Is Roehl ever going to get any new equipment?

wonders if i should look some where else for a job

 

It really is a good company. Just need to phase out the old trucks.

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they are phaseing out the old trucks as new ones come in...I was told the 05's and 06's are priority to get replaced as they have major breakdown issues (you stand a better chance if your getting fixed in Marshfield....worked for me when my 07 grenaded the turbo and sucked all the metal into the cylinders)....

 

I only see a few old 9400's on the road anymore, there can't be too many left, and I see more new trucks than old out here, even counting the blue ones LOL

 

I am suprised when I see the old 9400s out on the road...the drivers must really like them...or they don't get to marshfield too often...cause if they did I am pretty sure they won't have that truck when they leave..... I have seen a couple condo columbias in various terminals that were part of the mothball fleet that have about 150k or less miles on them...

 

I think roehl should experiment again like they did with the t660's and instead of buying bubble nosed crapstar's they should buy some lonestars and have some nice looking trucks. Maybe give them to the most experienced drivers that have been with the company for years.

I was talking to a driver for another company and he said his boss bought 80 Pete 389's and he went through and hand picked who got them. He got one and he's been with the company for 3 years. He told me the guys who got them he knew wouldn't tear them up. He told me it was a big morale booster.

I think it's good when a company buys very nice trucks for their top drivers that have been there for years and take care of their equipment.

I know if i get a crapstar or cascadia I won't be putting it up against another power pole lol. Ill treat it how I treat my '07, as if it were mine

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supposedly there are 2 or 3 lonestars in the fleet....plus when you become a multimillion mile driver (3+) from what I heard is that Rick takes them to the dealer when its time for new trucks and they get to pick what they want...thats how the couple coranodos ended up in the fleet...then one got leased off...

 

That's BA. My uncle told me Walmart did that. He hit his 30 year mark and had almost 3.2 million under him. He choose a KW900L lol. He only put 30,000 miles on it before he decided to just go ahead and retire


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Im calling bs on both. I highly doubt roehl lets drivers pick trucks.

And your uncle is full of it, wally world ran sheet spreaders for a long time now they have petes and fl's......no kw's





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No BS there bud. The 4 million mile guy has a Coronado flatbed truck. He picked it out and Roehl bought it.