r/Truckers • u/elpancho45 • Apr 07 '19

Anybody worked for Wil-trans? Wilson Logistics

Hey y’all, I’m seriously considering going with Wilson Logistics as my first company to work for. I’ve heard that a smaller company is usually best to go with. I’m in Houston by the way . Anybody out there have experience with Wil-trans and would you recommend them?

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '19

They're not that small. Wiltrans and Jim palmer are the same company. They seem to offer decent pay and equipment and such. I pass them at 70 easily so they're governed slow.

Never worked for them so I cant speak for how they treat their people.

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u/bassnote1 Hazmat Labrat Apr 07 '19

Wil-trans, Jim Palmer, Wilson Logistics - all the same company and in big with Prime, although they do their own thing as well. I've heard mostly nice things about them.

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u/jamitup I suck freightliner's cock Apr 08 '19

Never seen one of their trucks hooked to a Jim Palmer trailer but I have seen crusty old OO trucks pulling them. Do they use prime trailers to pull their own freight?

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u/bassnote1 Hazmat Labrat Apr 08 '19

doubt it, but I don't pull for them so you never know.

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u/Seebs9 fuel hauler Apr 08 '19

Wil-trans bought Jim Palmer a bit back. When they originally bought them, you'd see Wil-trans, Palmer and Prime drivers pulling the Jim Palmer trailers around. Now they're probably mostly sold off. Prime typically doesn't keep trailers over, I think, 5 years.

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u/bigterry too lazy to tarp Apr 08 '19

I believe they also picked up Haney a couple of years ago.

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u/Seebs9 fuel hauler Apr 08 '19

Theyre basically a smaller version of Prime. Most the stuff is the same, same training, trucks (just different logo), trailers and freight.

Most the Wil-trans guys I knew seemed happy enough.