Roehl Flatbed

Hence why I don't need a GPS!

 

All in all I can't complain about Roehl's flatbed division. There are hickups sometimes, but from what I hear you will get that everywhere. I'm very happy to be running skateboards for them, and unless something major happens will be sticking with them for quite a long time.

 

this is an old thread, but any new info on Roehl flatbedding?
decent freight?
what is the training like?
I have some experience securing machinery with chains, but I've never tarped.

 

Flatbed freight is still up and down. I've had good weeks and bad weeks lately, and so have other flatbedders I've talked to. Anywhere from 1700 to 2700, averaging around 2200. We've picked up an AGCO account so you can do agricultural machinery out of Kansas and Maryland.

You should get flatbed experience with the trainers, and then you'll get a three-day school in Gary which is very useful--discussion of FMSCA regulations and hands-on demonstrations of the commoner types of freight that Roehl hauls. Once you're out, you'll end up hauling anything that will fit on the trailer, and sometimes the load is awkward.

If you can unroll a sleeping bag you can tarp. The hardest part of tarping is deciding how to roll, fold, and stow the tarps the way you like them. There aren't any rules. People cuss my tarps when they get them rolled up in relay exchanges, but it works for me.

 

Cool thanks! How are their physical testing? I see that TMC is pretty strict. I'm a big guy but I can do all the heavy lifting and climbing.

 

There physical is pretty standard. It monitors your heart rate during a set of physical activities. The one thing I found to remember, if this is how you wind up going, is to cut out the caffeine for a few days prior to the assessment. The caffeine will get your heart rate going rather quickly. They look for the target heart rate, versus the maximum heart rate.

 

I am a flatbedder (knuckle dragger). 2nd week of Evo 3. My Evo 1 and a few days of Evo 2 were on flatbed and the remaining time on Evo 2 was reefer. So far I don't mind flatbed at all. Then again I was somewhat familiar with flatbeds as I unloaded and loaded them off and on for 31 yrs with my previous job. One thing for sure, you never know what you will be hauling. Lumber,steel,machinery,roofing shingles,etc. I am looking forward to sometime in the near future to get some training on curtainside. I like the idea of being able to haul any type of trailer.
So far all my experience with Roehl has been positive.

 

i am hired to do flats and was told i might have to do van for a few weeks to get use to the company?

 

Thats what I was told as well.....they will have you do van during Evo 3 and then switch you after that.

 

Yeah I they changed that just recently. It does make better sense for them. Since they'll pay you the lower cpm to do evo 3. They did say they will send me out with a flatbed trainer too, but not as long. Also load securement before heading out with the FB trainer.