Any Questions about Roehl??

How long do you typically stay out with a trainer if you are just coming out of CDL school?

 

That depends on you! If you have a handle on progressive shifting, squaring your corners, the seven steps and your trainer see's you have it down you could be done in a week or so. Then again if you dont show progression you could be on your way home on a gray dog!

 

Minimum of 8 days. Usually 10-13 days.

 

I live 263 miles from Ellenwood, Georgia. Can anyone tell me if I can take my truck and trailer home? I will be working 7/4-7/3 flatbed...

 

Home time fleets are slip seat, and I do believe 7/4-7/3 is 3 drivers sharing two trucks.

 

if you are assigned home time fleet, you cannot take the truck home. I live 120 miles from Bensalem Pennsylvania. This is my third trip out, and its going pretty well.

 

Direct from the roehl handbook, if you live within 50 miles of a Roehl transport facility, you must leave your vehicle at that facility when you go home.

 

Speaking of the trucks, what are the dry van tractors like? Stand-up sleepers? How does one carry their spouse with only the one bunk? Recruiting said we would need to be "creative". At my age, sleeping is more important than creativity!

 

My wife lived on the truck with me a few times for several months. We had no trouble sleeping together in the dorm sized bunk. But if you can't handle that much closeness, then this could be a problem.

The reason I left Roehl the first time was to get a condo truck. Then my wife never even slept in the upper bunk. We just used the extra space for storage bins.

 

Sounds good, Dennis. Thanks! BTW, any other pros or cons you can share about Roehl?