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Private fleet owners with trucks hauling refrigerated freight for #PrimeInc
Six years in… why I still drive for Prime Inc
I’m nearly six years into my journey with #PrimeInc and in this video I explain why.
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The crazy insane $462 MILLION nuclear verdict against a trucking company
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This is yet another example of a complete loss of common sense and logic involved when it comes to judgements against trucking companies. Full story at www.freightwaves.com/news/wabash-national-hit-with-462m-verdict-in-trailer-equipment-case
One easy way to help survive the trucking bloodbath
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The current freight market is downright terrible. Many say it’s an ongoing economic freight market bloodbath. In this video we discuss one way to help survive it.
Lease vs Lease Purchase at Prime Inc & CASH offer for my truck!
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There is value to both a standard lease and a lease purchase at #PrimeInc when #primeinctrucking . Here are my thoughts on both. Plus I got a cash offer for my truck! Join the Live Crew (become a channel member) to get access to livestreams, early video drops, exclusive content and priority replies for just $1.99 a month: czcams.com/channels/-fjNB9-rul6hGT9AXom56g.htmljoin Check out the website...
Delivering a Prime Inc load and forgot about time zones!
zhlédnutí 1,3KPřed 14 dny
Was on my way to a receiver and made a massive rookie mistake! Join the Live Crew (become a channel member) to get access to livestreams, early video drops, exclusive content and priority replies for just $1.99 a month: czcams.com/channels/-fjNB9-rul6hGT9AXom56g.htmljoin Check out the website for gear and more at driveline.live/
🚨 DO NOT get into trucking… unless you can handle bad luck!
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OTR trucking can chew you up and spit you out if you’re not prepared. It can be mentally grueling and many just don’t make it. Bad luck is commonplace. Whether you earned it or not. Join the Live Crew (become a channel member) to get access to livestreams, early video drops, exclusive content and priority replies for just $1.99 a month: czcams.com/channels/-fjNB9-rul6hGT9AXom56g.htmljoin Check ...
Perdue Farms shuts down private fleet! (Region)
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Perdue Farms shut down its private fleet in one of its regions. The economy isn’t fun right now and it will be interesting to see if this sort of thing expands. Join the Live Crew (become a channel member) to get access to livestreams, early video drops, exclusive content and priority replies for just $1.99 a month: czcams.com/channels/-fjNB9-rul6hGT9AXom56g.htmljoin Check out the website for g...
Why not get local driving work instead of OTR?
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It’s a question I see a lot. But it doesn’t have an easy answer. Join the Live Crew (become a channel member) to get access to livestreams, early video drops, exclusive content and priority replies for just $1.99 a month: czcams.com/channels/-fjNB9-rul6hGT9AXom56g.htmljoin Check out the website for gear and more at driveline.live/
The Prime Inc load from hell!
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Easily one of the worst refrigerated OTR trucking customer experiences I’ve ever had while pulling freight for Prime Inc. Join the Live Crew (become a channel member) to get access to livestreams, early video drops, exclusive content and priority replies for just $1.99 a month: czcams.com/channels/-fjNB9-rul6hGT9AXom56g.htmljoin Check out the website for gear and more at driveline.live/
In trucking… freight “experts” seems clueless about the economy
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The freight experts and analysts seem completely clueless about reality in the economy. Join the Live Crew (become a channel member) to get access to livestreams, early video drops, exclusive content and priority replies for just $1.99 a month: czcams.com/channels/-fjNB9-rul6hGT9AXom56g.htmljoin Check out the website for gear and more at driveline.live/
Prime Inc Minooka becoming Pittston lite?
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The #primeinc terminal starting to get a little crowded… Join the Live Crew (become a channel member) to get access to livestreams, early video drops, exclusive content and priority replies for just $1.99 a month: czcams.com/channels/-fjNB9-rul6hGT9AXom56g.htmljoin Check out the website for gear and more at driveline.live/
🔥Bunk AC quit while delivering a Prime Inc load in Laredo, TX
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Had a moment of panic when my bunk AC shut down in extreme heat in Laredo Texas. 1 out of 10 do not recommend. Had great #primeinc loads though so there is that. Join the Live Crew (become a channel member) to get access to livestreams, early video drops, exclusive content and priority replies for just $1.99 a month: czcams.com/channels/-fjNB9-rul6hGT9AXom56g.htmljoin Check out the website for ...
Truck Driver RANT! Kamala Harris and Tim Walz 🤡
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It’s a mad world, folks. And seems on the brink of becoming worse. Join the Live Crew (become a channel member) to get access to livestreams, early video drops, exclusive content and priority replies for just $1.99 a month: czcams.com/channels/-fjNB9-rul6hGT9AXom56g.htmljoin Check out the website for gear and more at driveline.live/
🤡 OnLY a SnITcH OutS BOnEheAD TRuCkERs
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🤡 OnLY a SnITcH OutS BOnEheAD TRuCkERs
Rough waters hit at home… while trucking 🚨
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Rough waters hit at home… while trucking 🚨
Prime Inc freight improving dramatically?
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Prime Inc freight improving dramatically?
This customer had showers and bathrooms OUTSIDE the gate!
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This customer had showers and bathrooms OUTSIDE the gate!
Refrigerated OTR 🚚 You’ll hear lies. A lot.
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Refrigerated OTR 🚚 You’ll hear lies. A lot.
Now it’s Prime Inc buying Hirschbach???
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Now it’s Prime Inc buying Hirschbach???
DOT Hours of Service do nothing to keep the roads safe
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DOT Hours of Service do nothing to keep the roads safe
Refrigerated OTR trucking can be downright abusive to drivers
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Refrigerated OTR trucking can be downright abusive to drivers
There seems to be a Prime Inc driver exodus
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There seems to be a Prime Inc driver exodus
Hurricane Beryl moving in so I’m moving out!
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Hurricane Beryl moving in so I’m moving out!
Burned out while Prime Inc freight rates tank
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Burned out while Prime Inc freight rates tank
RANT: “Fake” Prime Inc oWnEr OpErAtOrS!
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RANT: “Fake” Prime Inc oWnEr OpErAtOrS!
Trucking is so boring
Prime is falling down @that’s for sure 👍
Shop time Peterbuilt
Because you like going slow?
It seems to me that this case will be dismissed on appeal for leaving out critical evidence that the driver of the car that rear ended the semi was intoxicated.
Hell man you seem like you’re doing just fine…especially in today’s bipolar financial Quasimodo clusterfuck. You have decent equipment and seems like you’ve got a good handle on the pulse of your particular endeavors so to hell with the morons….hundred bucks says most of them are just a wee bit envious. I as a spanking new driver can’t complain as even though my company doesn’t pay the most I always have a load scheduled.
I like your videos, but there is no way in hell I'd drive for Prime. The company wants too much control over their owner operators (inward cameras, not able to conceal carry,etc). Prime doesn't give a crap about their drivers. And the lease program right now is basically a scam just like Swift
Thanks and glad to hear you enjoy the vids. I do wonder, though, how you can say a program that you have no experience with is a scam?
@@DriverLineup I know people IRL running for Prime on a lease or lease purchase program and they are struggling. The loads just aren't there for it to be a profitable venture. Same for Swift. I've got two friends who have turned their trucks in because they ended up with $300 at the end of the week. O/O really only makes sense right now if you own the truck outright, have a way to save on fuel, and possibly run for a dedicated account. Just my opinion of course, but I've never understood all the Prime love on CZcams.
Well I’ve got many friends in both camps. But I only go on my own experience and not the word of others. 🤷
@@DriverLineup It's not just words. These are people I've known for decades. They've shown me the receipts.
It may be great for you. I am not for micro managing that PRIME does. I am in my mid-50s when I did PSD, TNT, and 9-month 19:05 obligation. Then Adiós to the micro management and moved to an awesome company by luck that treats you like a real human being and not a number. You can have your big mega fleet BS. I rather be treated with respect and be recognized for doing an excellent job.
Great to hear it worked out for ya and you found greener grass!
All seriousness that's my truck... thank you
Is it really? I love the look!
I agree with this whole video eric..i been thinking this stuff for a long time
Yeah man it’s from the heart. Some will mock me for it but those who get it really get it.
@@DriverLineup she's gonna kill me for that 🤣🤣
No, not “pointy.” I don’t want you to have a face brush that looks like a hobo. Beard needs to go downward not all Wooly Willy style
Noted!
I can tell you, there are no customers coming back to prime begging them to take loads, that’s something they like to say, but they won’t name any names, because it’s bs lol.
And I can tell you that is incorrect. But believe what you want to believe
I left prime about a month ago after almost nine years with them. I got my million miles and then some, did the Christmas party and all that, but I will say that although it was a bit nerve wracking wondering if I made the right decision, I’m very happy that I made the move. Especially now with all the new ways prime is micromanaging, it’s not like that everywhere else. I took a job as a company driver, pulling specialized freight. We rarely run general freight and I’m paid a base salary plus extras whether I’m driving or not, plus all the company driver benefits. These jobs are out there and it’s great! I feel your loyalty, I was the same way. Prime was a great company and it’s really sad the way it’s become.
I've heard the best jobs with specialized freight are those that deliver to military bases and sea ports. Twic, hazmat, and usually a security clearance is required due to the type of cargo.
Yes very sad indeed.
Smart move! you see how much nicer specialized is ? I only did 6 months of reefer before I realized I wanted to actually get paid for working. Jumped on to a heavy haul outfit and never looked back . And I don't have to stock up 4 weeks worth of frozen meals to keep from blowing my savings.
Even though I'm not working as a trucker, I like your videos very much. As a middle age person, I can feel your passion. Your story really moves me.
I appreciate that
Prime inc novices getting micromanaged with a driver facing cameras. Wanna be owner ops. Childsplay
Ok 👍
#ooooooohyeah
#whatintarnation
Prime has lost contracts, because they refuse to take the cheapest freight. They have literally gambled on these companies coming back to prime
14 years and 2 million, in October… I get it… There’s always going to be something you don’t like about the company you work for, but I feel like they at least make an effort… That said, once a company reaches a certain size, you’ll become a number, regardless of how hard they try to resist.
Big facts Andy
@@JennaOnTheRun1776 o got questions ma'am
@@JennaOnTheRun1776since Eric don't lovee no more 😂
soo what customers dropped prime....than came crawling bac begging?
Not for me to say.
@@DriverLineup yea i get that. at least on tha internet, cant do none but respect it....i jus dont see customers at least a big box customer doing that specially if they found a punjab carrier who does it for $2 a mile cheaper....
Yeah there is a pretty big one down SE that moved a ton of our freight to a cheaper carrier only to find the cheaper carrier couldn’t actually service it as promised.
I left a A-fleet company with prime back in 2022 after letting the internet convince me the grass is greener on the other side. Two companies later and I’m back driving for prime directly. Just picked up a 2025 freightliner lease truck and I’m about to hit the ground running
Welcome back!
I am a current lease operator with Prime. In my experience, I find it prime to have a great program but horrible program management. Prime used to be a family business, but now it is a self-serving corporation that eats its own. This is a direct result of leadership failure. In my experience, prime is void of empathy, lack of respect towards drivers, management against drivers mentality, admin staff at this point is not earning their pay just doing the bare minimum to get a check! I am not sure how long will I be with Prime!
Good prospective
Thanks man I appreciate that!
Good money? What's ur profit every week?
Sometimes extremely great, some times shit, sometimes average, sometimes nothing, sometimes far more than expected. 🤷
Let’s leave the company name out and ask the question a different way and see how stupid it sounds. Why would you work for the biggest refrigerated carrier in the country that’s worth over 8 billion dollars and has been in business for 54 years?
Why wouldn’t you? 🤔
Because it’s not the company it once was. Micromanagement and outright stupid policies will drive good drivers away.
Because it's good business for people who wear a suit and tie and play golf on the weekend, but the driver... Not so much .
Man, who is the lawyer for the family? I need his # Dude is a beast to get half a billion dollars it's insane
I don't think it matters who you drive for, nowadays you have to work for who has the freight to pull.
You do work for Prime. No matter what they tell you. Its their name, not yours. They want you to be a contractor so you can pay for the truck and all the other expenses, and they dont need to give you a w2. Why do you think they are switching to only lease ops? 🤔 😅
You clearly don’t know what you’re talking about. First off his truck is paid off, his small fleet is almost paid off he could take his trucks anywhere he wants but prime is a great company.
@@RollingwithRuckusyep… wrong on both counts… he has to follow primes rules, but he can go anywhere he wants… and prime isn’t forcing anyone into the lease fleet.
@@RollingwithRuckusprime only allow 5 year trucks old to run under them
@@RollingwithRuckus sure the truck is paid off 🤣🤣🤣 prime is trash
cant you talk to the bosses and get them to talk to other bosses to get rid of foreign drivers?
DO YOU KNOW where the tens of thousands of drivers that were laid off went? are they getting hired by the maga carriers and everyone just setting to get a possible load?
SO HOW IS ANYONE STARTING WITH PRIME IF THEY ARENT DOING COMPANY DRIVERS? ARE THEY JUST FORCING YOU INTO A LEASE? AND WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH DRIVERS OWNING FLEETS....HOW THAT WORKS? DONT GO TO CALI...
The walked back that announcement after getting a lot of heat for it, it lasted like 2 days lol. They hire company drivers now.
Because no one us being forced to go lease that’s why 🤷🏻♂️
@@robd5558that’s not true either 🤷🏻♂️😝
They tried to talk me into a lease 8 months ago and I wasn't interested. They basically said they weren't hiring company drivers without explicitly stating it.
Prime is a good company. Was there for 3 years but had to leave because of family situations. But I still send people that way.
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Prime pretty much sucks the big black radiator hose
You would think the lawsuit would involve the company who was driving the truck rather than Wabash for running equipment that didn’t meet standards.
Pretty long video for you to just say, I’m with Prime because I’m loyal to Prime…. Just like a dog is loyal to its owner
For that comment I’m calling Prime to report you didn’t put a lock on your trailer.
@@DriverLineup You mean we're supposed to? When did that start. My trainer didn't tell me that. And he's a God amongst trainers, Just ask him.
It’s ok, you do for your family wether that includes trucks as a business or not. The only way I can remember prime is only through your videos. But I will always know that even though I when in with my CDL already they gave me my big brake. And in my case I moved on to my benefit.
The case was about product liability only. Nothing else is relevant.
And…the manufacturer is owned by a Chinese company.
I heard the driver after a toxicology report was over the limit of alcohol
People getting into trucking have no idea what they are getting into.
Easily overturned on appeal
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This is crazy
This makes no sense to me either. This also sounds like a political decision. My question is, Who is up for re-election? The prosecutor or the judge? Because a BAC over and above the standard legal limit is admittedly relevant to the case. The best advise that I can give the trailer company is to appeal it. Up to and including the national supreme court if needs be.
The driver was parked at a truck stop
Agenda driven judges and courts. The fact that legitimate info wasn't allowed, that clearly would have landed in no fault to Wabash. It should be pushed to the Supreme Court, or any business can be targeted the same way.....
Wabash should go after the D.O.T. they inspect trucks and trailers, I had enough done to know, so if the trailer did not meet spec and D.O.T did not pull it out of service, wouldn't that make them liable?
This is yet another reason I'm happy that the Fed's pulled my CDL back in June 2024 for medical reasons (I agree with). I drove OTR for 33 years; last 20 of it as an O/O with 3 trucks running. When I lost my CDL it was set up so my drivers purchased the trucks and kept the routes they have proven themselves on over the years. It sucks out there for all the drivers; times have changed big time. This old cracker (FL Cowboy) is back home on the ranch where I'm going to stay; good luck out there, keep the rubber side down and rolling.
It'll get thrown out in appeals court
Wabash. Case.. car driver was drunk and no seat belt. Should be day and night case verdict..
Company driver that died.. didn't do it by the book . For steps.... 100% no reason to go into tanker period . Especially after .haz Mat load was in there before tanker wash out. .
Put more cameras on the truck and trailer so we drivers have more prove when it comes to this 4 wheelers BS or else they will keep blaming us its so saaad