Stopping in Fargo??

Roehl has a website out there. That site more than likely lists all their terminal locations. Crete does, I do know that. These two companies are pretty good to work for, by the way.

 

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Brick called it. Of course he called it. A drop yard may be a place with a guard shack and a guard on duty 24/7. It may also be like a SwiftQuit yard I remember going to once in New York State. This yard didn't even have a fence or night lighting. When I went there, I picked up a load of beer that had been sitting for four days. It didn't have a lock on it, either. It just had a special lock-type seal. But it was all there.

 

To start with a new company you will go to the companies main terminal for orientation (or the closest terminal to your home if they condut orientation classes there). This will be 1 to 3 days traditionally. You will be put in a local motel each day, driven back and forth from the motel to the terminal, usually fed lunch while at the terminal, and finally assigned to a truck after completing orientation. You will be paid with a check at this point for the time spent in orientation. Usually the company will attempt to route you back through your home town so you may grab your gear and load it into the truck. From that point on you may have to drop your trailer at the drop lot close to your home (and park your truck there as well but it depends on the companies policy) before bobtailing to your house (or you may park your personal vehicle at the drop lot and just go home from there) . This way the load may be repowered if necessary and is in a secure location so theft will be more difficult.