Roehl Transport, Inc. - Marshfield, Wi.

Do... do you take your trainees home with you? Cause that may be a bit creepy.

Different fella, every two weeks, mowing your yard...


after having finished two of three days of orientation, I'm suprised no one has mentioned that Roehl's trucks are govered at 65 mph.

My... Orienteerers [?] tell me that Roehl is working on APUs for their fleet, but with the ICON and bunk-heaters already in place, it's not something they feel a need to go full-tilt to get done immediately.

I get picked up by my flatbed trainer on Saturday, in Gary, it would seem.

 

Thanks everyone for the great info. I'm really thinking the 7/3-7/4 plan may be the best deal out there for a new driver looking to learn the business without being completely overwhelmed by the lifestyle. It sounds like about 6-7 weeks total process for a new driver until they are released to their own truck. (pending trainee demonstrated ability and skill).

My app is going into the Roehl database tonight, I'll see what they have to offer. After about 2 months of hard research, this seems like the best balance of training, safety, and home time...and the pay scale is not too bad for a new driver as well.

Thanks again for the info!

 

students stay in hotels, in bunk rooms at terminals, or get switched to another trainer when the orginal trainer goes home. in my case i'm a 7 on 7 off trainer, so when i go home my student goes with another trainer. i might be the one picking you up on saturday. i leave out that day

 

the 7/4 7/3 is a great program for new drivers as long as you live near a terminal. it gives you decent miles and set home time. i do 7/7 but you will only make about 30k unless you are a trainer.

 

i am a newbie what is OBC

 

(o)n (b)oard (c)omputer also known as qualcomm..........

 

I live near a drop yard but not a terminal, would that work just as well?

Also, you can make 30k by doing 7/7 ???

 

After reading all this stuff about Roehl I am glad I got my pre-exceptance today. As soon as I finish TDDS I should be driving for them. Thanks for all the info!

 

which drop yard? they do it out of the akron drop yard. an experienced driver can make 30k, i would recommend 7/4 7/3 for newbies or you will be broke. just do the math .32x3000 miles x 26 weeks= about 25k. or you can do something on your off weeks. i know guys who have rental units, farmers, bartenders, real estate, retired military w/ pension, or are married and their wives have good jobs.

as for the idle thing, winter isn't a problem because of cab heaters. you will have to run the truck if it gets below 0 though. in summertime when i park i run the a/c for about 2hrs and get it nice and cold then shut it off. this works great in the northern states as it cools off at nite anyways, florida you will have to let it run. the last time i missed a month was about 7 years ago. i delivered to a jobsite in orlando, and when i got there they said the doors that i brought were not supposed to be there for another month and they had nowhere to put them. so i sat there for 2.5 days with my trucking constantly idling while the shipper and roehl fought with them to take it off the trailer, finally the rented a container and put the doors in it. it was february so i did not mind hanging out in unversal studios anyways.

 

Pete, that sounds right. My husband just went through this whole process, new to trucking. He attended school in Marshfield (three weeks). He drove home and went out on Evo I the following Thursday. Out 11 days, home 3 1/2 days, left next Thursday again with a different trainer for Evo II. He wound up out on Evo II for 13 days because they had to get him to Gary for him to test out. He did the road and written test yesterday. He was a little worried because the tester was SO quiet, no comments, he wondered. Then afterward, they tester said he did great and was joking with him. He passed both and was assigned his truck last night. :smt038 He commented how helpful and friendly everyone was when getting his truck. It has 27,000 miles on it, cleaned very well he said. So anyway, he took off on his first solo drive toward home today. He said it was weird pulling out of the yard by himself. He drove til he could no more tonight (out of hours) because he had trouble finding a place to park (it got a little late) , finally found a rest stop in SC, said, 'Well, I found one space left so I grabbed it, but there's room for 100 four-wheelers and there's only three there.' Spoken like a true trucker He's headed in this general direction, so all is well. During his training, they ran a lot in the NE and did one load through Canada. He learned a lot. This has worked out great so far, especially since this is all new to him (and me). Wow, good school, good trainers, no complaints, we found out about this co on this board so are appreciative. I am thankful.