For you Roehl National Dry Van drivers, do you get to go all 48? On Roehl's website, their National Dry Van map shows mostly all Upper Midwest and Northeast, with some Kentucky, Tenn., and St.Louis. I'd like opportunities to go Southwest, Great Plains and South. Also, who are some of Roehl's customers in Van and products hauled?
Roehl's National Dry Van go All 48 and Canada?
Discussion in 'Roehl' started by doninwooster, Mar 10, 2018.
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I've been to all 48 states in a little over a year driving for them, you can choose not to drive in Canada, the down side is that you won't be eligible to become driver of the year or get an outstanding performance award.
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If you don't mind me asking, what is your overall impressions of Roehl? I live in Wooster, OH 60 miles South of Cleveland with State Rt 30 running right through. What products have you hauled in Dry Van, and do you get hometime when you request it?
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I've got good impression of the company and home time is never a problem for me and yes I know Wooster, if you work for Roehl and when you wanna go home, they are likely to give you a load going to that peanut butter and jelly company in Wooster, I think it's jm smucker, 2 years ago I was in Wooster and tried one of the Japanese restaurant in the same shopping plaza of walmart, it was pretty good
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That company would indeed be J.M. Smucker, Co., located in Orrville, OH. The restaurant you mentioned is Osaka Asian Restaurant. So, you have been with Roehl for a little over a year? It is nice to know that Dry Van gets to all 48 States. Their map looks more like a Great Lake Regional, than National. I have heard horror stories from past or current Roehl driver's about low miles and a lot of sitting in Dry Van. Also, how Roehl's Safety program is very overbearing with the micromanaging. A few have quoted, "One little wrong move (whatever that means) and you are out the door!"
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Osaka, you're right, I just recalled it, and it was at the corner location of the walmart plaza, opened about 2 years ago
Orrville, that's right, and there's also Scott's DC we go to.
I am in dry van national and I get at least 150,000 miles a year, not much sitting around.
I mean you just be safe and the safety department won't bother you, but the one thing that's bad about it is the camera they put in the truck, although the driver facing camera would be disabled if you have a good driving record. -
What do you deliver to Smuckers and Scott's? I assume you pick up their products to ship. In regards to the cameras, some drivers state Roehl uses them to "spy on them while they are in the cab; most state they are only activate on a 20 second loop for speeding, following to close, hardbraking, etc.. Is their pay scale/plan as "complicated" as some drivers say? The ones I have spoken with believe it is just a way to keep wages down; others say that is just malarky
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What other places in NE Ohlo have you delivered and picked up from?
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close to Wooster I've got Scott's and jm smucker in Orrville, vision street truax in ashland, crown cork, greif, and shears in Massillon, malco products, rj ohio distribution, and multiband in Akron, Owens and corning in tallmadge, Georgia Pacific in mogadore, foseco inc in brook park, multiband in middleburg heights, mondelez in streetsboro, alliance packaging in alliance, rr donnelley in willard, shurtech in avon
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I've never worked for Roehl but I have worked for Schneider. Being that you live in Ohio hauling dry van expect to live mostly in the northeast with some jaunts to the upper Midwest and southeast. I wouldn't expect to ever go west of I-35.
If you wanted to see more of the country I'd say flatbed would be your best bet with them as I've seen their drivers in the Pacific Northwest. Also reefer probably has a higher likelihood than van to see all 48.
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