Prime Inc. Driver Meeting – August 19th

In this week’s Driver Meeting, we heard from Safety, Road Assist, and more! We host the weekly Driver Meeting every Friday morning at 8 a.m. CST in Springfield, MO; Salt Lake City, UT; and Pittston, PA. Couldn’t make the meeting in-person this week? No worries! Check out the fast facts below to stay up-to-date with everything going on around Prime.

Dennis Davis & John Hardin – Safety

This week: 153 total inspections – 96 clean (63% clean rate)
- $9,425 paid out
- Wear your seatbelt properly
- Keep up with your logs
Next week: CVSA Brake Check Week (August 21-27)
With school starting back, be aware of increased bus and pedestrian traffic
Prime Picnics:
- Salt Lake City is August 20^th
- Pittston is August 27^th
- Springfield is September 3^rd
  - Pride and Polish as well as the Truck Driving Championship is September 2^nd
    - Anyone can compete
  - Decatur, Indiana is September 24^th
  - Minooka, Illinois is September 30^th
- National Truck Driving Championship was this week.
  - Prime driver Duane Grimme finished 21^st in reefer
  - Prime driver Scott Fischer finished 12^th in flatbed

Bill Sprague – Safety

The Springfield Area Memorial 9/11 Stair Climb will take place on September 17^th to memorialize the 343 firefighters who lost their lives saving lives after the attack on the World Trade Centers.
- All donations go to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to help the families of those firefighters.
- There is a virtual climb option available

Justin Kaufman – Road Assist

Make sure you’re always doing good pre, in-route, and post trip inspections
With CVSA Brake Check Week coming up, make sure you’re paying special attention to:
- Airlines
- Do static and applied air brake tests
- Check brake shoes (must be ¼ inch at the center of the shoe)
- Free stroke on slack adjusters need to be 3/8-5/8 of an inch
- If you have disc brakes: look for 1/8 inch of lining
Feel free to reach out to road assist on the Prime App any time
With winter coming up, make sure you’re treating all fuel (both tractor and reefer) if you’re going to be somewhere the temperatures are below freezing

Doug Tamm – Plaza/Tires

Lock Out/Tag Out: when you pull up to the plaza bays, leave your keys in the ignition

Haylee Gibbons & Chelsey Roberson – Success Leasing

The ordered truck program is becoming more streamlined
Lease purchase program is coming back this fall
When you sign a contract with success leasing, there is a mandatory survey at the end

Steve Wutke – VP of Sales & Marketing