Roehl Transport, Inc. - Marshfield, Wi.

Well, Wednesday is the Big Day! I'm scheduled for my DOT CDL test at 10AM. I'm glad it's near and of course, very anxious to get it done! My backing is better but I don't expect the Cones to invite me over for Saturday BBQ just yet I appreciate all the encouragement & info!

 

I find that the driver should be the one to blame on the logging issue. And as far as working for tmc, I made all my loads on time yes I did have to work my logs a little but not to the point to blame the company, I mean you could have turned down the load if you wanted. Yes they do stay (tmc) on top of you to get the load to it's destination. But to blame everything on them that is just not right. Sounds like to me you either had problems securing and or tarping your load in a timely fashion reason you were leaving the company you were picking load up from. 5pm is late I grant you but somewhere ,something just dont add up. I heard of guys hanging out at the truck stops playing video games and hanging out. Like I said I made my 5 loads a week and there was times I didn't make to cosignee till 1-2 in the morning. Regardless I made it and it was up to me to fill out my logs not tmc. And as far Roehl I dont partically care for them because I had to drive 85 miles to pick a former tmc driver while he was training with them ,and their driver ditched him while he was in the shower and left his items outside of the truck stop in checotah, Oklahoma. And this to me is not very professional as far as the company is concerned for the simple fact they didn't even attempt to help him out of the predicament. I know that the company itself didn't dump him but ,they didn't try to help him either. If this man did not meet me in Des Moines, Iowa at the terminal at tmc while we were there for orientation he would not have had a ride, and would have been stuck there at that truckstop.Oh! this gentleman was from meadville pa. over a thousand miles away from home when he was dumped . Great people to work for,I bet not in this mans opinon. Well mine neither. Note; The guy who dumped him was finally found in texas at a #### bar getting drunk. Instead of resting and getting ready for the next day of driving. Who knows why people cant get there loads to their destination on time or for the fact of the matter,get it there at all.

 

Why was this man dumped? Not saying that was right. And that trainer should have been reported.

 

Wow, what a rambling post that was. Roehl does not condone dropping people off at truckstops like that. I have trained over 100 people at Roehl. Two decided they wanted to quit during training. The first I brought to the terminal in Gary, In. He called in and told them he was done. They asked him if it was a problem with the trainer and if so they would get him another. He told them no it just wasn't what he wanted to do. Roehl paid for his cab to the bus stop and his ticket to Harrisburg, PA. The other guy that quit had his car in Marshfield so I dropped him off there and he went home.
Why did this guy get dumped? I really doubt Roehl would not help this guy get home. I know other trainers who have dropped off problem students at bus stops.
How do you know the trainer was found later in a bar getting drunk? If he got dumped and no longer worked at Roehl how would he know this? You are only getting one side of the story.

 

Well I was kind of giving the benefit of the doubt about this trainer. But after thinking about it and everything my husband had to go through to be certified a trainer I think the story is a little exaggerated.

 

Do you mean 73mph? I met a guy in Gary that had been fired that day because he had hit 75mph in the truck. He was bad-mouthing the company and said no one had warned him about speed and complaining about some other stuff. Another guy in the lounge showed him in the employee handbook where all of his complaints were addressed. That shut him up pretty good! If I am going to work for a company, I think I would want to know what the policies are. Roehl is definitely a stickler for safety - which makes me feel better in the long run.

 

You are probably right about the speed. 63 doesn't sound right. Anyway we just sat through their safety presentation and they do stress the point that they don't tolerate speeding plus a few other points. But like you said I prefer to work for someone who puts the well being of the driver and the public over loads.

 

I have 2 questions. One is, in their flat bed fleet what type of trucks do they use ie freightliner columbias, internationals or other types of trucks? and 2 if i get my CDL prior to being hired will i have to go thru their school or orinatitation and then to a driver trainers truck. I am currently in the military and getting ready to retire soon and setting up my time left in. Thanks

Nero

 

I forgot 2 questions i would like to know. Do roehl trucks come with inverters( I need my coffee haha) and if not how much do they charge to install one. And do they look down on you for sitting idle at a truck stop all night while you sleep?

 

Hi All,
Well, I’m about cross-eyed… I think I’ve read at least 750 posts, that is to say nearly every post about Roehl I could find on this site. Why? Four weeks from today I leave for to attend their school in Marshfield, WI. Now, I’m pretty content with the idea that I’ve made the right decision, but for more reasons than I care to go into here and the fact that I’m a 54 year old guy who is doing a major career / life change in basically a make it or break it fashion, I need to be very sure so I hope to ask a couple questions and get some input too.
Foremost is that though I gladly turned down a similar opportunity for schooling and employment through Driver Solutions to go with Pam or USA (*even though the school is only 20 miles from my home), I have also since accepting Roehl’s offer received a nearly identical one from Maverick out of Arkansas for their school at less cost to me (they also pay lodging and transport to and from my home in Ohio to their facility in Arkansas) - Additionally they pay a couple cents more a mile to start (.34) as opposed to (.32), about double the tarping pay (it’s flatbed) which for Roehl sounds kind of low, and about 4 or 5 cents more (.40 to .41 compared to .36) per mile more by the end of the 1st year. Home time (weekly, mostly weekends) is about the same.
Therein lies my dilemma. I haven’t found too much about Maverick, but as far as the flatbed part of their operation, what I’ve read has been pretty good. I’ve found a lot about Roehl and nearly all is good, though there is little about flat bedding.
Does anybody have any input on this or knowledge of Maverick vs. Roehl flat bed? I really have to make a major decision here and any opinions or additional knowledge would be appreciated. I hear the flat bed training from Maverick is pretty extensive but again, don’t hear much from Roehl.
Finally, if I still go with Roehl, which I’m really still leaning toward at the moment as I’ve already take the DOT physical through their doctor and gotten my learners cdl, I’ve chosen, but am not committed yet to flatbed, Great Lakes regional. From what they told me, his encompasses the NE (yeah, including NY City) and Canada too. I am choosing this because it is the only way I can be home (guaranteed in writing) 34 to 48 hours per week, at least 80% of the time and make a couple cents a mile more plus tarping etc. Otherwise I could take National, Van and be home every 10 to 14 days. Is flatbed a sensible choice and does it get as many miles? (I’ve heard so much bad about driving the east coast)… And can I still make decent money with flatbed regional as opposed to the other or could go van if it is too much hassle for the extra $100 a week involved.
Thanks so much for your time. I see it’s been a while since anyone posted here; I hope someone sees this and answers.
PS…
I’d also love to hear the pros and cons of flat vs. van from the experienced drivers out there who’ve done either or especially both.
THANKS AGAIN


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