Roehl's National Dry Van go All 48 and Canada?

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  1. doninwooster

    doninwooster Light Load Member

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    Stevep1977:

    Do you see Swift flatbeds often, out West?
     
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  3. stevep1977

    stevep1977 Road Train Member

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    Can't really say as I haven't noticed either way.

    Ultimately if you want to run 48 states your best bet is probably refrigerated. Flatbed and even tanker have a chance to go to different parts of the country. Dry van freight is almost all regional in nature (300-600 mile runs) and any dry freight going cross country mostly goes on the railroad.
     
  4. doninwooster

    doninwooster Light Load Member

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    Classictrucker stated he has been to all 48 states driving in Roehls Dry Van division
     
  5. doninwooster

    doninwooster Light Load Member

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    Classictrucker states he has been to all 48 states in the past year/
     
  6. doninwooster

    doninwooster Light Load Member

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    Classic trucker, a couple more questions then I will stop pestering you.
    1.Are you from Ohio, or the Midwest?
    2. How much (% wise) is Roehl's OTR National Dry Van fleet drop and hook?
    3. How many miles are your typical runs in Dry Van? 400, 500, 600 miles,etc.?
    4. Does Roehl's trip routing take you off the interstates and on to State routes a lot and where do they usually have you go (Loves, Pilot, TA, other.) for fueling? I've been told their routing is different from other carriers, where the drivers usually plan their routes.
    As I stated previously, I would like to experience going out West on occasional runs, rather than just always East of I-35

    Thanks for your patience.
     
    Last edited: Mar 12, 2018
  7. Classictrucker

    Classictrucker Bobtail Member

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    1. no
    2. I'd say 50/50
    3. it varies greatly, a lot of relays lately
    4. lately they have been using loves as the main fuel supplier, they've struck a deal with loves to offer drivers unlimited showers for like a year, before that it's usually pilot flying j, I plan my own route, I use the routes they give me as a reference, but I usually follow their route because it's usually faster and as long as I don't get on toll road (unless of course they tell me to get on) or exceed too many miles based on the trip info they sent out, and of course there's going to be state routes
     
  8. doninwooster

    doninwooster Light Load Member

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    It was my understanding due to what a current Roehl flatbed driver stated, Roehl "doesn't want their drivers deviating from the routes Roehl determines, and drivers fuel when and where Roehl tells them to." I guess that information was incorrect?
     
  9. Classictrucker

    Classictrucker Bobtail Member

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    it really comes down to whether or not the driver knows what he/she is doing, anytime the dispatcher type in a truck number on the computer, the driver's profile shows up and the dispatcher can determine what kind of driver he/she is, and if the driver got an excellent record on things such as punctuality and mpg, they really could care less if you go out of route, but if the profile shows a bad driver, it'll be a different story.
    As far as fuel stop goes, the driver should comply and fuel st places the fuel routing system tells you to, but if you fuel at a different place, the next day you'll get an automated message telling you that you fueled at a wrong location and that you need to follow the fuel stop they give you in the future
     
  10. 1278PA

    1278PA Road Train Member

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    I'm on dry van national division and I get pretty much the same runs never been out true Midwest or west. Mostly all Northeast states, Wisconsin and states in between Northeast. Then east coast states down to Florida.

    From what I hear most of the freight is all east of the Mississippi with this company.

    I want to go Midwest and west to see real scenary. All I see mostly is interstates and trees. Some places going through mountains of wv, Virginia and nc are nice scenary. I was in SC going through small old towns that were cool too but I want to see real mountains and scenary out west.
     
  11. Classictrucker

    Classictrucker Bobtail Member

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    you'll certainly enjoy the scene going down that hill in Cincinnati Ohio on i71/75, all that skyscrapers and scenery in panorama view.
     
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