Buck up, you can handle it!It's painful watching where this is going.
lol, We'll so far some popular Flatbed Youtubers at Prime Inc have left due to what they have been fed low rates on the flatbed side.... Loshawn of Onpoint Trucking Concepts, Woody, Trucker Rob,Trucker James and Jay the flatbedder.... 4 popular flatbed YouTubers have made videos and explaining their reasons why they left over the last 2 months. Just search "Why I left Prime" Woody, or Onpoint Trucking Concepts, Trucker James, or Trucker Rob. All have given similar reasons. Of course if one is doing well, naturally they will come out swinging with a Louisville Slugger.@Bsmoove4u
IronP is also with prime.
@Injun used to be with prime.
It's painful watching where this is going.
I have my own set of metrics to determine what is "cheap." I also talk to friends at other carriers, so not all of what's happened this year is completely Prime's fault. While sales has a good say in what you get, not all of it is up to them. Have you ever considered that your "dispatcher" uses that line "its all sales' fault" as a foil to deflect your criticism away from himself?Sorry but Dispatchers haven't affected me when clearly messages from sales claim they are frustrated with me declining freight they send me which I deem as cheap....Again, the dispatcher is a middle man and doesn't even send you your load
I ain't gettin' involved with that discussion.@Bsmoove4u
IronP is also with prime.
@Injun used to be with prime.
It's painful watching where this is going.
I remember when O&S was adversarial to Prime. I was at a shipper at the same time as one of their team trucks and the drivers treated me like I was a walking herpe. It cracks me up that they're running under Prime's umbrella now. I'm curious how much crow they had to eat.Wiltrans, O&S and Henderson all operate on the logistics side. While they maintain their own authority, they operate fully integrated with Prime's lease and company
Well I never claimed everything that's happened this year is Prime's fault... Its a starter company. It brings in about 100 Drivers weekly to orientation so of course many that make the cut wont be around more than 3 years...Nope, my dispatchers I've had have never blamed Prime.. They basically state that's all they have yet it isn't... Like I said I've done well but the process of having to reject freight to get what I want is tiredsoome..... I'm happy now I own my truck and can try something different as others have done... It just doesn't meet my needs anymore. I prefer to have more control over choosing the loads I want instead of waiting to hear from someone and wait hours .... No grude against them... I even refer people who want to enter the trucking industry to go to Prime for the training and its pay during training.I have my own set of metrics to determine what is "cheap." I also talk to friends at other carriers, so not all of what's happened this year is completely Prime's fault. While sales has a good say in what you get, not all of it is up to them. Have you ever considered that your "dispatcher" uses that line "its all sales' fault" as a foil to deflect your criticism away from himself?
lol. Funny, they tend to come over and initiate conversation and the ones who probably despised Prime, left O&S when it was announced they would haul for Prime.I ain't gettin' involved with that discussion.
I remember when O&S was adversarial to Prime. I was at a shipper at the same time as one of their team trucks and the drivers treated me like I was a walking herpe. It cracks me up that they're running under Prime's umbrella now. I'm curious how much crow they had to eat.
LOL!Well I never claimed everything that's happened this year is Prime's fault... Its a starter company. It brings in about 100 Drivers weekly to orientation so of course many that make the cut wont be around more than 3 years...Nope, my dispatchers I've had have never blamed Prime.. They basically state that's all they have yet it isn't... Like I said I've done well but the process of having to reject freight to get what I want is tiredsoome..... I'm happy now I own my truck and can try something different as others have done... It just doesn't meet my needs anymore. I prefer to have more control over choosing the loads I want instead of waiting to hear from someone and wait hours .... No grude against them... I even refer people who want to enter the trucking industry to go to Prime for the training and its pay during training.
LOL!
A few months back, I was up in Lewiston ME (a place I usually don't go to) and had some newb weekend, third string backup guy try to talk me into taking a buck-a-mile load outta there.
"Its all we have!"
I can afford to wait.
"It will get you to a better area to load out of!"
Please! Don't **** down my neck and call it rain.
This moron used all of the canned lines they teach them at dispatch guy class to sell me on this dog.
I finally told him to not bother calling me until he had a real load, not a company guy load they couldn't find a company guy for.
I never get any grief from my fleet manager over this - mostly because I invest the time to have a good business relationship with him. I also don't argue with him when he needs something done - its part of the quid pro quo. Yes, Prime trains. Unlike some starter carriers, they do have a real freight business. So I do get some BS stuff, but he also makes sure I get taken care of.
Sales does not control everything.
He knows I keep a very close eye on my numbers, so there isn't any doubt that he understands that I do know the score.
As nasty as they were to Prime and its drivers back in the day, it had to hurt to go to Rob with his hat in his hand. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall.The O&S owner was busy playing local political bigwig, and didn't pay attention to business. Until the checks started bouncing. He and Rob Low went back years, so when he came to Prime for help, he got it... for a price.
Prime got all of the O&S sales accounts, except the local Springfield stuff.
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O&S is still afloat.
LOL!As nasty as they were to Prime and its drivers back in the day, it had to hurt to go to Rob with his hat in his hand. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall.