Wil-Trans CDL Training

Nice truck. I think it's the same as Lazarus. Best of luck to you. Please keep us posted. If you don't mind, when did you receive your first pay? How soon after you started? Did you get the $200/wk advance? During training is your pay direct deposited into your bank account? Hope you can answer these questions.

Hi!

Thanks. I'm super excited to get into it and make it "mine" lol. Haven't decided if I'm gonna name "her" or not ;-)

I got my first pay the Thursday the next week after getting back on the road w/my trainer after passing the CDL. First 10,000 is $0.12 per mile or $600 whichever is greater. After 1st 10K it went up to $0.14 or $700 per week. I started 9/26 and got first pay 11/10.

I did take the $200.00 advance for 5 weeks. They are deducting $25 per week now to pay it back. Pretty painless really

My pay goes on my comdata card, I have deposit to my bank set up. Soon as it hits my card, I can get online or call Phone # and deposit as much as I like to my bank. It works pretty well.

Feel free to ask anything that you would like. I'll do my best to give you the straight poop 💩 on it lol

Happy New Year

Sharp looking ride. Congratulations and best of luck with it.

Congratulations Dave! It's always nice to see another success story. Keep it up!

Hit me up when you get here. I'll be in SpringMo till the 4th at least

Hey there. I've noticed on Wil-Trans and Jim Palmer's website that their health benefits are offered through something called True Choices marketplace or something like that. Can you briefly speak about this? I apologize for prying, but can you give a ball park of what your premiums are? I'm currently on the general government "affordable" care act marketplace and it's anything BUT affordable! ;) Thanks for any insight

Wil-Trans:

Darrel Wilson bought his first tractor in 1980 at age 20, but, being too young to meet OTR age requirements, he leased the truck out and hired a driver.

Through growth and acquisition, Wil-Trans now employs over 200 drivers, and has a long-standing partnership with Prime, Inc. to haul their refrigerated freight. The family of businesses also includes Jim Palmer Trucking and O & S Trucking.

Honestly I have just become eligible. Soon as I have some info, I'll try to pass it on.

Hey there. I've noticed on Wil-Trans and Jim Palmer's website that their health benefits are offered through something called True Choices marketplace or something like that. Can you briefly speak about this? I apologize for prying, but can you give a ball park of what your premiums are? I'm currently on the general government "affordable" care act marketplace and it's anything BUT affordable! ;) Thanks for any insight

Wil-Trans:

Darrel Wilson bought his first tractor in 1980 at age 20, but, being too young to meet OTR age requirements, he leased the truck out and hired a driver.

Through growth and acquisition, Wil-Trans now employs over 200 drivers, and has a long-standing partnership with Prime, Inc. to haul their refrigerated freight. The family of businesses also includes Jim Palmer Trucking and O & S Trucking.

I attended and graduated the Wil-Trans "On Boarding" training and have been officially promoted to a full "A" seat driver.

I am currently in Southern NY getting snowed on.

My backing skills have improved some but still need a lot of improvement. Honestly when I'm alone or at a place where it's not very busy I do pretty good. If it's busy or a lot of traffic then I seem to struggle. I know it's mostly mental and nervousness.

Winter weather has given me more than one close call. I know driving in varied weather is all "part of it" but I'm thinking a route in Southern AZ or Florida is sounding pretty good right about now lol

Hope all is well and everyone stays safe!!!

Wil-Trans:

Darrel Wilson bought his first tractor in 1980 at age 20, but, being too young to meet OTR age requirements, he leased the truck out and hired a driver.

Through growth and acquisition, Wil-Trans now employs over 200 drivers, and has a long-standing partnership with Prime, Inc. to haul their refrigerated freight. The family of businesses also includes Jim Palmer Trucking and O & S Trucking.

Hello Dave. I hope all is well. My name is Seth. I recently applied at Wil-Trans. I have a tentative date of Sept 25th for arrival. I have done a lot of research on trucking companies that offer schools and was on fence w either Prime or Wil-Trans. Your blogs, along with all the info on this site and various other have convinced me that WT is the one for me. I will know for sure this coming week as I still have my 2nd round interview w my recruiter Ryan. He has been very helpful and we've had 2 talks that both lasted over an HR a piece. You along with him, have said things that others have echoed about class sizes and the training atmosphere which is something I am very interested in. Now that you're clearly out and have been OTR for a while , I wanted to know what your thoughts are on WT, their training program and general work environment is ? Do you get miles, how's the pay( I know it varies, but in general) , do you get the home time you want etc. Any thoughts or information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance and I hope all is well with you.

OTR:

Over The Road

OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.

Wil-Trans:

Darrel Wilson bought his first tractor in 1980 at age 20, but, being too young to meet OTR age requirements, he leased the truck out and hired a driver.

Through growth and acquisition, Wil-Trans now employs over 200 drivers, and has a long-standing partnership with Prime, Inc. to haul their refrigerated freight. The family of businesses also includes Jim Palmer Trucking and O & S Trucking.

Dave,

Are you still with Wil-Trans/JP? I'd like to pick your brain about them if you don't mind.

Thanks, D-

Wil-Trans:

Darrel Wilson bought his first tractor in 1980 at age 20, but, being too young to meet OTR age requirements, he leased the truck out and hired a driver.

Through growth and acquisition, Wil-Trans now employs over 200 drivers, and has a long-standing partnership with Prime, Inc. to haul their refrigerated freight. The family of businesses also includes Jim Palmer Trucking and O & S Trucking.

Dave,

Are you still with Wil-Trans/JP? I'd like to pick your brain about them if you don't mind.

Thanks, D-

Dan people come and go in this forum. Your best bet is to use the search bar to look up information on JP and WilTrans.

Wil-Trans:

Darrel Wilson bought his first tractor in 1980 at age 20, but, being too young to meet OTR age requirements, he leased the truck out and hired a driver.

Through growth and acquisition, Wil-Trans now employs over 200 drivers, and has a long-standing partnership with Prime, Inc. to haul their refrigerated freight. The family of businesses also includes Jim Palmer Trucking and O & S Trucking.

Well I am totally new to this but with some background in the truck leasing business over 20+ years ago and Wil-trans was the only company I sent a application to just because I have driven by their terminal many times in Springfield, MO and was always impressed with their equipment!

I have gone through the interviews and my recruiter Alondra has been amazing along with everyone else there and I am in and my first day will be February 12th, 2018! I have been studying hard and been passing the pretests and so excited to join their family. They have been impressed with all my phone interviews and have told me I will be a perfect fit for the Wil-Trans family what a wahy to make you feel so welcome!

I am going in wide eyed and going to be a sponge and they want people with no experience so they can educate the way they want and no bad habits. I know I will make mistakes and like my older brother who use to be a driver trainer for Rohel with over a million miles he told me you will mess up but just take it in stride and listen to the trainers!

I also like the fact they only have a few students in each class verses hundreds like other companies and I am more the type I need one on one training and love the fact they are a smaller company and that is what I wanted so I really picked the right company and I plan on giving them the rest of my career since I am 56 yo and tired of working for companies that can just say your gone and yes I know they can also but in my previous jobs in sales in over 16+ years I have driven over a Million safe and accident free miles so this will be right up my alley.

I live outside San Antonio and can't wait to start. Alondra has checked on me every few days and we have hit it off along with Casey and Lisa Wilson called my wife to finalize all the hiring process since I still have 2 kids at home and to make sure this will be a good fit and that went great on that call.

My name is Curt or Curtis when my mom was mad at me and I told them this and they all laughed and said they will call me just Curt!

Terminal:

A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.

Wil-Trans:

Darrel Wilson bought his first tractor in 1980 at age 20, but, being too young to meet OTR age requirements, he leased the truck out and hired a driver.

Through growth and acquisition, Wil-Trans now employs over 200 drivers, and has a long-standing partnership with Prime, Inc. to haul their refrigerated freight. The family of businesses also includes Jim Palmer Trucking and O & S Trucking.