You aint a real trucker if youre driving a late model truck.

The title say “Turns of thousands….”. Seriously?? Proofreading is easy.

Sandbag the break??? thoughts?

Men in denim built this country. Men in suits ruined it.

Don't they have bunk heaters in the cascadias? I drive for Schneider. We have bunk heaters to stay warm on the coldest of nights without worrying about flat batteries. It becomes a safety issue if drivers can't get enough sleep due to being cold at night.

Companies who employ felons for their labor pool usually have the upper hand.

It's the law. Western Express didn't do it. It is an EPA regulation, and it's everywhere.

This is why western express the Kmart of trucking companies.

Use the bunk heater

This video is hilarious 😂

So glad the way I worked myself into the industry 36 years ago never involved working for horrible scumbag companies like this. I never had any thoughts about Western Express either way until this video saying all these bad things. Low pay & doing crap like this to the drivers is sickening. Also, SWIFT's reputation is at a legendary status for bad drivers in the industry, and when you said this is where bad SWIFT drivers go it is mind blowing. Tbh it's scary

Noon to 4 am that how I would roll.

Dude this was going on in 2012 celadon had this cooler heater electric and opti idle had no problems. -20 Canada was in my shorts no idle after 8 min.

You can keep getting up at 0300 that’s a pile of bs

Don’t work for them period

Schneider was doing this back in 1995. I quit the business.

Maybe stop yelling

That’s why people call them welfare express.

I worked in the office of a DFW, Texas based trucking company back in the late 80s. We had a heavy driver turnover then. And we were losing owner/operators left and right. I had an uncle who drove for another company. He had his problems with them too. My dad told me his brother in fact decked a couple of dispatchers. They must have done him dirty. I guess these companies have always mistreated drivers. I've also heard many were run by the mafia.

Call the wambulance!

They want to see your face each moment you are driving,cause if they camerad the freight,it would be too ugly!!

I'm willing to bet that the 'Do more with less' does not not apply to the Western Express 'management'!

My company gave me a 2025 Cascadia and it has Optimized Idle with a bunk heater. But our mechanics have the trucks set up to idle with no timer if we don't want to mess with the Optimized Idle

For all of you guys that think that unions are bullshit here's yet another reason to have them. One person bitching gets nothing, everyone bitching together gets results in the form of a contract that guarantees minimum driver comfort standards.

And I thought Pinnacle Transportation Group was bad. Oh yeah the fired me for getting a hotel in a winter snow in South Dakota.

I think this behavior is illegal via FMCSA. I believe the law/regulation requires the carrier to provide reasonably comfortable accommodations to allow for proper rest periods. Perhaps looking into a class action lawsuit for the drivers affected would be helpful.

Ok I dont like any of the big companies, But as an owner and being one for 35 years. These new trucks with the def systems idling, plug up the def systems. so they should just put webastos in them and thats eliminate the heating of the cab problem. But these new trucks idling is no good for the DEF systems at all

Yeah. Go ahead and show up at the dock outside of your appointment time. That means that someone is probably gonna have to take care of you, when the next shift is being paid to. Go ahead. The folks who you encounter while doing this know that you're just trying to play the system. So don't assume that you will be greeted with open arms and smiles. At least where I work, they won't make you leave the property while you wait for a window.

Two words: Ecoflow bypassing the batteries.

As an ex employee, the ONLY good thing about working for that damn company is if you fuck up, no one will look down at you any more or less, cuz you're already a western express driver!

Most new fleet trucks are set up this way to abide by California EPA laws it not just a company decision. they still have heat with a form of Aux heater usually Battery power, the trucks will restart and idle up the recharge the batteries, If they dont then that is an issue with the truck that any dealer can fix. my company has freightliner certified techs so we can fix these issues ourselves

If you guys start with western plz plzzz get to somewhere else thats better after gaining experience and take Good care of your license and record so u dont have2 return there. If you're happy there then ok. But other than that the only way they seem to be getting pplnis ppl who cant find nowhere cause bad record or new starters.. and new is understandable u gotta start somewhere but its just that a starter company.. they should go outta business but they get paid at least 15k for every new orientation person...so.. meh.. good luck guys and gals b safe

OTR seems like a rough life. Been a driver for 36 years, but all intrastate vocational. Merry Christmas.

As a truck driver, I refused to drive ANYTIME there was a safety issue. The billion dollar company that I started with refused to give my wife and I an APU. we ended up at a dealership for repairs and payed the mechanic some cash to delete the automatic off when idle feature. We ran that truck all night when it was too hot or cold. AND THAT'S TERRIBLE FOR A DIESEL ENGINE

As a driver I wouldn’t drive for that company anyway!!!!!

You were talking about one of the most shittiest companies on the road today there reputation precedes them It’s not even a good company for a first time person to start out with if you want to learn properly go with a reputable company you can go with Woerner believe it or not Swift, Western express it’s just a shit company

Can't idle my van for more than 9 minutes. How do you deice the windows in the morning? So I installed a deisel heater. Very efficient and I can run it as long as I want.

I don’t know how yall do it. I have an ‘18 Pete 389 with a ‘99 Detroit 12.7 glider. No APU, no DEF, no ELD…everything that has brought this industry to its knees. Western, Schneider, JB and Werner have cut so many throats and deflated rates, this is the result. The driver pays for it one way or another. Get experience, get your credit in order and buy a used glider. Can’t buy them new anymore. I’ll never go back to a company.

My battery always drained with opti idle...i woke up freezing many times and truck was dead

Its their business. Not yours.

A Swede here, remember this is a cold ass country. It was decades ago that trucks idled over night to keep the cab warm. Get a diesel heater, it should be standard equipment. Heating the cab by idling is very inefficient.

Decades ago. Schneider National pulled a simular situation. But in the Texas heat. They pulled a driver out of one of their cabovers. Who literally cooked to death in the cab. Eventually, there comes a point where a driver will not only freeze to death. But the truck will gel up.

Gotta quit that company.

No socks in steel toe boots beyond preposterous

Great video GEMS!

That's funny...I'm noticing my opti idle is not working

That’s dangerous leaving the tractor brake not set while parked you buddy are a fool that’s why you didn’t do well out in the otr side because bad thinking or wrong choices will end your cdl and western Exspess needs to be shut down as a company for there drivers are danger coming down the pipe .

I cannot believe the year is almost 2025 and Opti-idle/EPU is considered acceptable.

Is it possible you meant "off"?

That sounds like Hess concrete I used to work for.