Its quite easy to have a string of bad luck in regard to call ins. There is a big number with words encouraging people to call in on the back of...
I enjoy nomadic type work myself, that was the main reason I started driving. Some people like others to poop in their mouth, really, literally....
Well, If your finances are that great, I dont understand why you are driving a truck. Why live in an 8X8 box for weeks at a time? Only people with...
Sayter, they run you up to the Northeast because you are paid less as a SE regional driver. Normally, they would have to pay a National driver,...
"This kind of money". Your making a whopping 25-30g's a year, to sleep in an 8X8 box most of the time and be away from family and friends. Thats...
The banks have everyone from the bottom of the food chain to the top, and that is the real problem. Yes, drivers cannot afford to strike here...
Drivers in the european union have it made and are paid very well. They went on strike over a year ago when the diesel prices went up like they...
Yes, excellent choice in choosing not to go to the OTR hell. Companies like roehl or any other large company, especially with a training school,...
Almost forgot, Roehl will also run their national drivers regional and give that regional driver the national. I just cant stop saying it... Its...
Regional drivers get paid less per mile than National drivers do. Roehl is notorious for running their SE regional drivers all the way to the west...
On at least 2 occasions I was sitting parked at a truckstop and got out to help another Roehl driver back in. And these were not difficult spots...
Well GRC, You were warned. Now is not the time to be job hopping either. I would try to hang in there to your 6 month mark. Etch, Thanks for you...
I think I predicted last November this would happen at Roehl eventually. Ahhhhhhh, dont miss it at all.
Yes, Thank you for portraying "trucking" accurately. Make sure you cover the administrative side as well, you know, the dispatchers.... Its unreal...
Be be very polite and courteous. Remember not to get frustrated when they say things that make no sense to you. Most of them have no clue as to...
Yes, Good luck and remember to always take your time and not to get in a hurry. And like JennCtw said, I hope you get a good DSR.
Oops, Etch, I just looked more closely at the figures above you posted about how much you allegedly earn on the honor program. So you are saying...
I believe the honor program salary drivers gross about $750 a week tops. Now if you run 3000 miles in a week, that means you made around .25 cpm....
I sure didnt get fired. I was there 19 months, never late, got my raises, bonuses, saftey award, etc etc. This debate is whether they run legal or...
Yes, this is correct, they will never "ask" you too. They say "will you take this" which really means, "we know you do not have enough hours...
