Roehl Transport

The fact that some numb nut on a blog is ranking bottom feeder outfits probably means he/she hasn’t been driving 6 months.

You have to take most of those wankers on YouTube, Facebook, etc... with a grain of salt. They hop around from one mega to another and never seem to learn. Actually, there’s one of those types on here. Lol

 

LOL!! I'm at the very beginning of my research. I don't even have my CDL yet. Lucky I found this forum!

 

Well, just remember. If you’re a Kentuckian, you can come to Frank’s FREE Truck Driving School. But, you have be at least a 5th generation Kentuckian. Any newer and you could still have a bit of a taint about you.

 

Frank,trying to sink your fangs into the new drivers? lol

 

FRANK! You know the rules about recruiting! Besides, as my friend @TB John Honest TB would say, a lease is the only way to go. And, boys and girls and bats, where can the best lease be achieved? All together now.....

B O & B !
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Roehl is a starter company, so you aren't going to get rich working for them. The pay is definitely on the low side. Having said that, I did my training with them back in 2011 and was very happy with the training I received. I felt like I was starting out as a competent, safe driver when I first started out on my own with them.

Assuming everything is still about the same as it was when I left there, I feel good about recommending them to a new driver as a way to get trained and get a start in the business. They were decent to me for the most part, and they did what they said they would do. I ended up staying with them for 3 1/2 years, which is probably too long. I stayed because the equipment was very nice (my first truck was a 5-year-old International, and that one was a little crusty, but after the first year, they had started turning over their fleet and I ended up getting a brand new Cascadia). The people were also decent to me, I liked my FM, and the money wasn't a big issue for me at the time because I was single.

If I had to do it all over again now, I would go there, get the training, put in a year with them to pay off the training, and then look for greener pastures. After that year, you should be able to find a company that will give you more money, and possibly other options you may like better.

Overall though, I will say that my experience with Roehl was a positive one. When it comes to starter/training companies, you could do A LOT worse.

Note: One thing to keep in mind is that it has been about 6-7 years since I left Roehl, so I'm going off the assumption that their operation is still about the same as it was back then. It's possible that things have gone way downhill since then, but I'd be surprised if that were the case.

 

Roehl is bottom of the barrel even for starter companies.

I don't know where it's written in stone that every new driver has to "pay their dues" at a outfit like Werner or Roehl.

 

Roehl is bottom of the barrel even for starter companies? Since when??? That certainly was not their reputation when I signed on with them.

 

I would go with Halvor Lines or Millis before I touch a company like Roehl...for a starter company...and I would cringe at the thought of having to work for even those outfits ever again at...least as an experienced driver.

I see the complaints on here about Roehl all the time. Seldom are runs longer than 400 miles. When you do get a longer run, like 900 to 1400 miles, they give you 3 or 4 days to be married to it. I am going off the complaints I've seen across this entire forum for years and years about all of these big box companies. At least at Millis you would make decent money if you want to put up with them, even Halvor Lines you could earn a living as a 1st year driver.

With all that said, rookie or not, I don't see why newbies automatically flock to big companies in droves. Forced fueling and forced routing and being treated subhuman 24/7/365 just wouldn't fly with me.



This mentality that "they're all like this" and "you need to cut your teeth somewhere" is why things never get better.

They aren't all like this, but most are because most drivers won't stand up for themselves or do a real job search.

Stop settling for less than you're worth. It keeps wages low for yourself and the entire industry.

 

i havent driven a truck for 2 years, roehl says they will hire me to run midwest regional. they have a program for truckers that havent driven for awhile, they said if i pass the road test further training isnt needed. im guessing theyre just using that program to get drivers to run teams- and my training would be 90 dollars a day, does this sound familiar.