My Roehl Experience!

In Ellenwood, that doesn't surprise me.
God forbid they would be doing something. I really don't like that terminal. Thank God I don't ever get down there anymore.

 

You are very correct sir! The numbers are absolutly mind boggeling. The thousands upon thousands of people being hired every year to be drivers. Some will quick because they are not suited to the job(I had a student comment that he wasn't aware there was highway driving involved with the job). Many will become churn. These are the drivers that go through several companies before settling in at one. Talking to my students that have moved on it was never one big thing that did them in. It was an accumilation of little things. The sad part is most of those little issues could and should have been dealt with but getting a big company to flex a same bit is no easy task.

 

LMAO! I do understand. Thats where I spent 8 months, but I had an AWESOME DSR there for 4 months (Ashley). She kept me hopping while with her and it was grand. I still miss her. But the former Fleet Manager took her away from me and it was back to bad. One of the best things they did was get rid of Johnny IMHO.

 

Maybe you should ask them why they would DP a truck with 2 hrs left to work on a load that needed to pu and run ASAP in the first place? I assume not having worked for Roel, that they have a macro for pta's and maybe a macro for putting in your hours of service and should be aware if you can legally do the work without you having to call to get taken off the load.

I see Roel as no different then the rest of the OTR companies out there that claim to have the drivers best interests and safety in mind but will still run a Mission Impossible out to you to see if you will bite.

Don't know about Roel, but at many OTR company's you would pay out of your pocket in the end if you start telling dp I can't do this or that because of a little road bump called Federal Law.

Keep it up and you will have a asterisk next to your truck number and more time for TV viewing and laundry washing I suspect .

 

I imagine you can insert any big company name in this situation. THEY DON'T CARE how many hours you have left, they want the load moved from point A to B, the rest is on you.

 

without seeing the dispatch I can't be certain but I'm willing to bet the load had plenty of time on it. Loads come out with a pick up date on them that isn't always set in stone. This is especially true on pre loaded trailers. One phone call is all it takes to set it right. The same is true on the other end.

 

Yes, lots of times I got dispatched with tight pickups and deliveries only to make a call and find out that it was a pre-load and the window was much larger than dispatched. The earlier we could pickup the load, the earlier we could deliver it. It maximized the efficiency of the truck. Like the Mo man stated, it only took a call to find out, but they usually had wide windows. If not, I sent the non commit and the "not enough hours" and there was no problem. I only had to send this one 2 or 3 times in 14 months.

 

Yep, most of the time it is the del and not the pu time that matters to the carrier. They know full well that many drivers will make up any lost time picking up the load due to there screw-ups and incompetence by speeding and doctoring there logs- to get there on time, so they don't get put on the B list with the rest of the I only drive legal and log everything as it occurs no matter the financial impact it may have.


When I ran OTR I just ran my hours and sent in my PTA's ETA's and hrs every day and never answered my qualcomm when I was on my time. If the company did not feel it important to plan and dp loads correctly then it was up to them to find a way to get the load to the destination on time or to reschedule the delivery.

When I stopped worrying about when loads pu and when they delivered for the most part and just drove my hours I had to drive. They soon got the picture and sent the MI's to the drivers who were willing to risk their license and livelihood to please them and perpetuate their incompetence and laziness.

Believe me, when you go to hourly pay in trucking your time is not wasted or squandered because there is a cost to the company. Since OTR company's pay a piece rate they are not forced to be efficient in the use of the drivers time and don't need to hire skilled dp's and load planners.

 

Question? How would it work if you did have only one hour left to drive and you did not report to the company until that hour had expired? Can that be done and work for ya? Just curious, I have not chosen anybody to drive for yet and just wanting to learn before I get in and can't swim. My old days in trucking were for local freight, home every day.

 

At Roehl you enter your start time everymorning thru a macro 11. They should always know when you 14 hours expire. They really can't tell about your 11 driving hours until you do the macro 30 the following day.