The hectic life is over. Was fun and money was good but the craziness of load board flatbed freight finally got the wife to say holy cow think this is exhausting.
So after the final decision to sell I tried a few things. Ended up at Goulet. As a company man I never had a job that wasn’t by the hour. Going to try this percentage thing. Trucks, like almost all of them there are nice. Was given a new KW day cab. Was impressed with the shop and all. Training is different as you follow someone but the more I think of it I like it. Trainer is cool but if you get stuck with a idiot convo could be bleak.
Hope this adventure works out. The biggest issue I see is super early morning start times. 4am would be perfect but let’s see. I had a couple guys say this is a good place to be. If anyone has a story that’s recent let me know. I am brand new this week so tough to make a opinion yet. So far impressed for a small but over 50 truck operation.
Starting from authority to Goulet Driver
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Goulet has nice equipment .If your in a daycab I imagine you'll be on a dedicated run and home everyday.The sleeper trucks have to stay out and are not allowed to go home during the week ,only on the weekends. ,at least that's what I was always told. I know a few drivers who quit Goulet recently who were there for a few years ,one was pulling a dump trailer and 2 were pulling walking floors. All three said they couldn't stand the dispatcher and they weren't making any money compared to the hours they were working. One went to MBI and I don't know were the other 2 went to work. Goulet tries to do it right with nice equipment and benefits etc ,but percentage in that business is tough. The hours are usually long . It depends on where you work out of and where you dump. I know Seneca Meadows landfill has been a disaster the last couple of weeks and 9 hour wait times to dump have not been uncommon . I know Goulet has been hurting for drivers and advertise a lot on Craigslist . They used to pull out of our facility,but the driver got fired ,and they never came back.It's pretty easy work compared to most trucking( I've been pulling a walking floor for 20 years ), What type of trailer are you pulling and where are you dumping?
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Oringinally was told pulling from Holyoke to Clinton county landfill. Looks like now I am in Wilbraham MA going to Albany area twice a day. Doing a run up to Clinton county today so far like 9 trucks in front of me so see how this goes.
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They forgot where they came from, no money in the daycab stuff either, I went home with a sleeper all the time during the week all though that was a few years ago. PJ is a great guy, unfortunately he has to many doushebags in the office now
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Goulet runs nice equipment and runs a tight ship, they were on Elogs years before anybody else. -
Today waited 3 1/2 hours to dump. Was told that’s not the normally. I will give it another week but I am not a fan of making less then $22 a hour and it’s all straight time so I think I may of made a mistake going percentage.
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These last few weeks have been tough with wait times due to all the rain we had and muddy conditions. Also some landfills have hit their tonnage quota for the quarter and are closed or limiting the amount of trucks they take so more trucks are going to the landfills that are open and not restricting trucks. The Holiday this week also throws everything off by backing up garbage and making the days after the holiday busier. My last 2 times I dumped at Seneca Meadows I waited 9 hours one day and 9 1/2 the other day. Definitely not the norm there Usually no more than an hour or two. Going from your own truck to working for Goulet by percentage will take a little getting used to. You can make good money in this business if you have the right work and work for the right company . I’m the house truck at a private facility where I’m friends with the owners . I’ve been here for over 5 years . I get loaded no matter what and have priority over the other trucks here. It’s taken a long time to get a situation like this. There’s still many days I say I’m done with this type of work , but it gets in your blood. I also don’t really answer to anyone, start whenever I want , can load whenever I want seven days a week. I like being left alone and going to the same place everyday and dumping at the same place everyday and going home.I do other things business wise other than this. I buy and sell equipment,and real estate and we recently bought a diner on the highway that we hopefully will have open this year . If that’s successful, I’ll probably leave trucking ,but I’ve owned restaurants before and some of the happiest days of my life were when I’ve sold them and got back into trucking!lol!
Give it a little time, it takes a little while to learn this business, and you can make good money if you find the right situation. The simple nature of it “ load Dump and go home” has kept me doing it. I don’t know if I could go back to regular trucking again after doing this for so long. I wouldn’t want to put up with all the B.S. -
Call me crazy I almost miss the food delivery to restaurants. I was in great shape and the hours where perfect. Not to early not to late start times. Minus when I had my own thing the last year I was always paid by the hour so it’s tough to break out from that.
I heard about senaca from guys already. Seems like any day could be a nightmare. Clinton county is super easy. Not sure why they don’t let like 4-6 trucks dump at the same time. Plenty of room.
Definitely not used to getting like 4 mpg. This truck has a terriable fuel gauge. Holds 150 gallons and was reading under a quarter and I topped it off with only 75 gallons. Why....... besides that not a bad truck. -
I always thought Goulet was a top notch outfit the only thing that kept me from applying was way too much New England for my taste. The equipment always appeared to be top notch. Use to see them dumping salt at that Albany stock pile a good bit also.
They advertise quite a bit in upstate NY on Craigslist usually in Albany or the ‘Cuse. Occasionally down in the southern tier where I stay I see an add.
Seneca looks like it could be a royal pain in a walking floor or tipper. When I pulled a quad axel bucket we went in there with dirty dirt pretty regular those walkers and tippers would be stacked up everywhere waiting to unload. Lucky for us dirty dirt went to the front of the line.roadtech Thanks this. -
It was great money and you got to eat a lot. I also worked for Sysco in the early 90’s delivering in NYC, the Boros , And Jersey. That sucked , good money though. I also did it as an owner operator for a liquor company and then a
Supermarket company. It does keep you in shape ,but it’s commando work, it’s a young mans game. I’m in pretty good shape for 54 but
I wouldn’t want to go back to food service at any price.
The reason they don’t let more trucks dump at the same time is it’s easier on the operators to push and compact. They don’t care how long you wait , but they’ll complain about how many trucks there are and how late they have to stay.
I remember back in 1998 dumping in Alliance landfill in PA , sometimes them letting 10 to 14 trucks walk there loads off At the same time .
This was before tippers came to the east coast and screwed everything up . Now it’s 5 tippers for every walking floor you see.
As far as fuel mileage hauling heavy with new trucks , it sucks. I remember barely getting 3.9 to 4.5 mpg with a 2012 w900 with a 550 Cummins .Tall Mike Thanks this.
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