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Discussion in 'Roehl' started by Truck It, Jun 20, 2012.

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  1. Jun 24, 2012 #41
    joeh920

    joeh920 Bobtail Member

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    I have worked for roehl for a few months. they promise you lots of miles. you will get them the first few months with the training fleet manager, BUT when they assign you a terminal on your own the miles go way down. average is 1600 to 1800 miles. there is no use complaining it just makes it worse for you. no one cares. they will tell you and i quote. " we are spoiled here at roehl. when our trucks hit 450,000 miles we trade them in for new ones." my truck is a 06 it has 680,500. they didnt even clean it out real good or fix the problems. I have talked to a lot of new drivers in the same situiations. I do not recomend ROEHL. I still work there. I will be leaving when I get 6 months in. Like I said. its not just me I have talked to a lot of new drivers , who tell me they are going through the same thing. Hope this helps.
     
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  3. Jun 25, 2012 #42
    coopnp

    coopnp Road Train Member

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    Junk trucks will be gone by the end of the year from what I heard. And 700,000 miles they get rid of them not 450,000. If not the ill be gone.by the end of the year.
     
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  4. Jun 27, 2012 #43
    Higb

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    I'd like to add the most important aspect you WILL overlook in trucking...Satisfaction. You'll get a lot of satisfaction in trucking at first but you won't come close to what they say you will make. To make $40,000 a year will require you to be on the road 20-27 days at a time with 2-3 days to be with your family. That will get old after about 2 months then the satisfaction of being a trucking will disappear. You have to buy your own food on the road. That will set you back $120 bucks a week. Take $800 subtract 25% for taxes, then the over-the-road expenses like food, combine that with all the crap that comes along with trucking and the long hours that average you at $6-$8 per hour for time worked and you will hate trucking and rate it as the worst job in America
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  5. Jun 27, 2012 #44
    Truck It

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    So I just spoke with Sherlyn ( I believe that was her name ) and had a nice conversation with her about Roehl. She answered my main question/concern pretty well for me. She was saying the average median 1st year gross income is between 35k-42k, depending on which fleet and home time options you choose. She said that Flats seem to be on the higher end as of right now with the way freight is ( Not sure about this, or if they are just really in need of flat drivers ). She and I also talked about variables with freight demand, how the driver manages time, break downs etc can increase or decrease this. I asked her " So if all goes well, I do my job well and efficient I should be able to make 35k my first year" and she said yes. She seemed excited after this when I told her I live in Appleton, WI. I suppose with having a terminal here and being a fairly busy freight lane going through here I'd be a pretty good decent applicant to have on board.

    I have a few dilemmas however, one I think I want to drive reefers, I actually like the thought of having that noisy thing by my head when I sleep, I sleep better with noise than silence, thus why I have a fan blowing on my head every night. But, she seemed to point towards the more money being in flats with the extra tarp/untarp pay etc. She said all the fleets are averaging pretty similar miles per week in the 2300-2500 mpw range. Personally I would want to be at the 2500+ range as much as possible as I am sure most others would too.

    My second dilemma is, it would be about 5 weeks from when I start cdl schooling in Marshfield before I'd see any money coming in. They withhold your first check, 2 week delay in the pay system ( My current job does this, so I know and understand why ). But man I will need to bank some more cash in case #### hits the fan and goes beyond 5 weeks with no cash. Don't want to loose the house lol. One thing I like about Roehl has to do with the website, It shows you what health and dental insurance is going to cost you, instead of that "oh #### feeling of finding out it's way more than you thought feeling you get on Day 1 of orientation at a new job" Staying on benefits, the one thing kind of disappointing is only 2 weeks off for years 2-8. That's a long time to go with only having 2 weeks a year off. Would be nice to get the 3 weeks around 5 or 6 instead.

    All in all it was a good conversation, I didn't feel like she was trying to "sell" me the school, seemed candid and honest and I appreciate that. She is even looking at setting up a time I could go to the Appleton Terminal to take a little tour and sit down and talk with ( Forgot his name now, he is the head guy there who is to train in Marshfield ). So looking forward to that. In the meantime, gonna keep working on budgeting our fiances to set myself up to make this move hopefully within about 2 or 3 months. Have someone looking at our brand new Kia today, so hopefully that sells. Would be a huge cut in the budget right there!!

    Thanks to all for reading my ramblings haha
     
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  7. Jun 27, 2012 #45
    Truck It

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    One thing I am looking at now, is the cpm the flats. Am I seeing it correct where, 0-3 months you are at .33 than every 3 months you get a cpm increase? Like at 12 months you are up to .39? Does this happen FOR SURE?

    Also, does Midwest Regional Flats keep their own truck or do you slip seat? It doesn't say anything about slip setting but wanted to clarify it. I really want to keep my own truck, I am a clean organizational freak so having a clean organized truck everytime I hop in is a must for me lol
     
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  8. Jun 27, 2012 #46
    Treefork

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    Think your math is off there. Also Midwest Regional makes .2 cpm less than National, which is really not fair because we run harder. You keep your own truck and usually reset at home under a load every weekend.
     
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  9. Jun 27, 2012 #47
    Truck It

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  10. Jun 27, 2012 #48
    bucksandducks

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    Ya. There is a two cent pay cut for regional. There is a give and take for everything at Roehl. If you want a little more home time or set schedule you will take a pay cut or share a truck with someone. I would stay away from Midwest regional flatbed. It turns into tarp and untarp every day and dealing with Chicago three times a week.
     
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  11. Jun 27, 2012 #49
    Treefork

    Treefork Road Train Member

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    The thing is, it's not more hometime. I get more hometime staying out 11 days then I do 2 weekends of Midwest. You are right, tarp and untarp twice a day and Chicagoland.
     
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  12. Jun 27, 2012 #50
    Moriarti

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    No, it doesn't. that last one, at the 12 month mark, you have to actually qualify for, via safety, idle time, dispatched miles, maybe out-of-route miles, dunno. I never qualified for 12 month raise, never had the dispatched miles, nor did I ever get the quarterly productivity bonus, for the same reason. But, I was 7/4-7/3, and I'm incredibly lazy.

    Really. I'm not being coy. I'm the guy that gets a 0700 delivery, and waits for night dispatch to call and ask what the window is on that, and if they can bump that to 0900. Eventually getting my FM to send me messages like "Hey, it needs to be there on Thursday." Well, cool.. I can do thursday, I can bust my hump run up to my 14 hour, split break, start driving at O'dark thirty, and spend a day at home, saunter out at some insanely late point and time, so I show up at the consignee two hours before the window closes.

    People just don't appreciate how much effort I'm willing to put into not putting effort into things.
     
    Moriarti, Jun 27, 2012
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