West coast regional companies that hire new drivers

Here's two more:

System Transport (has Western Regional)
James J. Williams (trans-system website)

 

Knight has a big terminal in Tulare, Ca from what I hear its western regional

 

yes Knight has one in Tulare, I used to work in Tulare and would see it before I ever became a driver. Knight does everything so just check into it first, they might make you go OTR first from what a driver was telling me earlier tonight, I actually spent about 4 hours earlier hanging out with a Knight driver after I saw him get out of his truck like 5 times trying to adjust his tandems so I walked over and helped, this also ended up getting a couple other guys asking for my help lol.
Advice to those new guys though, go help a trucker out if you see him having issues, you will have them as well eventually and might need help yourself, it might only take 1 minute of your time and you will make a new friend out there.

He told me he did enjoy working for them and he was giving me some insight but he is OTR and mostly do runs back and forth Indiana I believe he said to CA and then back.
A lot of companies the Western regional is 11 states not just the couple.

I also talked with another Knight driver who was based out of the Tulare terminal while I was in Oregon doing my 30min break and he also was very happy with the company and told me I should look into it. 2 different drivers within 2 weeks telling me to check the company out....maybe I should

 

have you tried talking to very many drivers at truck stops?

 

Gordon has a "97" fleet that runs cal-oregon-washington.

knight will keep you sitting, er, I mean running close to home.

Heartland has a west coast regional fleet.

 

There is also a Knight terminal in Kent, wa. I believe Andrus runs a western 11, also check into Swift/central refrigerated. Check out Craigs list and other online trucking job sites. There are a bunchthat have either only western or OTR, regional,etc. Call or email, and ask questions.

 

KKW in Pomona, Ca, western states only and hire new drivers. I'm on the road with a trainer with them right now. I have a thread on here detailing my experience with them so far.