Going with roehl diary

Roehl's ok to start out with. But your gonna get sick of there nagging about that idle time. When its not your fault,you been sittin in Florida for a day and a half in the heat. Your idle time will be up and they will be whining about you trying to stay cool. When they should be spending time running there buisness better,so they wouldn't have to nag you.
And try that shifting early crap with 45,000 pounds in the box going up some mountain.Do it their way and you'll be doing 25,fighting 7th and 8th gear. When it would be a little easier tacking that detroit out a little more so you could settle in a gear and climb that hill at 45.
One last thing,wait til the end of the year when you miss your bonus by a 1000 miles or so.You'll also lose out on the 3 or 4 cent mileage raise your suppose to be getting.
My point....don't be that company guy they want you to be. Watch out for #1. They control your miles and they don't want you to meet your bonus. Good Luck Truckin!!

 

Nobody expects someone out of school to be a perfect shifter. After a while, it'll come naturally to you (at least for most). If you're away from the truck for quite some time, you'll need to get back into the groove of things. Unless you give them the impression you're going to drop the drive shaft your first week out, they'll only dock you a few points for grinding.

 

lauched outta Gary on my EVO 1
just finished day 2 in broken arrow oklahoma
averaging 250 to 300 a day driving
i drove out the gate into a rainstorm and into the dark
made me appreciate driving today in sunshine and dry
learning to double down 10 to 8 on off ramps
phew
and those friggin short on ramps in Missouri
gotta really get into the gears to get 45 b4 you merge
it gets easier
so they say
lol... it is
oh yeah hauling a cutainside, my trainer is a flatbedder, we have 3 stops tommorrow
will be a long day
then wake up to the next dispatch

 

I know you're refering to shifting when you're talking about dropping a drive shaft, BUT!! It could happen to you!! Imagine, long day, backed into the parking slot, set the brakes and forget to take the truck out of gear before you release the clutch and shut it off!!! Wheeee!!!!!!! Lots of fun!!!

I've seen it happen.....

Enjoy and be careful out there!!! Cheers!!!

 

I'm looking for flatbed, the Roehl recruiter came by the school a couple weeks ago. I've got a pre-hire with TMC but they have a 7 week training plan total at $300/wk, how does Roehl stack up with that? Do they get you in a truck after training or do you sit long enough to require refresher/rehire?

-Edit
I talked with my Roehl recruiter and submitted an application today, five of them in fact.

 

Pretty sure it's $60/day evo 1, $65/day evo 2, at least 20 days of training, sometimes a little more. If it helps your decision making process, I unloaded at 8am yesterday morning and didn't get a load until 1030am today. Perhaps a company that does ONLY flatbeds would be a better choice (TMC/Maverick) if you really want to flatbed, and want to earn some money.

 

maverick not hiring Right now.

I AM A FLATBEDDER, I TRAVEL WITH ALL EQUIPMENT NECCESSARY. CHAINS (FOR THE UNRULEY ONES), STRAPS (FOR THE SEMI-UNRULEY ONES), AND TARPS (FOR THE ONES NOT TO BE SEEN WITH YOU)!