need help before i make a switch

I am very happy here and I know a ton of drivers that are too. It seems the only ppl who aren't happy here are ppl who have never seen what a bad company is. We have a lot of guys that leave and come right back, I'm an oo leased to roehl but I was a company driver for a while and I'm here and make very good money. Yes they have training but they probably would just make u take a refresher course and have a mentor for 10 days otr

 

Hi, okay they e logs too thanks for info

 

They are switching to e logs. I love mine its awesome

 

My son works for roehl. He does not have any problem getting his truck repaired. He has a 04 with 800,000, on it. For a older truck it is a nice shape. I will say maverick is a better company for a company driver. But roehl is not a bad company to work for.

 

Just getting ready to head to Little Rock for orientation but would like to get some input from Mav's drivers as to their lanes/home time. Being that you are from KC this may or may not be a good question for ya but here goes. Do you find yourself going through southern or western NY at all, like I-86 or I-90? (possibly Buffalo)? I know they (glass) estimate about 12-14 out at a time, cool, but I don't want to get there and hear "well, we don't get much freight there..blah blah". Thanks for any info.

 

I run regular flatbed so no I rarely ever get to NY. There are few loads that way but there are some. However since you are going glass your experience will be much different than mine. They run totally different lanes. I think with glass you stand a better chance of getting home like they have told you. Maverick WILL NOT hire you if they cant meet their hometime promise. They only hire where they have freight so its safe to say if they hired you that you should be able to get home just fine. Good example,when things really slowed down for awhile Maverick contracted their hiring area and those drivers who found themselves suddenly quite a bit outside of the hiring area were furloughed. Thats tough but Maverick wasnt able to get them home much due to lack of freight. Hopefully its a long time before we see that again.

 

Agreed, you kinda want to avoid jumping companies so fast...most companies look at your MVR, check for accidents and the like...but also at your work history. If they see you jumping jobs, they're not going to want to put the time, effort, and money into training you to drive for them.

Now, I didn't read all the posts before I posted this, so sorry for double post if that's the case...but if you want to do flatbed, have you looked into Melton Trucking? They are based out of Tulsa if I'm not mistaken...