Werner or Roehl

If I was you I would go with Roehl over Werner, better pay, also years ago I drove for a company that did Walmart DC's it was no picnic starting out for a new guy fresh out of school. A lot of these Walmart had limited space to maneuver around, most are multi stop loads. One good plus I never had to park at the truck stops. Good Luck

 

I wouldn't count on that dedicated unless you have something in writing guaranteeing it. You are going to be an over the road truck driver, you can forget about seeing home! Keep this in mind and if you happen to get home here and there you will be stoked! Don't go into this thinking you will get to be home all the time or you are going to be highly disappointed.

As for your selection of mega-carriers... personally I would choose neither.

I know of a really good company in your area in which take students and have the opportunity to make very good money! Being in your home town you "MAY" get home a little more often than the norm.

"PM" me if you are interested...

 

I was at Werner a couple of years ago, they were no longer putting APUs on trucks due to the maintenance costs and no inverters of any kind were allowed. Fridge? Yes any given winter night the entire cab and sleeper was as cold as my refrigerator at home since you can't idle a Werner truck!

If I HAD TO DO IT OVER I WOULDN'T!

 

I enjoy working for Roehl. If you have any questions post them or pm me.

Ethan

 

If those are your only two choices I would choose Roehl. Better equipment, better training and I think they have better pay to start.

 

ROEHL is a SOLO company. If you want to team you are required to have a person willing to team with you BEFORE hire. Roehl doesn't do a lot of loads with teams, meaning the freight deadlines are spaced out more based on solo drivers.

Roehl starts at 32cpm in van, 33cpm in reefer, 34cpm in flatbed. You have 8 days of orientation, then you go with a trainer for 7-14 days. More time if you need it. Then you test out and get your truck with your first assignment. Usually your first load takes you to home.

Trucks are a few '07 Columbia's, some with apus, some without. The old trucks are being phased out, roehl buys their equipment with cash that way they don't owe any debts. So it takes a little while for trucks to get in. New trucks are prostars and cascadias. They are both equipped with the battery pack units for air conditioning in the sleeper.

Heaters are espar bunk heaters.



Ethan