Windy Hill Foliage Inc. Eustis FL Good? Bad?

Hey marhud2002 congratulations on graduation. My son just graduated from trucking school. He went to work for Star in Nashville. How did you find Windy Hill Foliage, or did they find you? I drove truck for 12 years OTR, but I've been out of it for about 20 years. I'm thinking about coming back, and wondering what companies to apply to. I kept my CDL current all these years. I don't know anything about Windy Hill, but keep us posted. I live in DeBary Fl. near Deland, and I may be looking for a job.
Best of luck to you.

 

Windy Hill was the very first of many recruiters to visit our school (Fox Valley Tech, in Wisconsin). From what I remember, there was alot of delivering involved (Flowers I think), but drivers were of course compensated for each stop. I think they were a smaller sized company, but growing modestly. Good luck!

 

They came to my school in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. I was not impressed with them since you cannot take your truck home. You have to drive to and from Marshfield,WI every time you start or end your time on the road. The pay was not too good (.27 to start) and pretty meager increases to follow.

Rather than route you to their terminal for maintainance, they make you leave your truck in Marshfield all the time. They have a terminal in Eustis, Fl also. She stood in front of the class like she was really offering a great job.

 

there all talk fellow truck drivers . they say they pay you hub miles they dont zip code miles . they also say you delver flowers , you do first load out of florida after that you will be in there great windy city chicago . doing junk mail loads an neehea wi doing recycled toilet paper . when you calll in for a load they say nothing yet ,call me back in an hour an after 3 or 4 times of that you might get a load . 4days in texas to get a load , 3days in denver but wait there more when it time to go home after a min of 3 weeks you get to run all that day pick up a load an drive some more . you'll get home sometime the day after you plan . but keep your log book legal lol or they'll right you up for that . my last day was the best day . they put me with my frist trainer that did not shower the 2 weeks we were out or brush his teeth or any thing else that might me hygene related next..... they have there bonus plan fuel mileage forget it if you idle your truck at all you'll never meet that . well in the heat of the miami sun your going to have a/c an in the wi il winter your going to have heat right so forget that one on with t he next one route miles you must be with in 10% of there route to get it ,so dont make a wrong turn or something cause that will blow that out of the water . . lumper fees they give you a com check that they deduct from your pay untill they recieve a receit for if they dont get one you just payed they amount of what ever that ck was for ...if you need a head light or something for the truck you pay untill they get the ticket on it ..... my first run was last winter milwakee wi 14 " of snow one night got stuck who payed they tow bill you might guest my bag do i or would i ever work for them again not in a million yrs 80 percent of there drivers are from florida who are xcons or fresh out of school they figure they man handle you better that way .... an my last ck that i never got for some 2000 miles ........ tells you any thing about this co better luck to ya

 

I called and talked to a recruiter the other day they only have 60 trucks thats a good thing..they run good trucks it looked like thats a good thing...they are reefer thats a good thing but it could be a bad thing also..yes they are outa Eustis Florida...and up north in wisconson...i was thinking of moving to Florida and going to work for them...i am thinking they are self insured cause they will take u with alot of things on ur mvr....but thats just my educated guess....seems like the company isnt to bad.....havnt seen mutch on them here on the truckers report so thatsa plus,,,,,,well good luck,,,just do ur homework make sure u feel comfortible with ur choice cause jumping from company to company is not a good thing nowadays...And as far as parking trucks at the yards thats a good and bad the bad u gotta drive to get home the good u dont have to worrie about theft or no starts wich causes out of pocket expence atleast with most companies thats what i have come across..

 

Hey Yogi, I have had a few friends and one cousin all work for Windy Hill and they loved it! They are a very laid back company. They let you do your thing and aren't sending you messages or calling you all day long. Another good thing was that they pretty much just run the heartland so its all easy driving. They do a lot of home depots and lowes, walmart etc... You make your delivery right to the stores not a warehouse. My cousin loved this because he always had a nice parking spot all to himself when it was time to shut down. A lot of their loads are multi stop and you get paid per mile and per stop, so you can make some really good money. This is why it seems like their mileage pay is lower. Good luck man!

 

I ran for them for 2 yrs and just like dartman said it's the truth.They want you to run legal but you will be punished for it by setting and waiting. when you get to bolingbrook and get a load out of fairrington,you will check in and get a dock but you will wait almost all day before they ever drop the gate on ur truck.the worst is alg.they did keep me running, and they know who will run and who wont.and they did get me home the day I wanted or the next day. i just tore my log book apart and ran it looseleaf style. which worked out great.my trainer was brian from wisconsin.I started in an international then went to the fl columbia wich has tons of room and is layed out good.I did like my runs but hated being gone so long.I finally gave it up when I was setting too much and for any newbies truckstops aint cheap!! they gouge you everytime you turn around.i started at .27 a mile then got a raise on their schedule made it up to .31 a mile then we got a note saying due to the economy no raises, no layover . not sure how things are now.but they did maintain the equipment nicely.the runs consisted of plants out of fl. then a reload going to chicago area or wisconsin. the ride to colorado is nice but the waiting for days for a reload is bullshiz.samething if ur going to tx or al.all i can say it was a job when i needed one and it payed the bills.i miss the road and might come back out but not with them.good luck

 

Oh, my bad, you see my cousin was a "truck driver". He realized these things before he went to the company. He did great there and made good money! If you are frustrated with working at windy hill put your training wheels back on!