Wal-Mart vs LTL
 

Ok here is an interesting case:

One of the guys on my shift (afternoon P&D and dockwork) at my LTL barn just gave his two weeks notice. He got on at the new Wal-Mart distribution center as a company driver.



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Not to thread cap, but what do LTL, and P&D mean?

Less-Than-Truckload.

UPS, Con-Way, FedEx, Yellow, Roadway, USF, yada yada yada...


Pickup and Delivery.

You drive around with a 2 axle daycab and pup, taking on or off 1-3 skids at a time.

We have a ton of local Wally World drivers with a DC 3 miles away. Those guys have been there from the start and are making some $$ that most company drivers may never see.

I know they wont take anyone without 250k and 3 years experience, but they dont go far anymore. And I hear that they havent had any layoffs in the past 10 years its been open, unlike the LTL carrier down the block.

Walmart because sleeping in the truck for $42 bucks a night is what i like to do.

i would go with wally world

I tried Wal-Mart and could not stand it. Way to structured and to many rules. Good for others but not so much for me. Wal-Mart is not the greatest trucking job out there but there pay is substantially better than those giant mega-corporations like Swift, J.B. Hunt, etc.

Walmart trucking jobs
 

Where does one need to apply for Walmart trucking jobs ? Is there any website or company name ? What are the pay and benefits like ? What about mileage and hometime ? Would appreciate a response

1st you need to locate a local distribution center, which Im not 100% sure IF or where one is around Pittsburgh. I believe that the one in Woodland PA and the perishables in Bedford cover most of the area. Thats where I would start 1st. The woodland location alsways has ads in our local paper, and want you to contact that DC.

That's ran by SNI. They are contracted by Wal-Mart. You would be a SNI driver, NOT a Wal-Mart driver.

1-800-803-7348

Call that number for actual walmart transportation jobs , they give you a list of DC's that are hiring and you give that give them your address and they send you application .

home time is 2 days a week,expect yours to be Tues and Wed. just starting out.

If you drive for Wallyworld, that is really good, and they pay nicely.

If you drive for another company, and run dedicated, then it can suck depending on the terminal! I loved running Walmart Dedicated, hated my DM's and the terminal though.

Re: Wal-Mart vs LTL
 

It's a good gig, but I personally would go LTL line-haul before I went with Wal-Mart. You can make just as good money as a WallyWorld driver and be home every day and every weekend.

They do pay for sleeper-berth time and they pay mileage off the hub, which is nice. I've heard the health insurance kinda sucks, tho. I dunno, I suppose if someone's into the OTR thing, it might be OK. But I never could, nor do I still see, the allure of that way of life. To each their own I guess.

ok...so what do they actually pay???????

Yup, that's what I've been doing when it comes to this journal...Slacking. I'll give it a shot bring it up to date for now.

I was using one truck the entire 6 days I was delivering freight. I didn't have to slip into another one through out the work cycle...thank God. I was scheduled to switch but they couldn't get me back to the DC in time, so they told me to keep it. :)

I'll give you the pay schedule I work on;

.375 CPM All "Hub" miles. (Odometer)

Arrive (AR) = $6.75 (send macro when arrive at store, vendor, DC)

Hook (HK) = $8.50 (Hook up to a trailer on work assignment)

Stop (ST) = $9.00 (multiple delv or pick up)

Vendor Live Load 1st stop (LL1) = $8.50

Vendor Live Load 2 nd stop (LL2) = $6.25

Unscheduled Time (UT) = $14.00 an hour (anything after 45 minutes at any location)

Layover (LO) = $42.00 (sleeping in the truck)

Chain (CH) = $15.00 ( to install and again when removing chains, if use is desired by the Driver)

+++++++ much more, but these rates will be key to figure my normal weekly pay.

My job has been; start at the DC with a load to a local store. Deliver that loaded trailer to the store and pick up the empty in the dock. From the store with the empty they have 2 choices for my work assignment; send me back to the DC empty and do another store delivery, or go to a vendor and pick up some freight going to my or any other nearby DC. That's it! That's my job. I've only been to 2 other DC's, other than mine, during this entire time with Wal*Mart. I've been to all of the west coast DC's as a Schneider Driver.

My pay for my first week on my own;

Miles = 2490 X .375 cpm = $933.75

AR = 17 X $6.75 = $114.75

HK = 15 X $8.50 = $127.50

LL = 1 X $8.50 = $8.50

UT = 1 X $14.00 = $14.00 + all the time the computer credits to me that I have no clue of??????

LO = 4 X $42.00 = $168.00

That sums up my first week at an estimated total of $1366.50

Once I get the system down and see where I can make more money and reach the max CPM pay in 2 years (.41 cpm) I think I'll be financial A-OKAY!

I made more CPM and did more miles per week at Schneider, but I wasn't paid for things like sleeping in the truck. I was on schedule for $70K as a team driver with Schneider but I think my first 12 months with Wal*Mart should be $60K-$70K as I work my way up and learn the system. Remember, I'm low man on the totem pole at a new company. My experience only got me the job. I now have to start over from mile #1.

I start again in the morning at 0700 out the gate. This is scheduled to be my short week. I am on a flex schedule of 6 days on, 2 days off, then 4 days on, 2 days off.........and so on. I can work more, but not less. I plan on working 5 days when I'm on my 4 day week (need 34 hour restart). When I get my own truck I will bid for the 6 on, 2 off permanent schedule.


From a good source

Interesting.

Sounds like the life of a LTL Line driver except you can make a bit more $ and stay in the sleeper rather than a hotel room or your own bed.

At my barn line drivers earn $1100-1500 week.

Do you get paid to fuel?

Are you required to chain when necessary or can you camp out in the sleeper and wait out the chain requirments?

$8.50 for hooking a 53' is nice. I only get ~5.80 for hooking doubles.

On the other hand in LTL land you are on the clock at $21/hr for all delays.

Looks like its what floats you boat; both are good jobs that pay you for ALL of your time.