April 9th orientation in marshfield

Luck of the draw T-Lady, just LUCK. When I came out, I had the choice, 05 or travel to Phoenix for an 07 with no guarantee when I would get home. Took the 05. 60 days later I was in a new Silver 12. Just happened to be in the right place and at the right time.

 

Shhhhh....let me have my happy little pipe dream, man!

 

New question. I have been in car electronics for many years (over 25) and have acquired many things. I have to have the shop do my installs?? Like radio...inverter....sat radio?? I have three 2000 watt inverters and enough 4 gauge wire and fuses to handle a pretty large fleet.

 

Does anyone know about the training in Ellenwood Ga.??

 

what do you need to Know?
Also on the electrics, you can put in sat radio, cb etc but they will not let you install your own inverter, they have to do it.

 

How were the trainers. What was lodging like. I went to an 8 week community college course and they trained us pretty hard. Just wonder what all the training is. We had to do pretrips at least every other day. I already have my twic card, hazmat, tanker, doubles and trips and passport. I assume you went there being from Fl

 

So I have narrowed down my search to Roehl for my training.They sound like they are pretty solid. I am curious though if there are any costs that you have to cover yourself such as lodging and the transportation to get there and back home. Some company sponsored schools offer bus tickets to the training center and back home once you complete. Also another question is what kind of hometime can you expect after training?

 

if your going to the school and not orientation you cover the costs for lodging and travel...(you will get some back at the end of RDTC).....with the change in how they do training now I am not sure of the hometime...

 

They have to install the inverter for you, ( they charge around $250 to do that I think), and Roehl has a 1000 watt max for inverters.

 

man, the OTR trainers are nightmares. they make you do a pre-trip AND a post-trip inspection EVERY DAY. plus, you have to stop every 100 miles to do an en-route inspection all day long, and that means every light, tire, and tie down has to be looked at. if anything is wrong, they make you fix it right there, even if it makes you late.

you can't back up, EVER, without getting out to look behind you, you have to know roehl's safety sheet by heart, understand roehl's fuel mileage policies, be able to list all the critical crashes that roehl is concerned about, keep up with a paper log AND an e-log, know how to estimate travel time and eta, and be able to trip plan to the hour. jeez, you have to be able to define the sleeper berth, understand the legal definitions of all four hours of service categories, and know when and how to switch from one to the other.

they force you to understand working load limits, aggregate load limits, you have to know the limits of every tie down and fastener on the truck, you have to know three legal ways to secure homicide coils, and one legal way each for suicide and palleted coils. they force you to understand special commodities, tying down dressed lumber, light and heavy vehicles, pallets, rough cut boards, and all the rest of that stuff.

they make you calculate weight distribution on the trailer, slide the axles to compensate for overloads, know how to fix things that break, and understand how not to stand under magnetic cranes in a thunderstorm.

watch out for those roehl trainers, man. they're some mean sons of #######.