If your thinking of coming to Prime Inc or want to get your CDL license. I honestly believe Prime is a solid company to start your trucking journey. Make sure when you fill out the online application @ www.primeinc.com put my driver code STREXA on page 2 of the application when it ask who referred you. Thanks for watching my video 😀
Hey Rex, Frog Toggs makes a really nice rain jacket. It's well made light, weight and has a hood that will go right over your ball cap. I got mine at Bass Pro. It's a little pricey but definitely worth it...I believe it was around $50 bucks. Stay safe driver!!
On the check engine light, when you turn your key and it goes through all the clicking sounds and then you start the engine before the check engine light goes out SOMETIMES that will cause that issue.
If your check engine light comes on but the display says “active: 0” alerts you can go in and check manually all the codes for the different options like ECM, ABS, ACM, CGW, CPC, TCM, etc and your codes will be there if there’s any. I have a 2022 Cascadia and there’s been a couple of times where codes have popped up and went away by themselves in a day or two. Main thing is to always keep an eye on engine or transmission gauges if something like that comes on.
My new favorite prime UA-camr are they still doing the PSD training. And keep bringing the great conten also appreciate all the info keep on 🚚 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💯🔥
With all the information that you put out, I’m sure you would be an awesome trainer if you decide to go that route. Watching your videos make me feel like I can drive an 18 wheeler and I haven’t even been behind the wheel of one yet😂
Nice vlog Rex I take it you didn't have to drop your trailer air ride to unload or do you have to everytime and just didn't say anything, I never pulled a tank. I got caught in a traffic mess at Knoxville and was almost an hour getting through it stop and crawl, stay safe👌🇺🇸🤘🇺🇸
Hey man, I'm a prime driver currently for almost 4 years in reefer and I've been wanting to switch over, do you think you could cover topics like what a normal week looks in runs, what areas do you see the most often, what hours of the day are typical. And also as more specific note are you seeing less work right now with how soft the freight has gotten? In reefer its pretty low times as a lease op atm. I know this is a lot but it'd be really helpful to know own more specifics because everyone always takes the route of saying "it all depends" which is of course always true to a degree but as a reefer driver I can say my 4 years driving have been pretty predictable, you learn the routes and runs and know typically where you're going. Be safe.
I would watch some UA-cam channels lol because it would be very difficult for me to explain via messages. You have to first download your edited video to your laptop then upload on your main homepage of UA-cam.
I think a big problem with people in the rain are the tires they put on the vehicles. Too many chinese tires out there. Also the rain jacket... North Face or Columbia. I've had them both and both are great.
More home time, customers are easier to deal with in my opinion! Plus I don’t run the northeast on inedible. Plus I rarely pump off vs food grade your pumping off every load. Hope this helps ya! 🤞🙏
I called prime and told them I have 21yrs experience I have hauling water exp. and pneumatic exp. I was told they not hiring any new drivers due to freight rates.
Hey rex! Quick question, I just went regional from local, what do you use for connectivity? Is it the Verizon 5g Home Wi-Fi, Tmobile or is it something else?
Well for a rain coat I can tell you what I did one time. Came back in on Friday night hoping to have the weekend off and my dispatcher said I was going to save him. He needed a load to Springfield Mo Saturday morning and I was his only driver with the hours. We all know how that really goes. Reset was only 8 hours then and I had like 9 hours when I left the yard before I needed to be back to make the run. Dispatched called me maybe 4 hours after I got home and said the customer was out of product could I come in early and make the run. We had just switched to computers so if I was thinking I should have went in because I would have been out of hours about an hour after I got on the road since I did not get my 8 hour break. Anyway when I get down to Springfield it was raining harder than ever and with the customer out of product they needed me to unload right then. Had to pump it off in a down pour, and no cover over the area at all. Getting into work that morning the shop had my truck in doing some work so I had to take another truck. NO rain coat in this truck. What do you do? Only thing I had in the truck was the plastic cover was still on the mattress in the truck so it became my rain coat. Still got soaked. At that time we had to call dispatch to find out where to fuel when we were not around a normal fuel stop. The weekend dispatcher was nice since I was soaked and they really needed this load he told me to grab aa hotel and they would pay the bill
What kind of training did you do? Considering you leased right away. Did you go over the road with a trainer? I'm curious because I'm looking into the tanker division myself.
Prior to getting my CDL through prime I had ZERO experience. I went over the road with a tanker trainer through prime. They call this (TNT training) I had to do 25K miles. Then I had the choice to go company or lease. Hope this helps
If your thinking of coming to Prime Inc or want to get your CDL license. I honestly believe Prime is a solid company to start your trucking journey.
Make sure when you fill out the online application @ www.primeinc.com put my driver code STREXA on page 2 of the application when it ask who referred you. Thanks for watching my video 😀
Outstanding job never get complacent
I think I saw u on interstate 40 at the truck rest stop u was at when I was on my way to Knoxville
Very true with check engine lights
Hey went through my town going through st. louis and hitting 64 then 57 down towards Paducah
Hey Rex, Frog Toggs makes a really nice rain jacket. It's well made light, weight and has a hood that will go right over your ball cap. I got mine at Bass Pro. It's a little pricey but definitely worth it...I believe it was around $50 bucks. Stay safe driver!!
3:29 lol that was corny but clean af 😂
Lol
Hello there.
I enjoy your vlog man.
Greetings from the Netherlands ravenstein.
Thanks I appreciate that! 🤞🙏
this video was fire the music was a very good touch I was vibing to it so hard haha
2 👍👍 up bro stay safe out there 🤞🥾🇺🇸
On the check engine light, when you turn your key and it goes through all the clicking sounds and then you start the engine before the check engine light goes out SOMETIMES that will cause that issue.
Yo rex I’m going to primes orientation May 1st in Springfield MO. I have a couple of questions for you. Hit me back
Shoot me an email it’s in my UA-cam channel click on about
Yupp mike Tatum is the best trainer I have had. I passed everything first try! So I highly recommend mike as a trainer over anyone else!
I think we were in the same crap a couple of days ago
Hey Rex! Thanks for another cool video! Can't wait for the next live!
Thx for showing how you do trip and fuel planning. Those apps take all the guesswork out of it.
Get you a Columbia rain jacket. I have had mine for a while now, and I love it. It’s light weight, and it’s held up very well.
A lot of the check engine lights on frightliner cascadia are ghost cods happens alot with heavy loads while pulling a lot of hills
That makes sense
Keep rolling
If your check engine light comes on but the display says “active: 0” alerts you can go in and check manually all the codes for the different options like ECM, ABS, ACM, CGW, CPC, TCM, etc and your codes will be there if there’s any. I have a 2022 Cascadia and there’s been a couple of times where codes have popped up and went away by themselves in a day or two. Main thing is to always keep an eye on engine or transmission gauges if something like that comes on.
Appreciate the tip!
That the loves in lenior city ?
i got rain jacket at loves
My new favorite prime UA-camr are they still doing the PSD training. And keep bringing the great conten also appreciate all the info keep on 🚚 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💯🔥
They are still doing PSD from my understanding
For the check engine light most likely a commutation error with the ECU.
Freightliner's do that all the time, engine light will stay on all day, next day goes out. Think it just miss reads a sensor or something.
Can you do a video talking about the advantages and disadvantages of lease vs company driver??
I will work on this
Your videos are really motivating me to get my CDL w/ Prime, and go with the tankers division. Would you ever consider becoming a TNT trainer?
My truck is a midroof so I don’t have the room to train. When I order my full size Pete I’ll consider training 🤞🙏
With all the information that you put out, I’m sure you would be an awesome trainer if you decide to go that route. Watching your videos make me feel like I can drive an 18 wheeler and I haven’t even been behind the wheel of one yet😂
Nice vlog Rex I take it you didn't have to drop your trailer air ride to unload or do you have to everytime and just didn't say anything, I never pulled a tank. I got caught in a traffic mess at Knoxville and was almost an hour getting through it stop and crawl, stay safe👌🇺🇸🤘🇺🇸
Yes every time I unload or customer unloads me, I drop the trailer brakes. I just don’t always put everything in the vids!
Good luck first thing
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Hey Rex! Been watching your journey since they beginning. Whats your average weekly mileage? Im halfway thru my tnt miles for tanker.
2400-2600 roughly some weeks I’ve hit 3200 but not often. Thanks for supporting my channel! 🤞🙏
Are you regional or OTR
Just got an egg sample for ya at isonova 😎
Hey man, I'm a prime driver currently for almost 4 years in reefer and I've been wanting to switch over, do you think you could cover topics like what a normal week looks in runs, what areas do you see the most often, what hours of the day are typical. And also as more specific note are you seeing less work right now with how soft the freight has gotten? In reefer its pretty low times as a lease op atm. I know this is a lot but it'd be really helpful to know own more specifics because everyone always takes the route of saying "it all depends" which is of course always true to a degree but as a reefer driver I can say my 4 years driving have been pretty predictable, you learn the routes and runs and know typically where you're going.
Be safe.
I’ll work on this asap! Completely understand, I’d want to know EVERYTHING before making a division switch 🤞😀💯
Hey you told me you use iMovie to record but how do you download it to UA-cam I need help lol 😂
I would watch some UA-cam channels lol because it would be very difficult for me to explain via messages. You have to first download your edited video to your laptop then upload on your main homepage of UA-cam.
I think a big problem with people in the rain are the tires they put on the vehicles. Too many chinese tires out there. Also the rain jacket... North Face or Columbia. I've had them both and both are great.
Agree
Hey Rex why did you go back to inedible from food grade?
More home time, customers are easier to deal with in my opinion! Plus I don’t run the northeast on inedible. Plus I rarely pump off vs food grade your pumping off every load. Hope this helps ya! 🤞🙏
@@truckingwithrex thanks for the reply
You better buy two extra strong coffee and don't forget your breakfast Donuts and you're good to go
I called prime and told them I have 21yrs experience I have hauling water exp. and pneumatic exp. I was told they not hiring any new drivers due to freight rates.
Really? They are advertising all over the internet. Maybe they just think they cannot match your expected pay?
@@nathansire6623 Daren said check back in a couple of months maybe freight rates will be up.
Yeah freight rates aren’t good at the moment so this makes sense
I explained to Daren I don't need any training.
Hello Sir, I just started driving a tank, what is the technique for backing up this joker.. I'm scratching my head!!
Take it slow, work with the surge. I usually wait until it hits the front of the tank before I start to back. You’ll learn your own way very soon
Yeah taking it slow is key. Shorter wheel base so you don’t have to cut it as hard like a reefer trailer! Hope this helps ya! 🤞🙏
Thanks for the info!
Hey rex! Quick question, I just went regional from local, what do you use for connectivity? Is it the Verizon 5g Home Wi-Fi, Tmobile or is it something else?
I use the T-Mobile 5G gateway for internet
@@truckingwithrex Appreciate it man!
Well for a rain coat I can tell you what I did one time. Came back in on Friday night hoping to have the weekend off and my dispatcher said I was going to save him. He needed a load to Springfield Mo Saturday morning and I was his only driver with the hours. We all know how that really goes. Reset was only 8 hours then and I had like 9 hours when I left the yard before I needed to be back to make the run. Dispatched called me maybe 4 hours after I got home and said the customer was out of product could I come in early and make the run. We had just switched to computers so if I was thinking I should have went in because I would have been out of hours about an hour after I got on the road since I did not get my 8 hour break. Anyway when I get down to Springfield it was raining harder than ever and with the customer out of product they needed me to unload right then. Had to pump it off in a down pour, and no cover over the area at all. Getting into work that morning the shop had my truck in doing some work so I had to take another truck. NO rain coat in this truck. What do you do? Only thing I had in the truck was the plastic cover was still on the mattress in the truck so it became my rain coat. Still got soaked. At that time we had to call dispatch to find out where to fuel when we were not around a normal fuel stop. The weekend dispatcher was nice since I was soaked and they really needed this load he told me to grab aa hotel and they would pay the bill
What kind of training did you do? Considering you leased right away. Did you go over the road with a trainer? I'm curious because I'm looking into the tanker division myself.
Prior to getting my CDL through prime I had ZERO experience. I went over the road with a tanker trainer through prime. They call this (TNT training) I had to do 25K miles. Then I had the choice to go company or lease. Hope this helps
@@truckingwithrex Thank you!
Frog togs, best jacket ever at Dick’s sporting goods
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Can I get hired at Prime and go straight to standard lease? Or do they want you to drive company first?
You can go straight to leasing
@@truckingwithrex awesome thanks Rex. I’ll be there this week for my Pete.
Why couldn't u just stay on the 40 from the restaurant?
After getting off 40 took a right that restaurant was 3 blocks east of 40 no way to turn around!
You said pre trip on your truck.. Did you pre trip your trailer?? 🤔 And you can be on time if you don’t stop all the time for coffee and food.
Why do you care….
Stopping for food and coffee shouldn't have anyone late for deliveries I can tell you just got your license.. terrible driver
They need to learn how to drive and slow the heck down but the goofballs are screwing it up for everybody else
I do the dummies is driving too fast