life at Roehl ...grc

Good luck and please remember that trucking is exactly what you make of it. It can be very rewarding and can be very difficult. You will get out of it what you put into it. Roehl is a good company and if your attitude is positive you should do well. It is a tough industry right now because of the economy but we all must ride this economy out no matter our occupation.

 

Does Roehl make drivers who have experience go thru all the Evolutions?

 

How in the world did you run out of hours with 2254 miles, must have done alot of sitting at Ship/Rec.

 

Roehl sounds to be like most trucking companies. They're trying to make the most profit off of each mile they travel, and the biggest cost is the fuel. So higher MPG = more profit per mile. Its a norm. But if you cant average 2800-3000 miles per week, theres something wrong. I drive for Star Leasing and they insist on 2800-3000, every week.

 

Alot of times you can't average that high of miles because of the number of drivers versus the loads avalible. You must compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges. I am a O/O and I get between 2800-3200 a week and do not run out of hours. Most of what you are seeing is new drivers that haven't gotten the hang of it yet. There trucks are governed to 63 on the peddle and 61 on cruise. They handle a majority of the shorter loads with more frequent stops. So again you would need to compare your numbers to Roehls more experienced drivers or O/O's and you will see most of us do quite well. If I don't do 3000 a week I am at home part of that week. Just this month in August I have ran 12,500 miles and been home 6 days.

 

Wow, its tuff to be a O/O if your under 2 yrs of OTR exp. Give it alot of thought. Remeber if you take any time off the payment don't stop ! Good Luck

 

I asked to be home for two days and I have been sitting with my bag packed for nine days! I have enjoyed the time, but could have used it much more effectively if I knew it was going to be this long. Instead of just telling me it will be a few days, I keep getting told to call back tomorrow, or your trainer's in such n such a place and will be in Marshfield or Iron Mountain tomorrow or something like that.

I have been getting up at 5 AM for the past four days to make sure I don't miss a phone call. Yesterday was supposed to be THE day. Today I finally talked with my trainer. He is sitting in a truck stop about 20 miles from my house. I will be meeting up with him at 7:30 tomorrow morning.

It will be good to get back on the road. I know it can be tricky to pin down a schedule, but I hope my next home time is handled better.

 

I bought my truck from a outside source and this is my second career. I am one of the lucky ones.