Drive This Truck Program
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Can you be more specific? What program are you referring to exactly?
Can you be more specific? What program are you referring to exactly?
Pulled this off their website. Drivethistruck.com
"Drivethistruck is an independently owned company that buys their own trucks and staffs them with Prime Inc. company drivers. Prime Inc. is America’s most successful refrigeration, flatbed, and tanker carrier running over 5000 trucks and 7000 trailers. Prime Inc. has over a dozen terminal locations including many drop yards making drivers lives much easier. On the road, drivers experience many green lights to pass by weigh scales and are paid for clean DOT inspections. All trailers are lightweight aluminum and are replaced after 5 years, which allows less maintenance and down time from running better equipment. They also have on board scale gauges saving time and out of route miles to CAT scales.
Drivethistruck pay starts at .38 cpm for solo drivers and .44 cpm split for teams. Our trainers average .34 cpm while team training new CDL recruits and often $1600 weekly. We start recent school graduate trainees at $700 guaranteed per week or .14 cpm above 5,000 weekly miles. We also offer up to $6000 tuition reimbursement and other incentives including safety and on time service bonuses. Health, Life, Dental, and Vision insurance are available as well as 401k.
What sets Drivethistruck apart from other opportunities is our relaxed laid back dispatch and maximized home time as a company driver. The hardest part of over the road driving is knowing that you have to leave home for long periods of time with only a few days off. We create driving positions between lease and normal company drivers. Our drivers have the ability to choose routes and set home times to best fit your schedule. Feel the freedom of truck ownership, without the responsibility of payments and maintenance, and in 4 years or less with our program. Longevity earns you a free truck.
Our trucks are fully loaded with refrigerators, microwaves, top notch driver seat, and other upgraded options plus all of the necessary tools. The safest and most sophisticated safety devices available are also on every truck. Trainers or teams that drive for us just 4 years or less can own your truck free and clear. Why work for less when you can make better money and spend more time at home?
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
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.
Over The Road:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
CPM:
Cents Per Mile
Drivers are often paid by the mile and it's given in cents per mile, or cpm.
CAT Scale:
A network of over 1,500 certified truck scales across the U.S. and Canada found primarily at truck stops. CAT scales are by far the most trustworthy scales out there.
In fact, CAT Scale offers an unconditional Guarantee:
“If you get an overweight fine from the state after our scale showed your legal, we will immediately check our scale. If our scale is wrong, we will reimburse you for the fine. If our scale is correct, a representative of CAT Scale Company will appear in court with the driver as a witness”
Cat Scales:
A network of over 1,500 certified truck scales across the U.S. and Canada found primarily at truck stops. CAT scales are by far the most trustworthy scales out there.
In fact, CAT Scale offers an unconditional Guarantee:
“If you get an overweight fine from the state after our scale showed your legal, we will immediately check our scale. If our scale is wrong, we will reimburse you for the fine. If our scale is correct, a representative of CAT Scale Company will appear in court with the driver as a witness”
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
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