7 on 7 off - Reefer or Dry Van? The Good, The Bad, The Roehl Way?
Discussion in 'Roehl' started by SmokinBoles, Jun 26, 2013.
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Roehl has several fleets now. Flatbed, Curtain side, Reefer, Dry Van and some local jobs as well.
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Hi all.
Im finishing up school soon and been considering the Roehl 7on 7off deal.
Anyone who is fairly new to it willing to spill the beans as to what kind of money expected to earn?
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He tried to persuade me with the $.02 per mile difference and I said I'd rather drive the extra miles to make it up than be cleaning out reefer trailers and being jerked around by grocery warehouses. Not to mention all those unpaid miles driving to the scale (sometimes over an hour away) and then back to the shipper to get the load cut, sometimes not until the next day.Bayle Thanks this. -
When I drove for Roehl before, I was in the national reefer fleet. It started off as 11 out and 3 home. Then it seemed to get to be longer out and if I was in the yard by noon that day counted as a home time day. Never mind that there was paperwork to do and probably an empty reefer that had to be washed out before I could park it (more free work).
Here is another scenario that rubbed me the wrong way. They would frequently send me out east and once I was out there they'd keep me there doing about 200 miles a day doing stuff like pick up in NJ and run up to CT. Spend the night and maybe a day in CT waiting for my next dispatch (no pay, always seconds shy of getting layover pay) and then go back to NJ and get something else that was local in nature. Finally I'd get something going to OH and then maybe Chicago, then 2 days of local crap runs before going home.
This time I'm hoping for a better deal since that truck needs to be back in time for the other driver. I'll get fairly decent pay for a part time job and health insurance. -
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In my 12 years at Roehl I did almost 9 years of 7/7. It was a pretty good deal when I was a trainer. I made a lot more money as a 7/7 flatbed trainer than I did as a 11/3 non-trainer.
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a reefer can haul anything a dry van can, so miles will be better -
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