roehl cdl class questions.

You pay:
Hotel-$400
Tuition processing fee-$185
Licensing fee (once you pass your road/skills test)-$<100
School fee-$2800 unless you get job offer from Roehl, then it's paid off with mileage. You still get your cpm's but they use your mileage totals to calculate what it would cost to pay off the school.
Everything else is pretty much included in the tuition, including books etc.

The only real expense I've had sense I've been here is food and laundry.

 

Once given a spot with them you will also get sent to Gary for secure net training then out with a trainer for the 10-14 days before testing out

 

Yup, all classes stay at the Woodfield Inn & Suites. Not a bad place, just remember to bring your own towels and bath mat or you'll slip on the floor. They only provide towels for the pool area, which if there's no kids in there, is a pretty nice place including the hot tub. I'd say the school is booked up. The class in front of us had 1 guy due to the weather. My class has 5, 1 got stranded in PA trying to get here. The class directly behind us, 412, had 6 but lost 1 last I heard.

1st day is paperwork of course and urine test, then after lunch you'll be in the trucks driving around the range. Then it's all range time and the more you progress you may get out on the hard road before end of week 1. Saturdays are for classroom, usually here til lunch or shortly after. The training is above average and they do give you everything you need to complete the tasks/tests. Just pay attention. They have vending machines and soda (pop for some) machines on site too, however I usually buy in bulk at the grocery stores and bring my own. You'll get roughly 1 hour for lunch each day, but you gotta get back and pre-trip your truck/trailer before you start again after lunch so that kinda cuts into it. Pre-trip is pretty easy, just follow the sheet they give ya and learn the verbage. Before too long you'll be saying "properly mounted, not damaged" in your sleep lol

Yes, I'm going flatbed national. The guys in my truck are all going flats. We get done with school this Thursday, then 1st day of orientation Friday (if we get the job offer) then off to Gary, IN for load securement training on Sat/Sun then home for a few days before we get with our driver trainers. 8-13 days after starting with trainer we test out and then on our own.

 

Depends on the person and how lazy they want to be. I'm doing flatbed cause I did it in the Army and I don't feel like just sitting in a truck all the time. The physical demand aspect is appealing to me. There are some great drivers out there in van etc, but it's not for me. Basically it's whatever is appealing to that person at the time.

 

2500 avg miles a week and I'm going national so it's whatever they want me to do, but I've been told 8-13 out and 3 home. That's fine with me, cause I don't wanna slip seat. If you're on a hometime program (14/7, 7/7, 7/4-7/3) you'll be sharing a truck with someone. I'd rather have my own and take it home with me.