man-they drug this thread up from the Depths

 

I wish the thread starter would add some new stories..I am curious to see whats happening in the not so real world of Novacane

 

..I am curious to see whats happening in the not so real world of Novacane

I'm not but that's just me :P

 

anyone have the cliff notes on this thread? 27 pages is too much for my lazy azz to read to find out what it's all about....

 

All you have to do is ignore the first 20 pages or so and then the truth comes out :P

 

Basically the first 20 some pages are her rants and complaints about being a lady Roehl flatbed driver. Now that she has left Roehl she is complaing about other companies. You are not missing much unless you like listening to a bitchy woman driver.

Soladad

 

written by her boyfriend/ex-boyfriend/boyfriend....i think

 

ill summarize. their was a lady who always wanted to drive a flatbed so she went to work for roehl, tarping and chaining took to long so she was late on more then a few occassions. Resulting in a furrius battle between her and the aholes in the office at roehl .the very same aholes offered
the underexperienced lady driver a chance to train in the van division.
this lady driver didnt go in that direction .instead kept along the same path , well this lady didnt really get alot of miles and finally quit.
now you have to keep in mind during this whole entire time you have other posters kissng her az and others like me defending roehl and bragging about my milage everyweek at the same company antagonizing the situation. ohh well. enough about me bac to the lady driver, after quiting she had the bright idea to trust a recruiter now i am confused this is jb hunt maybe? then goes to barr nunn and gets a job . tadaaa their you have it.

shorter version goes like this.
lady learns how to drive
lady goes to work at roehl
lady pulls flatbeds
lady has difficulty with roehl
lady quits
lady gets lied to by jb hunt recruiter??
lady goes to work for barr nunn

 

Thanks Ken_o for the summary. Sorry ops: if I sounded bitchy too but I really got tired of listening to it. Trucking is not easy period during your first year. I am new to the driving and the company. It has not been an easy 10 months on Roehl's van division for myself. Add the hassle of flatbedding. I really give her credit and any other woman who decides to take on flatbedding. As you know, I was married to a flatbedder for 25 years so I know that side well. But she was given outs like going to van. I think one of the problems she had with dispatch is something that I felt early on...that once you are off training board and on to the main board the DSRs forget that you are still new to it and expect you to perform to the level of skill of an experienced driver. She just wasn't in the right spot for a beginner. I try to counsel the new want-a-be lady flatbedder (and males too) to get a bit of experience first with a van then upgrade your skills to other areas. Why add the hassle of correct balance of loads (which is an art to learn with a flatbed), chaining/strapping and tarps while you are tying to hone all your other driving skills. Get the basics down well with a van then you can start specializing. I realize that some new drivers do very well going right into flatbedding and other specialized areas right out of school. Kudos to those of you that can.

Soladad

 

Solodad I think I read that you're on the 7 on 7 off fleet how are the miles for you right now? What areas do you usually run? Northeast, Southeast or just the Midwest area? That is a fleet I'd be interested in if I did ever drive or work for Roehl.

I just took a pay cut at my present job non-trucking, (Casino industry) because the company isn't doing very well. Add to the fact that I'm capped out on wages already I may wind up going backwards in my future years there. I'm looking at possibly doing something different.

Ken O and othe 7 on 7 off people how have you been doing on miles?