E.W. Wylie

I never worked for them, but I did research into the company. I havent found a single good word about them. Punch thier name in the search bar here, theres some older threads. Also a lot on ripoff report, which can be biased, but when there are numerous complaints it is a red flag.

 

I just talked to one of their driver's in MT. Here (IMO) are their good points
1. O.K. equipment
2.Plenty of work.
3.Can talk to management if need be
4. Good benefits
The Bad..
1.will most likely start at .38 per mile in a 62mph Truck
2. E-logs
3. Most runs are 500 miles.
4. Must let dispatch know 2 weeks in advance when wanting home time..
A "drop" and "pick" everyday on e-logs with a 62mph Truck...What do you think??

 

E.W. Wylie is now part of a larger company. Not going to name names but they are getting some help from a sister company which has a really good reputation to try and turn things around with them.

Yes, the pay isn't the best in the industry, the trucks are governed and they do a lot of tarp loads. Equipment is Mack, Volvo and International. Mostly flats with more and more steps coming in and a few RGN's left over from their failed attempt at wind energy.

I worked for them a few years back but I was on the heavy haul side. I had a 4 axle Freightliner and 55 ton RGN. Unfortunately they had no work for this equipment so I spent most of my time sitting and hauling a few broker loads. They were decent people to talk to, the GM was always available but the reality, they had no freight for a 7 axle. The dispatcher (fleet coordinator) had no clue and kept sending me after legal loads of divisible freight that I couldn't haul because of my empty weight. I can't count the times he would try and send me to pick up 40,000 # of steel, lumber, pipe and crap and when I would tell him I couldn't haul it he would respond that they load our RGN's all the time. Well the RGN's he was referring to were on 3 axle Mack's with 35 ton non-extendable RGN's. I had a heavy haul 4 axle tractor, and an extendable hydraulic neck 3 axle RGN and was usually carrying my stinger on the back. In other words I was almost 54,000# empty, in other words I could scale 25,000# of divisible freight but he could never get that through his head.

Of course all that is gone, they no longer have any heavy-haul or specialized equipment.

 

Wylie still has RGN I think some triples for pulling tractors outta Fargo I've seen some but very few

 

when I did drive for them, never had issues with getting the equipment fixed. Had ok miles and did a lot of tarping.

They supported and stood up for their drivers. I was a 6 week old rookie and my first solo trip and had a Taylor 20T forklift drive on top of my steer. The company tried to peg me for the blame because I was a rookie and Wylie's stood up for me. The GM and safety director at the time I thought were going to run the investigator out of town the hard way when they popped that question.

That was in 1991 however.

I left there because at the time I was a 22 yo kid that was also in the guard and they would not work with me or my unit to get me home for my drill weekends. I was in Ontario CA and was told the morning I was supposed to report for duty for Desert Storm 1 and I was actually considered AWOL until I got it figured out. They held the notice from my guard unit for 2 weeks prior to telling me.