want to talk to drivers about roehl

Thank you Jenn I appriciate your help can you tell me how many miles is he averaging

 

Weekly miles? Varies, he just started there the end of March and switched from flatbed to curtainside a couple of weeks ago. I can look at his statements and see what the miles are...I added both his empty and loaded miles as shown on his statement that he was paid for...
week 1...flatbed great lakes regional- 1815 miles
week 2...flatbed GLR- 1783
week 3...flatbed GLR- 1278...this was a week he asked to be in for Friday because of an appt. he was home loaded on Wednesday so what he had on didn't get calculated until the following week so it was a bit shorter miles wise
week 4...flatbed GLR- 2469
week 5...flatbed GLR swapover to Curtainside OTR- 1724... with the swapping of the divisions he was held over in Marshfield to turn in his flatbed truck and stuff then had to wait for a ride up to Iron Mountain to get a different truck.
This weeks paycheck on last weeks miles aren't in yet, I think he guesstimated 2200, but I won't know for definite what they paid him on until Tuesday after 5pm when I can access his statement online. This weeks miles are starting out decent, he got a load out of Wisconsin going to Texas, multi stops. So as long as he doesn't get tangled up in hurry up and wait down there he should have a decent week hopefully .

 

Jenn, thanks for posting that info...sometimes its hard to get miles they are running.

How long has your husband been driving, I mean total...who did he drive for before, etc.?
Whats his opinion of Roehl, all in all?
Does he get home regularly? or at least when requested or close to it?

Thanks again for the info!

 

He got his CDL in 1993. He actively drove starting in 1996 (he did straight van out of the airport before that as a 2nd job to the Navy). He did 3 years then went back into the military (Army this time), got out after 2 (honorably, in case anyone wondered lol) and has been driving since 2001. So that's 11 years accumulatively.
He drove for quite a few company's over that time. He's also done O/O and L/O (that one was a horrid learning experience and didn't last but 4 months lol). State of the economy, stupid decisions, mistakes...aka life lessons, brings us to where we are today.
All in all what does he think of Roehl? He says so far they have a good handle on things, they can keep you running but you may have to wait until the next day at times, but overall they're a good company. He really hasn't had to sit to horribly long between loads, granted the next one may not be all that great, but it keeps him moving. This past week he did like 2 days worth of running back and forth between cities of Wisconsin before they got that load to Texas, he was eyeballing houses for sale there since he got to see them enough lol. Did he grumble? Of course he did lol, but more to me than dispatch, how lucky for me lol.
Hometime...regional I did get to see him weekly, they were good about that and when he requested to be home they made sure he was here, for many days, but at least he was loaded and able to begin his next week well miles wise. Since switching to OTR he was home last weekend, out this weekend and who knows when he'll be back. He did put a request in to be home for the weekend of the 30th, so we will see how that turns out.
The fun of trucking, this week the company isn't so bad, next week could hate them lol. I know his miles don't look that extrodinairy but I tried to notate why some weeks looked kinda shallow, especially that 1200 mile one. Overall it is what it is, I like it so far, they haven't cheated him out of anything on his settlements yet, so that's always a plus lol.

 

Thanks Jenn That is a lot of help.

 

Hubbys miles for last week were 2053. By the time he gets to Friday this week he should be near 3000. He finished getting his multi stop off down in Texas today and had to deadhead from San Antonio to some dink town (population according to google of around 400 lol) that I can't think of the name of near Abiline to get a load going to Minnesota. He was suppose to get loaded tomorrow but he called ahead and the guy said he'd stay around and get him loaded tonight so then he should be able to get just into Oklahoma before he has to stop. He's hoping he can get it off Thursday so there's a chance he might get a reload to run the long weekend with.

 

that sounds great I hope they keep him rolling. I leave for oreintation on monday. Thanks Jenn for the info

 

Mondays just around the corner! Good luck at orientation

 

Good luck there Chip.
I guess you already have your CDL?
Let us know how it goes and all that stuff.
...if you have the time

 

yes i have it already foo. Just waiting for my enter date. I will try to keep updates here.