walsh trucking

every couple years the whole shebang will jump the backstop and go in the pit
i saw a picture of one in wauna where the guy didnt pull forward after pullin the pin. the tractor was hangin and severe damage on trailer
y2k was posting lot of photo's my phone is gacked again

 

Just make sure you shut the truck off, many of drivers forgot that and seized the engine.

 

Why would you want to work for Walsh anyway? They pay $14 an hour, you can make more an hour driving local for Swift.....

 

Walsh pays more than that, actually. For me, though, other factors play more into my decision of who to drive for. My daily commute is 1/3 of what it would be driving for Swift (or others with terminals in that area). Seven less dollars of fuel per day, less wear and tear on my car, and no crawling through JBLM traffic on my own time. Plus driving out in Timberland is much more scenic and less stressful than warehouse valley.

 

I was just going off an add Walsh posted on craigslist here in the Portland area for the Troutdale yard. They were looking for drivers starting pay $14/hr. For those of us who live in WA and work in OR that translates to $10/hr after OR and WA are done gangbanging you with income tax.......

 

I have to wonder what job that was,we get paid by the mile and the load as well as a lot of little perks like being paid to fuel,paid to drop & hook and paid if we have to throw chains plus anytime we have to wait they pay us $15hr to sit and do nothing.
I live in WA and pay no Oregon tax but then my truck is based out of Kalama,WA too so I don't know about Troutdale guys that live in WA.
At any rate I make better than $14,3 of my last 4 paychecks after taxes have been around $720-$750 for a week and this is the slow season.
I'm driving nights and average about 10hrs 5 nights a week.
I have met a lot of Walsh drivers and none have been slobs or druggie types,quite the contrary.
So far after 2 1/2 months I'm still happy to be here,home every day and weekends off.

 

The learning curve can be a little steep,not that any of it is hard just that every mill operates a little differently.
Different procedures and paperwork to scale in and out,different procedures to operate the chip bunkers and tippers and just getting to know your way to and from the mills and finding your way around inside the mill once you get there,especially for us night guys.
Getting the hang of loading can be tricky,it's very easy to "oops" and get overloaded,no joy in legalizing your load after that lol.
Oh and "they" don't hoist your tractor-trailer,the driver operates the tipper.
This can be a little frightening at first heh heh, but it just becomes part of the job after a few times.

 

i got my hazmat and twic and interviewed at the gas tanker outfit
the hours over their suck and it dont seem worth starting all over with the 2am to 2pm for 5000 a year and spill a quart and your out on the street

 

Smoothbore, you working for Superior?

 

No sir, I work in Tualatin, OR for a private fleet. We pull everything 50% tanks 30% dry van the rest is split up between reefer and a dump body equipped farm truck.....A man of many trucking hats I guess.....