Roehl Or Central Transport

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  1. nadiyah2000

    nadiyah2000 Light Load Member

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    Yup. Trucks are constantly breaking down and the shops don't really fix them up. You work for Central?
     
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  3. Chinatown

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  4. lual

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    Schneider veteran here (with their dry van--and also, intermodal)....

    If things are really that bad over at Central Transport--then you are easily better off over at Schneider.

    Schneider has a pretty-good sized operation going in the Dallas-Ft Worth area.

    If your experience (thus far) is what I think it is--you would qualify for one of their intermodal positions ("where the rubber meets the rail" :Railway: ); depending on the situation at an intermodal terminal, you could get a job where you're home either weekly--or even daily. You might check them out, & talk to a recruiter about what's available in DFW:

    Regional Intermodal truck driver | Top drivers earn up to $74,000 | Schneider (schneiderjobs.com)

    If you can get in on a good railyard that actually has its act together--then working with the rail can be quite a good gig. :Transportation cost

    Be careful with Roehl...apparently, life over there is hardly anything close to perfect, either:

    Roehl Transport - Are times changing? | TruckersReport.com Trucking Forum | #1 CDL Truck Driver Message Board (thetruckersreport.com)

    -- Lual
     
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  5. nadiyah2000

    nadiyah2000 Light Load Member

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    I'm in orientation right now and so far I like what I'm seeing. I'm the only person in class and there's only 12 other local drivers. He pulled up trips and miles of actual local drivers out of the Dallas terminal. Most are doing about 200 miles a day.

    At .78-.82 cpm plus live load drop and hook pay doesn't sound that bad. It's miles better than Central so far....
     
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  6. lual

    lual Road Train Member

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    Orientation? With which carrier?

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  7. EuropeanTrucker

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    My best friend used too. And I would get pictures of equipment often especially those old yellow trailers
     
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  8. nadiyah2000

    nadiyah2000 Light Load Member

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    Roehl
     
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    nadiyah2000 Light Load Member

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    Lol yep. Here the 1st trailer I pulled when I started with Central....

    IMG_20230612_093956_01.jpg .
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    EuropeanTrucker Medium Load Member

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    This is nothing compared to what I have seen. Lol
     
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  11. lual

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    Best of luck....hope it all works out. :thumbup:

    FYI: I don't EVER remember pulling (or being asked to pull) a Schneider van (or intermodal container) that looked anywhere near that rough (as the above pics). :eek:

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