R&O Transportation LLC

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  1. relmy

    relmy Bobtail Member

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    Wilmington, DE, they pull bananas. Does anyone have any info on them?
     
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  3. Tommo2

    Tommo2 Bobtail Member

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    You're kidding. What a mess.
     
  4. relmy

    relmy Bobtail Member

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    I was really hoping someone with fisrt hand knowledge would reply
     
  5. Tommo2

    Tommo2 Bobtail Member

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    sorry, was just joking, lame remark. Looked at their website and appears to be a solid outfit from that aspect. Hope you find someone on here that's worked for them. Good cess on ya.
     
  6. Allow Me.

    Allow Me. Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Used to be a company called Roberts and Oaks that were brokers and leased on O/O's. I think they're still out there, might be this company you want to know about. Are they calling themselves R&O now? The only thing I can tell you is outdated, but, heck, I'll tell you anyway. On March 1st 1976, I got my CDL in Ca. and leased on to a company (after I bought my power unit) and picked up a trailer in Anaheim and was deadheaded to El Paso where I settled in at the Petro for the w/e waiting for a Monday dispatch. I was talking to a O/O for Roberts and Oaks working on his truck in the lot and he liked them. But, he wasn't hauling bananas, was doing flatbed as I remember.
     
  7. Eskimo6804

    Eskimo6804 Heavy Load Member

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    R & O is indeed Roberts and Oake. They are now owned by Castellini produce. That is the same company that owns RWI(Riley Whittle). Bob Castellini(the owner of previously stated companies) is also the majority owner of the Cincinatti Reds baseball team.

    I really can't tell you much about R & O, but one of my dad's best friends was a fleet owner that was leased to RWI for many years all the way up until he passed away a few years ago. He loved it there, as did his hired drivers.

    I doubt that this is of much help, but maybe it shed a little bit of light.
     
  8. 112racing

    112racing Road Train Member

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    i worked for them in sept and made 3 trips from delaware to ohio that was enough for me

    unless you have a lightweight tractor with a c12 or m11 you will be overweight (i have a classic 58" midroof lighter than most owner operator trucks) and will have to dodge all the scales you might be under gross but you probably wont be able to axle out (trailer tandems are fixed)

    the containers come off the boat and are sealed there is no cutting pallets to make weight

    the containers are heavy and so is the chassis in most cases you will weigh 40,000 lbs mt ...

    most of the return loads are over 40,000 ch robinson loads because the containers have only 42 ft (they are 45 footers ) of useable space because of the reefer unit on the trailer limiting commoditys to heavy loads

    you must return the reefer full of fuel on your dime so if the container comes off the boat friday and you have a monday delivery you will burn 3 and 1/2 days of fuel and if you bring back a reefer load add to that

    these are not a reefer that is like in a normal trailer... the unit is 440 volt electric and is powerd by a large generator mounted on the bottom of the chassis there fore the generator must run 100% of the time while under a load and the reefer unit itself will cycle for temps

    many guys are happy there i was not because of the weight issue and the difficulty in making your logs having a resemblance of being legal but it is steady work

    you will average about $1.20 a mile and if your bills are in by tuesday you get payed on friday

    and you need a twic card but they will work with you by having the yard jockey pull the loads off the pier to their shag yard untill you get your twic card

    everybody there was nice but it wasn't a fit for me
     
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  9. relmy

    relmy Bobtail Member

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    112racing. thank you!
     
  10. whoopNride

    whoopNride Road Train Member

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    I have an uncle that was leased to them back in the 90's, outa Gulfport, Miss.

    Same deal, pulling bananas outa the port. He quit for the same reason. Always over weight. going and coming. Always trying to dodge the coops.:biggrin_25510:
     
  11. relmy

    relmy Bobtail Member

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    I guess I'll be dodging the coops too, I start Monday. I am actually looking at the lack of posts as a good sign. I see some threads where a driver asks about a company and there are a 1000 answers about how bad it is.
     
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