If you’re 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! 😊🙏🙌❤️
You have your head on straight. Keep on doing it the way you are and you will win in the end. Nobody gets rich quick. You have the right goals in mind.
Hey Rex- really enjoy the information and quality editing you put into your videos. I sit at a desk all day as a computer software guy so I live vicariously through all the professional truck drivers on TH-cam. I've thought about trucking once my kids are older as a career change but that's still a long way off. Thanks for keeping it real and showing all sides of "the grind".
Like how you leave the equipment (trailer) good to go for the next driver! Been at it for almost 30 years and when you drop and hook all the time if something needs fixing report it have it fixed! The next driver picking it up could be you! Good positive videos!
Hi Rex i found your channel by accident but you inspire me to get my CLP and already talk with a recruiter at Prime my test is Nov.10 wish me luck. Be safe at the roads
Chattanooga, never been through that i24 corridor without seeing an accident. Just went back and forth through it heading to Pensacola Wed/Thurs... what a mess.
Rex I have talked to S. leasing about lease purchase. I know you can put a bigger down payment on new truck but could not pin down the max allowed $$$$ They ask how much I would like to put down I said $185000-$220000 she said no they are not set up for that. As you can tell I would like to buy a new truck cash. If you could find out the max $$$ down they would accept would be great. Thanks for the vids.
I had a route that took me through Atlanta every Wed during 5pm rush hour traffic, and Washington DC every Friday during 5 pm rush hour. I also had to deal I-70 through OH whenever they were known as the CA of the East (55 mph and very strict). IL also had a 55 mph limit, but it was a lot more relaxed going through there than OH. DC traffic wasn’t fun every week.
One big difference I noticed is "" back in the day "", we made the decisions. Routes, where and when to get fuel, normally? Unless we were super heavy we'd just fill up. As far as routing? Rand McNally, & instincts, past experiences. Fish looks good! Used to stop at a place in VA for fried catfish to take along for the ride. Been hit by pumpkins and bottles and eggs. And? Chunks of tire. Be careful! It's pumpkin season! Safe travels and God bless you!
I love your channel rex. but when you was talking abt trucking with the gopro on the headset I'm like who do he sound like? did anyone ever tell you ,you sound like kermet the frog a lil bit? brought me back to my childhood its wild.
Odds are you won't see this but the reason you're getting better fuel mileage is because its a mid-roof. A highrise will cost you more fuel, like your Pete did.
You said that the next 2 weeks are not gonna be as good money wise. What kind of money is not as good? I’m thinking about coming to Prime and I’m just trying to see what kind of money there is to be made. Thanks, love your videos.
@@jasonwright1648 $1800-$2200 weekly “after all my expenses” average I would consider to be good for myself. Everyone’s financial situation is different. Less than $1500 for a week of work doing this I would consider a bad week.
@@truckingwithrex thank you for the response. I’m watching one of your videos now. I’m actually looking at getting into trucking and thanks to your videos I’m thinking about prime tankers.
Rex it would take a piece of sharp solid object. A semi truck tires have way to much air pressure to puncture by a bottled glass lol. Much love you could run over a parking spot full of glass and probably drive away.
Coming out of L.A. one night I had them throw two beer bottles at me - one bounced off the side of the hood - the other landed on top of the hood and rolled up to hit the windshield - thankfully nothing got broken - idiots and A-holes are all over - doesn't matter which part of the country you are in "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing." Abraham Lincoln (1855)
You say you picked up eggs. What form are they in? What do you do for security when you sleep. Enjoying your channel. Just started watching a few days ago.
Since tanker has a 4 year lease didn’t they say you could only keep the truck on with them for just over 5 years? I’m interested in the lease purchase as well
Be careful when leasing, regardless. I did a lease purchase with a different company. The buyout us what you have to watch out for. I had a 2023 Peterbilt 389 fully loaded. $2820/month for 7 years + $90,000 buyout. A truck they bought for $165,000 would have ended costing me just shy of $300,000 and the truck would be 7 years old. I liked the truck itself but the fuel mileage sucked and the Paccar engine was garbage, plus being castrated at 61 mph was not fun
Most accidents happen because of people who can't merge. Or wait that last second. Can figure out a remedy for thand get people to get to their exit so they don't have to cross lanes and get into an accent before they get to their exit. That's the majority of the accidents. People can people can't merge Safely.
Hi Rex, my name is Nicola, I'm from Italy, I work on a tanker in hazmat, I started following you for about two months, you do a good job, you post the real life of a driver with ups and downs. I am happy to see and know new things that I will never encounter in Italy or Europe. However, I want to ask you something: in this video did you use an app to find a place to weigh, is it an app for trucks or was it google maps. Thank you.
Can you truck with your wife if she isn’t a driver. Just chills with you whilst you do trips. Obviously if your kids are grown up. My brother was thinking of doing this but wasn’t sure if she would have to become a ‘team’ driver with him. Almost forgot, happy birthday to your daughter and have some great home time. 🎉🎉🎉
Happy Birthday to your daughter! BTW, what phone mount are you using and do you like it. Need to find a new one and I have the same truck and like that location. Great video, thanks
Paying off Elise purchase is not what you think it is. You haven’t experienced the cost of repairs yet. Once those trucks are paid for, you will pay for them again and again, and again in repair costs. That’s when they start.
I'm currently in tnt. The biggest issue I'm having personally is hygiene. I'm going days without showering sometimes and I hate it. My trainer is even worse though, he went 8 days without a shower, got one and now he is on day 5. Everytime I try to shower he gets annoyed. Hate that rn
Bro never claim responsibility like that for someone threw a bottle out their window and “you ran it over” no they threw it under your tire and you did everything you could to avoid it
First off the jerk threw 40oz glass beer bottle should been fined & happy birthday to ur daughter Rex know she glad to see u home after ur work load route's
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If you’re 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! 😊🙏🙌❤️
They're not hiring out of Florida lol.
You have your head on straight. Keep on doing it the way you are and you will win in the end. Nobody gets rich quick. You have the right goals in mind.
Dude Post/Pre Trips are always done ON DUTY! Don't get yourself into trouble for false logging; surprised Prime hasn't caught it yet
Hey Rex- really enjoy the information and quality editing you put into your videos. I sit at a desk all day as a computer software guy so I live vicariously through all the professional truck drivers on TH-cam. I've thought about trucking once my kids are older as a career change but that's still a long way off. Thanks for keeping it real and showing all sides of "the grind".
Awesome, thank you!
No the part where you did route recon with the gps sat images and planing how you’re going to maneuver, that was good shit 💯
Always missing you my son!!! I'm so proud of you!!!! Keep up the good work! Love u Mom
Like how you leave the equipment (trailer) good to go for the next driver! Been at it for almost 30 years and when you drop and hook all the time if something needs fixing report it have it fixed! The next driver picking it up could be you! Good positive videos!
Cool video Rex! Glad you saved a couple hundred dollars! Liked how you put the camera on top of the truck! Can't wait for the next one!
Hi Rex i found your channel by accident but you inspire me to get my CLP and already talk with a recruiter at Prime my test is Nov.10 wish me luck. Be safe at the roads
Good content Rex. Tried getting to tanker but I live in Vegas 😒but good stuff Rex
Chattanooga, never been through that i24 corridor without seeing an accident. Just went back and forth through it heading to Pensacola Wed/Thurs... what a mess.
Love that truck
love your channel brother....i was stuck in that wreck that day i sat there for 4 hours smh....
Thanks! ✌
That’s 💯 you gotta take your rest when it presents itself otherwise you just get stuck grinding when others should have been putting in work 😤
I love those guys on the CB
IMHO, Nashville traffic is now worse than ATL, but still not as bad as Dallas FW, Chicago or DC/Baltimore.
Idk ATL still takes the cake for me Tennessee just got bad roads
No way Nashville is worse than Atlanta.
Atlanta is the worst!!!
Nashville traffic isn’t bad at all. You just got to know what lanes to be in honestly.
Hoppin right back on 24 and hoppin right past the coffein we on uppers 😂
Fire 🔥 video
you never stop LEARNING.....get your HAZ MAT....N ...DOUBLE N TRIPLES....study while your stuck somewhere
Yep it’s like flying, trust your instrument and listen to that radio
28:12.. nice 3x3x3!!
If I was rolling thru Nashville, and saw it was gridlock, which it usually is, I would take Briley Parkway around.
19:13 welcome to my neck of the woods lol
Ever have any tanker loads in the northwest? Want to do tanker but will be moving to Montana after son finishes school in may
No we mostly run the Midwest
Rex I have talked to S. leasing about lease purchase. I know you can put a bigger down payment on new truck but could not pin down the max allowed $$$$ They ask how much I would like to put down I said $185000-$220000 she said no they are not set up for that. As you can tell I would like to buy a new truck cash. If you could find out the max $$$ down they would accept would be great. Thanks for the vids.
I had a route that took me through Atlanta every Wed during 5pm rush hour traffic, and Washington DC every Friday during 5 pm rush hour. I also had to deal I-70 through OH whenever they were known as the CA of the East (55 mph and very strict). IL also had a 55 mph limit, but it was a lot more relaxed going through there than OH. DC traffic wasn’t fun every week.
One big difference I noticed is "" back in the day "", we made the decisions. Routes, where and when to get fuel, normally? Unless we were super heavy we'd just fill up. As far as routing? Rand McNally, & instincts, past experiences. Fish looks good! Used to stop at a place in VA for fried catfish to take along for the ride. Been hit by pumpkins and bottles and eggs. And? Chunks of tire. Be careful! It's pumpkin season! Safe travels and God bless you!
Yea getting that air filter from another supplier was legit, why let prime inc try to tax you 🤷🏽♂️
I love your channel rex. but when you was talking abt trucking with the gopro on the headset I'm like who do he sound like? did anyone ever tell you ,you sound like kermet the frog a lil bit? brought me back to my childhood its wild.
lol nah never heard that before! but thats funny fr lol
Big air filter i Imagine that a truck diesel engines sucks a lot of air in
Odds are you won't see this but the reason you're getting better fuel mileage is because its a mid-roof. A highrise will cost you more fuel, like your Pete did.
You said that the next 2 weeks are not gonna be as good money wise. What kind of money is not as good? I’m thinking about coming to Prime and I’m just trying to see what kind of money there is to be made. Thanks, love your videos.
@@jasonwright1648 $1800-$2200 weekly “after all my expenses” average I would consider to be good for myself. Everyone’s financial situation is different. Less than $1500 for a week of work doing this I would consider a bad week.
@@truckingwithrex thank you for the response. I’m watching one of your videos now. I’m actually looking at getting into trucking and thanks to your videos I’m thinking about prime tankers.
Rex it would take a piece of sharp solid object. A semi truck tires have way to much air pressure to puncture by a bottled glass lol. Much love you could run over a parking spot full of glass and probably drive away.
Coming out of L.A. one night I had them throw two beer bottles at me - one bounced off the side of the hood - the other landed on top of the hood and rolled up to hit the windshield - thankfully nothing got broken - idiots and A-holes are all over - doesn't matter which part of the country you are in
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing." Abraham Lincoln (1855)
You say you picked up eggs. What form are they in? What do you do for security when you sleep. Enjoying your channel. Just started watching a few days ago.
it's liquid inedible eggs not for human consumption, used to make dog treats
Since tanker has a 4 year lease didn’t they say you could only keep the truck on with them for just over 5 years? I’m interested in the lease purchase as well
Be careful when leasing, regardless. I did a lease purchase with a different company. The buyout us what you have to watch out for. I had a 2023 Peterbilt 389 fully loaded. $2820/month for 7 years + $90,000 buyout. A truck they bought for $165,000 would have ended costing me just shy of $300,000 and the truck would be 7 years old. I liked the truck itself but the fuel mileage sucked and the Paccar engine was garbage, plus being castrated at 61 mph was not fun
Yess!!!
Most accidents happen because of people who can't merge. Or wait that last second. Can figure out a remedy for thand get people to get to their exit so they don't have to cross lanes and get into an accent before they get to their exit. That's the majority of the accidents.
People can people can't merge Safely.
Actually, Freightliner is made by Mercedes technically.
Did you contact law enforcement about this knucklehead?Rex, please be cautious out there,you never know,my friend.😊😊😊
Hi Rex, my name is Nicola, I'm from Italy, I work on a tanker in hazmat, I started following you for about two months, you do a good job, you post the real life of a driver with ups and downs. I am happy to see and know new things that I will never encounter in Italy or Europe. However, I want to ask you something: in this video did you use an app to find a place to weigh, is it an app for trucks or was it google maps. Thank you.
it's an app called truckers path app i use on my iphone not sure if it works outside the US though.
Grazie mille.
I want a new barbie for Christmas
Can you truck with your wife if she isn’t a driver. Just chills with you whilst you do trips. Obviously if your kids are grown up. My brother was thinking of doing this but wasn’t sure if she would have to become a ‘team’ driver with him. Almost forgot, happy birthday to your daughter and have some great home time. 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you! Yes my wife and daughter have been inside my truck for a few local runs
Happy Birthday to your daughter! BTW, what phone mount are you using and do you like it. Need to find a new one and I have the same truck and like that location. Great video, thanks
phone mount from bestbuy called iotti also at walmart $25
When you show the numbers on the lease purchase are you going to compare to just a lease?
yes
Paying off Elise purchase is not what you think it is. You haven’t experienced the cost of repairs yet. Once those trucks are paid for, you will pay for them again and again, and again in repair costs. That’s when they start.
Yeah you have to take that truck payment money and set it aside for repairs. You can get in a mess if you dont
I'm currently in tnt. The biggest issue I'm having personally is hygiene. I'm going days without showering sometimes and I hate it. My trainer is even worse though, he went 8 days without a shower, got one and now he is on day 5. Everytime I try to shower he gets annoyed. Hate that rn
I’d ask for a new trainer. There’s no excuse for that.
I would reach out to your FM right away! No way i'm going that long without a shower.
Bro never claim responsibility like that for someone threw a bottle out their window and “you ran it over” no they threw it under your tire and you did everything you could to avoid it
First off the jerk threw 40oz glass beer bottle should been fined & happy birthday to ur daughter Rex know she glad to see u home after ur work load route's
wat did u do b4 prime ?
Building maintenance in Phoenix AZ and Scottsdale AZ for retired rich folks!
@@truckingwithrex good 2 c u r happier here doing this... God bless
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Dude prime is screwing you over they are cheap cut rate mfers you will get burned get out of your lease deal
I hope this guy is the demo ranch of TH-cam trucking 🫡
Post trips are an "ON" duty task, careful how you label your OFF duty tasks!👌
Thanks for sharing! Much appreciated 🤙