Roehl's Trucks, What all are they using?

Can always buy it blue!

after orientation I was assigned a 2014 Prostar with way to many bells n whistles. I love it. If only it would stay out of the shop hahahha

 

The vast majority are Eaton 10-speeds, though I have heard (very) rarely of people being assigned an 18-speed.

What kind of truck you are issued is very much just luck of the draw. When I came in off the road with my trainer and tested out, I was assigned a 2007 Columbia with 630,000 miles on it that had been smoked in continuously for six years. They tried twice to get the smell out of it but there was just so much it could not be cleaned. I had that truck for just over two months before being switched to a 2012 ProStar that I am now in. Getting this truck was again, just a matter of luck of the draw.

 

one of the guys on the forum got a loaner once, i think i remember him posting about it when his truck was broke down for significant repair, it was a 13spd. from what I recall after figuring it out he liked it better than the 10spd.

 

I want that truck back, better fuel mileage and better pulling up the hills. I miss the 13 speed

 

They want you to have a trailer if you take it home. Can't leave the trailer at a TS & bobtail home. Same questions I asked a couple months ago.

 

When i first got my truck it took two loads to get home. I had a place to park the tractor and trailer. I have always gone home mt. I think you can park the trailer and put on your king pin lock and then drive the tractor home. I always let my FM know what I'm doing and when I'm shutdown and where in a message. I have never had any issues. I have never parked them separately yet.

 

Pretty sure it is Roehl policy that you must have FM approval before uncoupling and leaving trailer parked, unless you're at a Roehl terminal or drop yard. So basically your FM has the final say. Note that most truck stops will not let you park a dropped trailer there for any length of time - signs all over the place saying "dropped trailers will be towed at owner expense," etc. Some allow it if you get their approval ahead of time but it seems to be fairly rare.

When I got my pre-hire letter before attending RDTC, they included a "driver's checklist" on which one of the items was "Do you have a safe place to park the tractor and trailer while on hometime, including the ability to plug the tractor into 120V outlet during cold weather?" Or words to that effect.

 

I don't think cold weather is an issue in Shreveport.