CDL Testing Day | Prime Inc 2024

Congrats dude! I passed a yr and a half ago and still remember that incredible feeling. I went reefer also but with Continental Ex. bc of weekends home and their 4 pto wks a yr. Got sent out for 8 wks w an excellent trainer. Training pay was only like $750 wk but it all felt worth it when training finished and my checks started averaging $1300+ wk after tax. As long as you don’t mind working solo and enjoy audiobooks, podcasts, and music all day, trucking is a great career.
As far as driving goes ALWAYS maintain proper following distance and that’ll keep you safe in relatively all situations.

I have been with prime 3yrs, congrats and welcome 😊

Trucking always will challenge you. Just watch and see.

That feeling of accomplishment is pretty nice ain’t it. I recently had to go to our state academy and do my fire officer 2 national cert. It was a long 80 hour 2 week course so it was kind of stressful. I remember sweeting the written test at the end dude. I mean I was sweeting it. The last day, took my test and passed it with flying colors. It’s a really good feeling man. Stick with it, stay safe out there my man. Keep it between the mayonnaise and the mustard 😂.

You seem like a really nice guy, and I'm not sure if your going to survive long In trucking or not, but I hope you do we need more people like you.

Prime inc sent me home going thru the training before I even got my trainer lol, I’ve been out here driving semi for 13 years after that lol

Congratulations 🍾

Don't worry parallel gets a lot of people

Congrats wish you the best but don’t stay with those companies for long 👍

I aced my backing but I still struggle in real life situations

Heed James 4:7-8 and stay blessed! HALLELUYAH!

Ridiculous that they only give you one GOAL when it shouldn’t matter how many times you do it as long as you’re being safe and actually caring about avoiding hitting someone or something!

I start my orientation in Pittston tomorrow and I can’t lie, I’m pretty nervous 😂 I’ve only had a drivers license for 13 months but I’m a good driver. The backing part makes me the most nervous. Specifically the parallel

The clickbait was something else but I’m happy for you 😂😂😂

Good job, thats awesome.

Go lease

I look forward to following your career, best wishes and "Happy Trucking"

YOUR THE WRONG COLOR,,,,,,,,YOU DONT WEAR A TURBIN ON YOUR HEAD AND YOU CAN SPEAK ENGLISH,,,PLUS THEY ONLY NEED SO MANY DRIVERS FOR THAT WEEK,,,,,,PLUS YOU WERNT WEARING FINGERLESS DRIVEING GLOVES ON,,,,,,,,I HEAR WERNER AND SWIFT IS HIREING,,,,,,I ONCE SAW A PRIME DRIVER WEARING A WERNER HAT ON AND HE WAS WEARING COWBOY SANDLES TO ! primes a joke,,always has been and always will be

I resonate with what you say about striving for a career and not just a job, that’s the mindset that pushed me to want my cdl and I begin my training in a couple days, god speed bro!

Capitalist System
Mikhail Bakunin

Is it necessary to repeat here the irrefutable arguments of socialism, which no bourgeois economist has yet succeeded in disproving? What is property? What is capital in their present form? For the capitalist and the property owner they mean the power and the right, guaranteed by the state, to live *without working*. And since neither property nor capital produces anything when not fertilized by labor, that means the power and the right to live by exploiting the work of someone else, the right to exploit the work of those who possess neither property nor capital, and thus who are forced to sell their productive power to the lucky owners of both.

Introduction:

“You need money to make money”

First, let's establish what capitalism is and isn't. In any society, it's economic organization can be described by the way it produces goods and distributes resources. In particular, we can describe it by the relationship between different classes in society.

Under capitalism, there is something called capital. It's an umbrella term that includes but is not limited to factories, land, houses, and other forms of infrastructure that is privately owned. There are people who own capital, for example, a factory owner, and people who sell their labor for a wage.
Workers go to the factory to work for the factory owner -- for instance, they take pieces of wood and make it into a chair. Say that each chair sells for $100. The factory owner takes a cut of the $100, say $70, and gives the $30 to the workers to pay their wages.

This is the fundamental relation in capitalism. There are owners and workers, i.e. the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The workers labor and produce something in a factory, and the owners, who already have money, factories, or land take a cut of the profits. Note that the owners could only make money as owners because they already have capital, in other words, you need money to make money.

Under this definition of capitalism, this relation between owners and workers has only existed for a couple hundred years. It is not the process of trading goods or buying things.

What's wrong with that?

The core issue at stake here is that the workers are doing the actual labor while the owner makes money simply because they own the factory. The owner produced next to nothing on their own. If all the workers one day disappeared, the owners would not be able to produce anything -- the machines and tools wouldn't operate themselves and the owner would have an empty factory. On the other hand, if all the owners disappeared and no one was informed about it, the workers could still run the factory as usual. The manager would still supervise production and the workers would still come everyday and produce goods and services.

So this begs the question, why do we need owners in the first place? If we can get along fine without the owners, why do they get a cut (in practice it's more than just a cut of the profits, it's a gross majority)? Why does the owner get a cut simply because they have more money? Moreover, if we don't need the owners, why do they get to make all the decisions? Why can't workers run things democratically amongst themselves? This is the core of socialist ideology.

Now you might say, wait a minute, a lot of times the owners are the managers! They actually come to the company and are involved in the day to day activities. And you'd be right in that not all owners are leeches who sit back and collect dividend checks. We think the business owners that work should be paid for the actual work they did in the day to day activities of the company, not the paper that entitles them to a cut of the workers' labor. If a business owner really does play an integral role in the day to day workings of a company, then surely they will still be compensated more than fairly if the workplace was democratic and everyone had an equal say.

Now, of course, you might not be satisfied with just this. There are, of course, many concerns to be addressed, and the remaining sections will do just that.

“Capitalism fosters innovation, or your iPhone was made under capitalism”

As we've established before, capitalism has existed for only a few hundred years. Innovation and geniuses have existed long before then. Moreover, these people did not create what they created with a profit motive in mind. Mozart and Beethoven didn't write world class music to be rich, in fact, they were dirt broke for most of their lives and never received significant pay for the symphonies and pieces they wrote. Additionally, Edward Jenner, who developed a smallpox vaccine, and Jonas Salk, who developed a polio vaccine, did not patent their work, instead allowing it to be produced cheaply so that it could reach and save the lives of millions. Salk famously said that "there is no patent. Could you patent the sun?" In more recent times, wildly successful companies like Microsoft and Apple got their big break by stealing from others, not innovating themselves. Apple is credited for introducing the modern GUI to the world, but it was developed by Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, which Steve Jobs stole the idea from. Microsoft, in turn, stole the idea from Jobs to create Windows. In their earlier days, Microsoft's flagship operating system, DOS, was bought by Bill Gates from a small programmer.

Well what about your iPhone? Surely that was made under capitalism, right? Or at the very least, it couldn't have been created if not for the incentive structures under capitalism. As it turns out, although it is a good product,
[much of the technology that made the iPhone possible was developed in the public sector](digitaltonto dot c0m/2013/where-did-the-iphone-really-come-from/).

Even if capitalism did create the iPhone, there's a pretty succinct quote to counter the argument -- "It’s okay to resist capitalism on an iPhone. The feudal lord who owned the pitchforks the peasants killed him with probably observed the irony too."

Additionally, it's often said by capitalists that financial incentive is necessary for innovation. On the surface, this is true, since few people are willing or able to work for nothing. However, this assertion presuposes that only businesses are capable of providing financial icentives for innovation. However, any government is capable of providing financial icentives. It's called pay. Our government paid scientists to create the atomic bomb (aka the greatest technological marvel of the 20th century). We paid scientists to create the ebola vaccine. And we can pay scientists and engineers to do anything that a private company would use them for.

I end this section with the (sarcastic) quote -- "I'll never understand how the wheel was invented without a market incentive."

Lease

The problem with training with trucking companies like Prime is that you do a whole more OTR driving than practicing maneuvers. Training at CDL schools is better and faster than compagnies training.

What no?? Go lease why do 2,000-3,000 miles a week for 57 cents a mile or 60 when you can lease and make a couple to a few thousand a week. It’s not rocket science. Deliver and pick up on time, use your macro 27 to get used to fueling and within a few months you would have made money, mistakes and learned from it go lease and keep your freedom! You can go home when you want, and you can control pre plan loads and regions that suit you.

Did u need to get your tanker endorsement

most people fail something on first try , dont worry, i failed on my alley dock the first time, been truckin 42 months now

i think western express is a good training company , i know alot ofpeople will disagree but the place is hard and will build character , kinda like doin a stretch in the joint

Why go to Prime to get your CDL?

Fu*k prime

Congratulations. Ill try to give some quickkey points. Your dispatcher is not your boss, they have zero power. In thr company perspective you're worth more than the dispatcher (youre producer, you bring money in, theyre a cost) only saying this because youre new and knowing the pecking order is important. A reliable, but slow and safe driver is the key in this industry. Your safety is more important than any load, or company. Feel un safe, white knuckling? Pull over take a break, youll never be fired over safety. On that, getting fired over a safty intem will haunt you, so dont risk it. Quitting, or being fired over being slow or not getting along wont. Safety is the key. Wind kills, youre a sail. If youre empty riding on i80, i90 slide them tandoms all the way to the rear to stablizes the truck. Most people dont respect rhe wind enough, you need to. It being windy is 100% a valid reason to shut down. I shut down at 40mph loaded or empty.

My only greif with prime is youre truck is so slow and is awkwardly slow. Pay attention to companies and their speed. Say a walmart 65mph, goes to pass you, youre 62, dial that cruise down to 60 for a few seconds let them pass you quickly. Dont be that guy whos comfortable with havjng a truck next to you for 10 miles, thats stupid ego shit that only gets people angry and its dangerous

What a nerd!

Mannn, I’ve been binge watching your videos.
Just got my Permit and Going to the swift academy for my CDL . Super super nervous. I’m enjoying your journey! Keep up the good videos!.

Congratulations 🎉

Congratulations 🎉

Congratulations on passing your test. Enjoy your career been driving since 1984, and loving every single minute of it. Stay safe

Let me guess, it was the parallel park. I've been out here for quite a few years, that is the most useless maneuver any company ever makes you learn. Yes there will come a time or two you might need to use it, but there aren't any cones or instructors watching. Just get it close.

Jesus loves yall

Nice! I'm thinking of getting my CDL from Prime myself. Do they do CDL training for flatbed division? I always wanted to do flatbeds more than anything else. Good luck on your journey, brother.

Leasing is a sucker's game

Yes congrats bud it's July 6th 2024 I'm in pittson pa at the holiday inn this company is freaking awesome I almost gave up with my CDL persu. at the last moment prime inc.just kind of fell in my hands!!! all I got to say is thank you prime inc. even if I don't pass my experience with this company here was a mind blowing gods giving gift...❤

Congratulations bro… I’m here now and testing on Saturday!! A true testimony

If you don’t mine me asking sir what is the bring home pay

Good stuff.. subbed

Congratulations 👏 👍🎉🎉

Good job

Where the red fern grows one of my favorite books, old Dan and Little Anne

You are so correct on gods prayers. Gotta meet him half way!

Congratulations hopefully I’ll get the same result since I’m coming next week

Hi, I like your demeanor and attitude and I'd like to ask you a couple questions about Prime if you've been there for 6 months now. What did you pack for training, how much did you get to practice maneuvers in the truck before your test, do they offer team otr, do you like it there and feel respected and protected and supported? I'm not sure if I'd want a more hand-holding experience with a mentor, but I like the sound of Prime, so any feedback to stifle my anxiety about choosing would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

where the red fern grows is one of my favorite books it takes place in the ozark mountains here in Oklahoma and Idaho