What’s it like driving at WEL Companies? Part 1

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[@Andrew-n1v]

Thank you sir Terry for this incredible documentary 👏

[@southbound141]

Truck drivers everyday experiences are fascinating to me

[@indo3052]

This is why the trucking industry pays by the mile and not hourly. High probability that we sit around, not getting paid.

[@AtillaGenghisHuyter]

@@indo3052 That's why you need to get a union gig if you're not a o/o.

[@k.kassan3311]

Your videos always come at the right time to me! You have some incredible ways of empowering and soothing effects on my brain. OTR started to get me recently, I make good money I can’t complain about this part, but I toss most of it on the roads because of boredom and frustration. I can’t start or maintain a relationship and that sucks! Not to mention the physical damage driving every day does to your body. I let go of my apartment because I was barely there so I’m literally on the roads all day everyday. And you feel kinda stuck in this job/lifestyle once you start it, kinda love/hate relationship. God bless y’ll OTR drivers 🙏🙏

[@MrDpboggs]

The one thing that will make me leave a company the fastest is incompetence towards my money. I have zero tolerance for it

[@MidlifeTrucker-ThomBell]

I’ve shown every pay statement, logs, home time for years. We get $14-30 per stop, $100 per 34 hr reset. $150 per holiday, $ per 1,000 pounds for Securement. We get treated with RESPECT. No micromanagement.

[@JohnQuest413]

Man when said this what you get for stop pay and switched to the “ZERO” I was 😂😂😂😂. But then when you said here’s what you get for detention and switched to “$0.00” I almost crashed the truck 😂😂😂 then when you went on and on I just couldn’t take it 😂😂😂

[@indo3052]

That’s how I live my life too. Even if there’s consequences or I end up in a worse situation. I was a manager for a company and I was paid salary, but I had to sit down with the boss because I didn’t like the fact that he started the new pay period on Saturday and work the guys through the weekend with no overtime just to give them off the next Thursday and Friday. He gave me some BS excuse. But yeah, that didn’t benefit me discussing that at all. The majority of people only contest something if it directly affects them. That a good trait you have!

[@SeanMcGee-h3v]

Wow they really changed. I was there for 2 years.We had detention pay after 2hrs automatically. I was on dedicated out of Allentown. Home for 34hr reset on wknds. I always had full trailer out and empty coming back paid for the empty. Staff was always nice Dad was a nice guy The sons hit or miss.Just had a gut feeling that things weren’t going so great.

[@timtravels116]

@@SeanMcGee-h3v I’m gonna do a video tomorrow and talk about some weird stuff that’s happened recently at WEL.

[@natas6307]

Yeah that sitting around would drive me bonkers!

[@Charles-c2r]

Pure banter, you breaking down the ancillary pay.

[@brysonglegg8019]

Just another crazy company that has policies that are designed to screw the drivers out of money. I've picked up loads for them and they were on such a tight deadline I barely got them delivered on time. They wouldn't give you the pickup number until you called for it. Wich was a pain.

[@PrivateCaller-i1f]

Tim travels down the road to a new trucking company. Terry I agree with you Don't f*** with my pay

[@morethan40]

Love the captions 😂

[@indo3052]

Yeah those were funny

[@AtillaGenghisHuyter]

Where? I'm in New Staton. I got a room for two nights. Love this pkace still.

[@truckercowboyed2638]

I drove for WEL and your routes seemed similar to mine, like alot of de pere to Allentown, or Alot of tyson to macon, ga........ They love their multi stop cheese loads to snider or Restaurant Depot...... Yeah i hated dealing with their brokers alot of unrealistic appointment times like two hours between a delivery at US Foods and delivery at Restaurant Depot, obviously US Foods is known for being slow at times or dealing with C&S all night.....

[@TheEnhancedTrucker]

Terry, I work at Schuster. It’s out of Lamars Iowa I get paid 66 CPM I get around 2800 miles a week stop pay is $40 detentions 25 hazmat’s 150

[@timtravels116]

@@TheEnhancedTrucker Do you run coast to coast?

[@TheEnhancedTrucker]

@@timtravels116 all lower 48 states. A lot of Tyson drop and hooks. You’ll see our trailers at most Tyson facilities.

[@timtravels116]

@@TheEnhancedTrucker Yeah, I’m familiar with Schuster. Just wasn’t sure that they ran everywhere.

[@NameIsSteve]

What do you guys haul that classifies as hazmat?

[@TheEnhancedTrucker]

@@NameIsSteve flavorings. There’s a ice cream plant in Lamar’s IA called wells. I can’t remember the specific placard but it’s flamable. I probably do one hazmat load a month.

[@indo3052]

I heard good things about trekker

[@Steve51983]

By no means am I saying you're wrong, but if they don't offer stop, detention, layover, etc pay, how come they advertise it on their website? Be curious to see what their turnover rate is.

[@LiLConnerPeterson]

Wanna suggest crete I do the western 11 route and have made 79k so far.

[@AtillaGenghisHuyter]

@LiLConnerPeterson Way to low for someone with an A with the amount of hours you work. Class B guys are making 100k plus working 4 days a week.

[@williampeters6004]

Western 11 states...... I'm at Crete on NORTH EAST REGIONAL. I don't make that much. As of recently I think I made about 55,000 dollars. Is there such a thing at Crete such as east side or south east to make more money. I have my cdl now for 36 years.

[@mr3000gtman]

Good info.

[@philosophicaltrucker9279]

Your experience with WEL sounds a lot like my experience with Smith Transport out of Roaring Spring PA, truck was governed at 74(was supposed to be 68 lol) but I would end up sitting all the damn time cause they couldnt keep me running. Youre new company sounds like mine, we run like 2800-3500 and get paid 60cpm , this month been slow though but it was last year and picked up hard in october.

[@412hwc]

lol i knew it was wel, everybody was saying dart but there isnt a dart trucc going over 65 mph, one lesson i learned out here with companies is. to stay away from companies with sign on bonus's, nobody wants to work there than they jus stretch it out over a larg amount of time so its worthless, second i learned is stay away fron companies with guarentees because for some reason u seem to always just hover around that guarentee, never much more or never much less....anyways good lucc at ya new place. also idk why you didnt end up at ship ex or something? or shoot even a company like clean harbors or something.

[@timtravels116]

Shipex has a scam comp system that ironically makes you the most per mile if you drive the bare minimum to qualify for the guarantee.

[@412hwc]

@@timtravels116 😂😂 thats funny because i had a driver one night tell me how great it is because he gets paid to do nothing and home every other weekend. thats why i brought it up. but yea if your out here you want to run. i would sugest hmd to you buut thats a brokered freight company and they are russian. to me it was honestly the best company i ever worked for. i made soo much it was crazy and was treated damn good....buut if u want to comunicate with dispatch im a different country😂😂 i wouldnt send you there. you would tear those guys a new ass. i wish i could help with more companies though but your a box van guy, all i know are flatbed carriers and stuff.

[@MoonDoggy.1970]

Sounds like you took it in the skivvies with this company 😂

[@Explicyo]

I don’t know if I’m just lucky but I work for WEL and am almost always moving and usually get loaded/unloaded really fast. My recaps are always utilized really well. Not sitting around often.

[@rfgexpress8830]

At all companies you have good and bad experiences, it's a crap shoot.

[@timtravels116]

@@Explicyo Are you company or lease?

[@AtillaGenghisHuyter]

Dude temp for a liqour distributor or beer. You will make more than otr even driving a b truck.

[@timtravels116]

Not interested in 20 stops a day lugging stuff around and keeping track of every case.

[@AtillaGenghisHuyter]

@timtravels116 You don't have to. Give it a shot. Just an idea for you. You would run relays. Your content is awesome. Thanks for your input brother! All of us truckers need to stick together!

[@rfgexpress8830]

​@@timtravels116and scanning crap

[@AtillaGenghisHuyter]

@@rfgexpress8830 You don't scan anything.

[@JohnIverson]

Extreme ???

[@rfgexpress8830]

Why drive for 60 cpm, there are alot of companies paying 65-70 cpm ALOT!

[@ceelos69]

Why don't you name a few mr super trucker.for the others who view.im into percentage or hourly pay.just saying

[@AtillaGenghisHuyter]

Otr is dead. Go local.

[@timtravels116]

Not interested

[@rfgexpress8830]

​@@timtravels116same here 😅

[@Blacktopcowboy]

If only local paid. Intermodal in my area pays as low as 10 an hour with bonuses/incentives

[@AtillaGenghisHuyter]

@Blacktopcowboy That's crazy and unacceptable. All truckers no matter their political leaning need to unite and not like that bs in Canada.

[@Ryan-dq1xv]

I have watched your videos a few times I thought you had a law degree maybe I miss understood

[@timtravels116]

I do have a law degree. And a CDL.

[@Ryan-dq1xv]

@@timtravels116 👍

[@rfgexpress8830]

Crete, and Watsontown pay really good

[@LiLConnerPeterson]

I don't mean to be rude by suggesting companies so please don't take it as disrespect. I can t believe the company you worked for didn't pay for detention and othe stuff.

[@timtravels116]

No worries. Sharing information gives workers power. Recommendations are welcome.