CDL in hand... Now What ? Decision time, that's what...

Perpetual,

It seems like Roehl does mostly midwest/northeast and shorter runs? They are on my short list but reading through a bunch of threads in the Roehl section and this one makes me wonder if I would make money there? I would be doing either van or reefer but it is a bit concerning.

 

Flatbed does a lot of Midwest. Van and reefer typically go more places. We haul a lot of steel. Even so, I run Midwest regional and I do a lot of "short" runs 350-500 miles, but I deliver a load almost daily. So they add up pretty quick.

 

Thanks Treefork. My main concern was all the posts I saw about sitting over the weekends and waiting 9 hours for a new load etc. That may be a flatbed thing since flatbed freight is slow over weekends?

I will tell you that I really like everything else I have read about the company and am really considering RDTC

 

Most flatbed shippers and receivers are closed on the weekends. There are gong to be times when you sit a long time, you can have that anywhere though.

 

If you are just starting out driving, it a good place to go.
You really don't want 1000 miles runs till you get your feet wet.
They also seem more interested in keeping new drivers than the other big companies.
Your not going to make a lot of money your first year anyway.

 

Oops, message was to scape. Sorry.

 

No problem.

 

Still waiting to get loaded?