriers have a lot of traffic near you. Often there may be dedicated accounts that may eventually get you home more if that is a concern.

CRE wouldn't be at the top of my list due to pay. Others have had great careers there and are happy. Schneider doesn't allow talking on the phone or 8/2 splits. This would kill.me. Schneider has a shorter training period also, and I was terrified and wanted longer training. But get a bad or jerk of a trainer and that long training period can be excruciating. Despite what advice people give about interviewing a trainer and accepting them.... Most times there are not enough trainers. So you sometimes I have take what you get. Prime does a personality matching test. Sometimes it really works and sometimes it really doesn't.

As for cities... It is better to do them with a trainer than without one. My last video shows my student picked up a load in East LA. She did great. And is confidently getting her own truck this week! Now she knows she can do this cause she ran my truck for a couple weeks by herself.