The "advertised" pay along with the home time plans actually sounds attractive to me. Can anyone here that works for them verify that if I take :
- flatbed regional(central), weekends off, I'll make an average $1000 week (50k a year)?
- or that the 7/7 skateboard fleet will pay out an average of $925 a week?
- What happens if I'm slip seating on a 7/7 or 14/7 and the the other driver comes in a day or 2 late? Do I just take a short week or is it made up some how?
- Are the trucks equipped with Apu's?
- If not slip seating, can you take the trucks home?
Thanks
Is Roehl for Real? Need some info from people who know.
Discussion in 'Roehl' started by Danvitt, Feb 25, 2015.
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It's slip seating. They have apu that's on a timer. I think you are allow two hours. Usually it's a different truck everytime.
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Off topic but you guys post smh all the time, I just had to google it to figure out what it means. For anyone else that doesn't know the lingo it means shake my head.
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I don't, and I never knew whar "smh" stood for. Just never had the amibition to google it myself.
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2 hours apu use? Sounds silly. I'd want mine on the whole time the truck is off. Don't mind the cold but I hate sleeping in sweat.
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So no one has info on these home time plans? Or whether the money is just hype?
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It's the 1500 watt direct-wire inverter (to run your microwave, etc.) that has a 2-hour time limit, not the APU. After 10 hours of being off, the inverter can then be used for another 2 hours. The 2 hours doesn't have to be all at once either -- you could use the inverter for an hour, shut it off for awhile, then use it for another hour, etc.
There's no limit on running the sleeper heat or A/C to keep comfortable. Some of the trucks have an actual APU, which is a little diesel engine that runs to keep the batteries charged and provide A/C. Many of the trucks, however, now have what's called an "EPU" -- which is an extra-large bank of batteries that can run the (electric) A/C all night. Heat is provided by a diesel-fueled heating unit.Last edited: Feb 27, 2015
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I will tell you what my typical 7/7 week was. Keep in mind that it was a few years ago and I was a trainer and had some log book flexibility. I shared ONE truck with one other person. Depending on the guy you shared with, you could leave some stuff in the truck or you had to take it all with you. I left Wisconsin on a Saturday with 1000-1200 mile load to deliver on Monday morning. Then I usually reloaded a 1000-1200 mile load back to the midwest for a Wednesday morning delivery. I spent Wednesday and Thursday doing 400-500 mile a day loads and on Friday I would usually deliver in the morning and pick up a load to relay at the yard I kept my truck at.
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