schneider Walmart account?

I can't answer most of your questions, but I think I can answer one. I think Walmart uses 1 trailer per store.

 

Welcome chip. Have you talked to a recruiter? Doubt anyone on here pulls for that specific account. You could try posting this in the "motor carrier inside scoop" section under Schneider. Pretty active section might be some guys do wally accounts in different areas of the country

 

Call your recruiter back, and ask to speak to the dedicated DBL for that account. The DBL will be honest with you about details. I normally end up getting stuck running out a of a dedicated Home Depot DC in McCalla, I assume Walmart is the same way. Drop Trl at store, grab mt, pu a load going back to DC, repeat until you go home. Same setup for Costco Dedicated. Only really hear about multi stops with hand unload on Dollar General.

 

I pulled a walmart account for cr England in oklahoma. Usually the power only contracts are for the reefers. Walmart drivers pull the dry vans which are typically drop a loaded and grab the empty but I believe even they had multi stop trips sometimes.

The reefers is almost all night driving. You pick up your paperwork and extra seals and grab the preloaded trailer and seal it. Then you're off to make anywhere from 2 to 4 stops. Walmart employees unload the trailer but you supervise to make sure they only get their pallets. Each pallet will have a small sticker with a number on it and those get stuck to the back of your bills. At the end of the deliveries it's either deadhead back to the DC or go pick up a backhaul.

 

Or family dollar lol I think jb and Werner do that crap mostly. Hogan out of St louis too

 

Its been years but last I heard the Walmart General Merchandise trailers don't even have pallets. It is just a throw in in the trailer and the store unloads onto pallets.

 

This is true with light items. They just floor load high cube low weight items, but they still run pallets for pet food/kitty litter/ oil etc

 

Most will be multi stop loads.