The Good, The Bad, The Honest Truth of a New Roehl Lease Operator

Just wanted to start a specific thread on this, being i never found one here only injected post here and there on it, As it states i leave out from home today and will be heading towards Marshfield to take the plunge in the next week or so depending on if the planner can read or not about getting me to Marshfield .

I know and see and hear the Horror Stories out there on being a L/O but i also know how many current L/O's for Roehl over the last year I have spoken with in person face to face with most of them being more then helpful in not blowing smoke up my ###. I made friends with one that even went as far as showing me every check stub of his for the last 3 months, showing trend and the most important, the Bottom Line. Not a single one ever said "hell no i wanna go back to being a Company Driver"

I am not looking to be the next "Super Trucker" or getting rich from this.
Long as I can make a bit more then i am now as a company driver everything else money wise is gravy.

Its the other Benefit's and Perks you get from switching over that i have more interest in.
Be it as a "Glorified Company Driver" or whatever, I don't have a problem working with or working for Roehl.

But i plan to post on this thread the bare facts and truths of MY personal Experience as a L/O nothing more nothing less. In hopes it will give some better Insight to others looking at the Roehl L/O Program.

 

Some of the Specs of my L/O Program Truck are as follows:

Unit #: 975

Model: 2007 Freightliner Columbia Condo

Mileage: 427,000
Will be purchasing the Extended warranty in 3 months of 2 yr/200k for $2000.00

Down Payment: $990.00

Weekly Truck payments: $ 437.00

Buyout: $9000.00

Added Amenities: New Qualcomm system with In-Cab Trip Scanner, 10 New Tires, 2 New Mattresses, 4 New Batteries, Fresh PM, Full Fuel Tanks,

(Gotta get as much out of them as possible lol)

 

This is the current Sliding Scale Roehl pays for Van:
(These are based off each Individual Trip Set Miles)

• 1-600 Miles: $0.91
• 601-1200 Miles: $0.89
• 1201-2000 Miles: $0.86
• 2001+ Miles: $0.85
• Empty Miles: $0.82
• Trip Start- $0.50/mile, Max of $75.00 when returning back in-service

 

Thanks, to be perfectly honest, I got the idea from your thread on how everything is going each day/week for you lol... and being that i never seen anything on here for this for Roehl, figured what the Heck lol..

Hope all is well on your end.

 

I agree, this isn't my first time managing my own, me and the wife have ran two different and successful companies in the last 10 yrs.

1st was mid 90's-early 2000's a Medium Sized Web Development and Server management Company, We sold for a nice profit.

Then, 7yrs running our own Bail Bonds and Fugitive Recovery Business in N.E. Tennessee only reason I'm not doing that anymore is cause of the Depression, I mean Recession hit, Lots of ppl in Jail, no one with a job or money lol.

But yes I agree with you 110% on that