Thanks to all the truck drivers who help keep this country going! Thanks!

My dad drives for Walmart and he has always said he is much happier not having to go to truck stops anymore. He loves driving for Walmart.

Walmart, a long time ago, realized truckers are its lifeline, and treats them accordingly. If only all companies saw their employees this way.

I have total respect for the truck drivers that keep our supply chains working! I hope WalMart is paying these guys what they deserve. You guys are the best!

Walmart keeping insurance rates down... staying away from those Swift and Prime drivers at the Pilots.

This guy is a real professional driver! I’m pretty sure he is a great employee and and a safe and courteous driver to share the road with!

I remember working at a store years ago back before they become super centers. Even then it seemed like Wal-Mart took care of their drivers.

I have been OTR since 1997, Only 1 driver has ever complained about working at Walmart. I used to take live unload to a couple DC in Kansas. Drop my trailer in a marked spot and park in bobtail. I was always told where restrooms and break rooms were. And I'm not a Walmart employee. I can't believe how many other warehouses offer us an outhouse and 80 percent of the time it's filthy. Glad you enjoy driving for Walmart.

Walmart associates have access to the store overnight, they even have self checkout open. This also includes Walmart truck drivers.

Because they can park at the Walmart stores. They can shower & sometimes eat at the terminals. Don’t need to park at a piss infested truck stop.

At my company I'm shocked how badly truck drivers are treated. No access to washrooms at all. They come in to literally a cage to talk to our employees. The company is international as in border controls but still, it's just nasty.

I should of became a driver. I wasted 14 years in stores and they treated everyone like garbage. Got worse as time went on. I am glad to hear that the drivers are being treated well 👍

I remember working for Walmart and the truck drivers spending the night at the Walmart lot and they would come into the break room make coffee get stuff eat and supplies and talk with us bringing news from other areas. It was neat and I loved working for Walmart back in the day.

I don't drive but found this an interesting insight into your world. Thanks from Colorado.

As a regional driver, I loved staying at Walmarts just because of the conveniences, and much better sleep. Truck stops are noisy 24-7.

I use to stop at Walmart stores quite often. They actually welcomed truck drivers even if we weren't company drivers. All you need to do is ask. If they say yes, they'll usually tell you where you can park. They know drivers are going to spend money in their stores.

I have worked in a pharmacy for 25 years at several different companies. Walmart takes care of us better than any other company. Glad to see they take care of other associates just as well.

You would save a lot not buying showers and time not struggling for parking. Also your tuck is less likely to get a hit and run.

When I drove. We had maps & that’s it. Sounds pretty easy now. Glad there looking out for you

I drive for a Walmart vendor and twice a week do my 10 at the stores. I've considered driving for Walmart but I don't want 70/hrs or to work nights or weekends . I've talked with many of their drivers and it seems like a very good driving job..

Thank you for bringing all the good products to the people. Your work is so important and you are appreciated.

I use the GPS.. break nearby... or along route. I never stay at truckstops because other drivers might damage my truck. Not everyone can back... plus Walmart has cameras ,so if anything happends they got it all. Stay safe driver... DC 6040

I'm so happy I don't have to stay at truck stops any more because my customers let me sleep in they're fenced in yards so much easier!!!

I drive for Walmart and my preference is to avoid truckstops simply because i like to avoid the drama . I dont wait in line at fuel bays. I dont hear people playing smashem crashem. I dont have reptilians hitting me up. For night parking prefer parking behind a store or a rest area.

I work for UPS and I avoid truck stops at ALL COSTS. Too many non driving rubes.

I would always take advantage of parking at the DC or store when on the walmart fleet! Much better than ANY truck stop for peace and quiet!

I worked out of the DC in Grove City, OH during my first two months at my first company. They said it would be $1000 per week and I'd be home weekly and I could not pass that up. It was stressful sometimes, since I had to park my rig two hours away at the end of each week and had to make sure I still had that time on my seventy, but I did love getting to stay at Wal-Marts when the truck stops were full and the large lots at most Wal-Marts gave me the space and time to get better at backing the truck. Sure, I could not fuel at the DCs as I wasn't one of their drivers and could not shower there either, but it was still nice. I also pulled a lot of loads out of the Washington Courthouse, OH DC, and despite my inexperience they let me pull a few reefer loads, which a dispatcher at the Coldwater, MI DC told me they usually only let certain drivers pull reefer loads. It was a lot of work, but I think in many ways it really helped me get better as a trucker.

It's nice to hear good things about Walmart for a change

I rarely used truck stops except for fueling. I took showers at the gym and pulled over at rest areas and exits to rest.

John, you're a Knight of the Road. Thanks for sharing. God bless.

I used to drive charter motor coach. While I carried fuel cards in my driver's bag, I (we) rarely used them because the coach company I worked for specifically ordered the coaches with the largest fuel tanks that were available from both MCI and Prevost. This meant that if we were out on either a day trip (like taking a high school senior trip to a theme park), or a single overnight that we wouldn't have to fuel because our four depots all had fuel stations and discount contracts for diesel (added bonus, the bus cleaning crew would clean the and fuel the bus so I didn't have to smell like diesel or the toilet). The only time I had to fuel is when I was out for three or more days. You would rarely see one of our coaches in the fuel island at a truck stop. (We had about 120 coaches on the roster at any one time.)

I would say that you follow their rules you are fine. Retired now but the last company I drove for was specialized hauling much different operation. If you are a good driver you can haul for anyone.

I haul for Schneider. Did a month hauling frozen/dairy out of the London KY DC. I really enjoyed it. Didn’t need truck stops.

As a former OTR refrigerated trucker the list of WalMarts that I could stop at has shrunken the last few years I was trucking, even just to shop, my local Walmart has done away with all oversized vehicle parking, so RV's are not allowed to overnite because of the vehiclurized homeless.

Yeah. I have seen lots of Wal-Mart DCs and a lot of them are nice. This one in Maine is the nicest I have seen. Beautiful area. Nice showers.

That explains why I never saw many walmart tractor/trailers where I worked, and we’d get their work through a roadcall at their DC, which I don’t mind, was usually clean and easy to work in. Of all the things walmart gets wrong, at least they take care of their drivers.

Walmart stores are close enough to the DC's that they are able to make it out and back easily.

I'm not a trucker, but there is a pilot station about 40 miles from my house that has a fully manned Cinnabon. In fact the only Cinnabon left within several hundred miles I believe. So a couple times per month I make the trip. But I pay extra courtesy to anyone who looks like a trucker. I consider myself a guest in someone else's house. So I try to not act like I own the place.

Thanks for the help, hopefully soon I'll be driving for Walmart.

Driving for Walmart is more like a job when I was on the road it was an adventure grilling on the weekends, see who was selling what those were the days my friend

I drive out of DC 6084 in Los Lunas, NM. It’s 50/50 for me. I park at truck stops and stores. Just depends on how my day went. I’m parked behind a store right now on my 10 hour break which we Walmart drivers get paid $42 to take. I love it here. 😁😎

I pulled wal mart for Martin transport. Honestly the wal mart guys where maybe 3 mins away from getting me to jump ship and drive with them. Its seriously a good job. Wal mart treats there drivers really well. Oh and wal mart pay in 2016 was like .68 cents per mile. Witchbis what the industry considered standered is now i bet theses guys are make .75 a mile now.

I appreciate the answer to the title being in the first 15 seconds of the video!

I had those lists when I ran on the pop up fleets in the early 2000’s, those things were worth their weight in gold

I stay at Sams Clubs alot as well, they usually have the bathrooms at the driver entrance open all night. At least the ones here my region do. 3 years at Walmart, ive never slept at a truck stop 😂😂

I would have thought Walmart Super centers would have a area in the back for company drivers to shower, restrooms etc..

I've seen a few Walmart drivers at truck stops. Most recently was in Millersburg Oregon at the Love's there. He said he only wanted to stop there because of the food trucks and was gonna head out home afterwards but instead shut down for the night. Was a real chill dude too.

Some stores have room behind them and drivers will park back there and not in the main parking lot. 2 Walmarts close to me have plenty of parking behind the store and the drivers utilize it for layovers, swapping trailers, and storage...

Thank you for being a semi truck driver, be careful out on the roads.

The DCs are free parking. Generally they can park at the stores, or a Sams.

Thirty year Walmart transportation manager. I miss my company but retirement is great.

I don't see many if a few driving at night as well

I use to drive with Swift. Driving for them I was in a detected Walmart unit. Walmart would call us to help making deliveries in late Sept through about the first week of Jan. I drove out of Porterville, with trips to Apple Valley, Buckeye, Red Buff. Before I drove for Swift I worked as Maintenance mechanic at the Porterville DC for 12 years. Got to know a lot of the drivers and dispatchers. Then when I start with Swift, it was coming back home, only now I pulled the loads instead of watching the trailers being loaded. Being Walmart dedicated I saw a lot of stores in Calif from the border all the way to Red Buff. Some stores in AZ, Washington, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania.

I've heard about the goodness of being a professional driver for Walmart!

Are you kidding me? A "Walmart driver" can park at any Walmart he wants....and get an employee discount to boot! Not to mention they only drive from distribution centers to stores! Other drivers deliver to the distribution centers in most cases....

For us what don't know, DC is Walmart distribution centers . Truckers need a special cap, without a visor for those who 'wear' their caps backwards to be Kool! They used to be called beanies, or skull caps. Ever see a fool shading his eyes with his hands and his ballcap is on backwards?

tHanks for the video. Tough life you guys have..

Yep, because at Swift, as long as you have a Sam's or Wal-Mart load you can park at A Wal-Mart

Lately I’ve been starting to see some scattered throughout truck stops. Last night at Loves in Monmouth IL I saw a couple. I still find it odd to see Walmart trucks parked with us out there.

That’s a good system they have

I drove for Schnieder and I stayed at Walmart DCs . I drove a few Walmart loads and was Walmart dedicated for awhile I often stayed at Walmart stores.

I know theres not a ton in my aera (I work at a store west of Philly) and all our trucks come from a DC center in Wilmington DE. There not a ton of stops and its a fairly short trip so they seem to drop the truck grab an empty trailer and go.

This was interesting. Thank you.

I see Walmart trucks every once and a while but I rarely see them sleeping overnight.

They probably have their own fuel. That's how it was when I was at Cisco in Front Royal, Va. Sorrt if I answered too soon.

I see Walmart trucks at truck stops quite frequently. 🤔

I don't park in truck stops much either. I'm afraid some goof mega fleeter or clueless foreigner will knock my hood off. It's safer hiding in out of the way places if possible.

Walmart and Target have slip seat drivers... they're OTR Loads are contracted out to Mega carriers... I have pulled some Walmart Target and Kmart loads.

New to your channel! Great video! 🤩

Makes sense. Considering Wally World is the largest private employer in the United States they have some economics of scale that give them an edge over other drivers.

My dream job is to drive 4 Walmart right now!

Now Walmart needs to treat their retail employees like human beings.

I worked at a Wal Mart DC nearly 30 years ago, and the drivers were treated way better than the people working inside. I'll put it this way, at the company picnic associates got hamburgers and hot dogs and drivers got steak and lobster.😅

When you say lay over I am thinking 🤔 I am comfortably sleeping in a room with a shower 🚿 and a bed 🛌..not in my truck 🛻. Definitely I need a toilet 🚽 not a bucket

Thats also why you never see fed ex at a truck stop unless they doing a swap

Because they can park at Walmart stores without getting booted?😡😊

Easy for you to say if your truck and trailer have Walmart all over it or JB Hunt dedicated. I know a few drivers who got booted and had to pay $500 to have it removed. Some drivers have invested in buying grinders to remove them for themselves or others. the major problems at Wally World parking lots are the RV's and campers that would stay there forday. they would leave trash all over as well as dumping their shit tanks on the blacktop. Buc'ees won't even allow bobtails on their property despite allowing tour buses, RV's and campers The only trucks they allow are deliveries and fuel trucks. I am so glad I know longer driver. High fuel prices, low load rates and lack of parking.

I used Walmart docks forever, just drop in a hole and go to sleep, then act like I'm at the wrong address if caught. Worked every time because nobody wanted to face an outside carrier first thing in the morning.

Only certain products arrive on a Walmart truck, some of their inventory is contracted out

Same as us DG private fleet drivers. But park wherever we want and theres a dg every other block it seems 🤣.. all our drivers are home 48hrs each week

It seems like Walmart created a good trucking company.

Walmart is not a OTR trucking company... you don't see Walmart trucks at truck stops because they are all slip seat drivers... there OTR loads are contracted out... I've pulled a few.

Truck on truckers! Walmart may be hiring, but I promise you and them that they screen out good people with their utter dependence on an asinine computer assessment test, without having a candidate ever meet with an actual human being. I'm a retired Navy professional with a diverse background and experience, advanced technical training and experience, an advanced degree, a second professional career behind me, and now semi-retired. I don't need a job, but I thought of working part time to add some more dollars to my retirement accounts and supplement my pension. I considered applying to work part time in the local Walmart auto center, but their computer test failed me with no explanation and no avenue of appeal. Calls to every phone number on the Walmart hiring website were answered with "Well, that's our system and there's nothing we can do about it." Some local Walmart employee acquaintances have told me "Well, that's because you answered the questions honestly." Then what's the point of the test if the only CORRECT answers require you to LIE? AND what's the point of Walmart's inexplicable dependence on it? If you've taken their test, then you know that those questions are so wide open to interpretation that you can drive an 18-wheeler through them. So I don't need to work for a company that surrenders its brains and its future to a stupid computer test that is very poorly written and poorly administered.

another reason is that they don't want you to spend your money somewhere else.

Im at the truck stops daily lol my DC is old and small

Thank you

Google Maps has "overlays" that can be customized and can be set to private/locked it should be easy fot Walmart IT department to use app data to make an overlay to show EVERY store, distribution Center, and color cooredinated to show opening times (or 24/7) layover vs NO layover even local non-Walmart resources that drivers may consider useful. SAM WALTON was pro-driver so if Corporate refuses without reasonable reasons I'd suggest new employers

I don't know how you truckers do it. The stress must be through the ROOF. Kudos to our nation's life's blood

Probably cause of high value freight...

Because they are at the stores unloading. What do you think. ??

Talked to a few Walmart drivers when I was at their DCs and they said why park at the truck stop when we have free parking and showers at the DC. Plus if you run late you don't have to stress about parking. Wouldn't mind doing the Walmart account but Swift and CR England have that sewed up.

Truck stops. The aroma when it rains 😫

I live near WALMART WORLD- HEADQUARTERS, see wally world trucks all the time.

I see Walmart driving job ads where they've got a store location listed, but it's a regional job. The job details read something like, "must live within 150 miles from DC 1234". Do those regional drivers park at that store during their home time or do they have to park at that specific DC then make that 150 mile trek home in their personal vehicle? I hope I'm explaining it correctly. Example, recent ad shows hiring regional drivers and gives the address as the Walmart in Hammond, Indiana. Listed in that job posting reads, "must live within 150 miles from Walmart DC in Auburn, Indiana." So, which location is your semi parked at during home time.. the Hammond store or the Auburn DC?

People will break into the trailers😂🎉

I've worked at the same company for 29 years and now I am not allowed to go into the office. I am dirt now. Thx.

They have tunnels.

Pilot+Cinnabon =Genius

Hey man quick question, I was pulled in for a worn license plate and got a warning even though I have a temporary via email and proof of a new one being ordered. They also gave me a warning for improper use of PC where I drove home after delivering a load, and a warning regarding entering shipping info in a totally separate area from the loaded/empty calls which I fill out regularly. Other than this, I have no violations tickets or accidents. Will this affect my chances of being hired at Walmart? Thanks brother

I always went out of my way to avoid 'truck stops' because they invite crime...