prime flatbed
 

before you say anything i know prome is not the best company to go with, but right now they are the compnay that will take me. I was just wondering what prime hauled on their skateboards?

thanks
moose

Probably just about anything you can throw a strap over. :P

I do know that Prime, and Passmore are in cahoots with each other. Passmore hauls lots of wood products, sheetrock etc. Pipe, and stuff.

Since Prime bought out Passmore,Prime hauls alot more sheetrock and lumber. Any account Passmore had you see Prime trailers there now and the opposite is true on Prime accounts you will see Passmore trailers.Prime hauls your normal flatbed loads.No oversize loads.Have you checked with Maverick? I drive for them and they are a good company.

Yeah, I saw a Passmore Pete pulling a Prime trailer. Atleast they kept the black Petes. :P

Yeah...I noticed a couple Passmores in Houston this week and one was hooked to a Prime trailer...

Got a friend who has been hauling a skateboard for Prime for the past year or so, most of it as a Lease driver. He makes a lot of money because they generally will run him as hard as he is willing to run. He's independent on his logs since he's leasing, so he runs hot books pretty regularly. He hauls pretty much everything mentioned above, plus some heavy steel for construction (although that is slowing down this time of year).

He tells me that if you want to run with Prime as a lease op or as a company driver, they will run you like a dog. 8) The mileage pay is what kept me away.

Another company hero :roll: .

If it can't be done legal than this truck won't do it.I can run legal and still make money and don't have to worry about DOT sneeking up on ya.

Lease operator or not, he has to run his logs through Prime. I call BS, The dispatcher knows his hours as well as safety. He has to report them every morning as well as they check em against the Qualcomm. They will run you hard if you want but the log department works on a point system for log infractions. When you hit the magic number your history.

All kinds of Steel (lots of pipe, raw steel, steel beams for buildings), Glass, lots of coils (Aluminum coils are the most common), sheet rock, lumber is another popular load, copper plates, intermodal containers, produce (mostly onions), decorative stone, rocks/boulders. Sometimes you'll even get mixed loads for Lowes or Home Depot. These are interesting because you'll goto one of their DCs and they just stack stuff on the flatbed that the retail store ordered. It's all in boxes like you'd see on the shelf with some lumber mixed in and sometimes the occasional odd item (like ladders, chairs or the like).

They expect you to run pretty hard and the lease drivers actually make some good money (glass loads will pay $3 /mile), but it's a lot of work. The majority of the loads that I had were all tarp loads and had steel or coils.

I would think twice about company flatbed unless you like working for free. It's not too bad of a company, they definitely won't babysit you and the longest I've ever sat empty waiting to reload was about 6 hours. The thing I didn't like was you get 1 or 2 days off a month and $10 to strap and secure 3 tarps is pathetic. I made about $600 a week, which is what I made driving local so after 2 months I quit and went back to local work, it's just not worth breaking an arm or a leg over.

I agree, your don't need 3 logbooks to make money. I ran legal, but thats cause I like getting a good 9-10 hours of sleep and having some me time. I don't understand why someone would want to stay up 20 hours a day and drive for 18 of them.

Yea, I was only getting .29 cpm and I think even Swift and Werner pay better then that.

Yea, I was only getting .29 cpm and I think even Swift and Werner pay better then that.[/quote]
.29CPM, thats crazy. Arrow will start you at 34 and I think now after ninety days you go to 36cpm. They pay $30 to tarp. The only problem is you will have some layovers and big ones too.

Nope Werner is .24 CPM starting .26 Cpm at 1 yr .30 CPM at 4 yrs ....And at 10 years you just scrape .33 CPM . Werner pays .02 CPM less to Flatbed Division than the dry van division ...Why because they say that because the trip length is longer on flat bed division ,sp you have the potential to a few more miles ,so you should make less per mile as a result... :roll:

Moose81

If you are still looking for a skateboard company, listen to Steelhauler2007. Consider Maverick. I just started with them but I assure you they are top notch. No experience nets you $.35 per mile with $20 tarp pay per load. One year experience gets you $.40 per mile and after one year you get $.41/mile. Most drivers (like 90 something %) get home for at least a 34-hour period each weekend.

Nope Werner is .24 CPM starting .26 Cpm at 1 yr .30 CPM at 4 yrs ....And at 10 years you just scrape .33 CPM . Werner pays .02 CPM less to Flatbed Division than the dry van division ...Why because they say that because the trip length is longer on flat bed division ,sp you have the potential to a few more miles ,so you should make less per mile as a result... :roll:[/quote]

Gee... Where do I sign???????

Boy, ole CL really has it down to a science, doesn't he :shock: