Roehl Flatbed..
#11
05-17-2008, 05:33 PM
Are those the 100 feet plus loads with the little stick inside for steering the trailer tires? I was talking to one of the guys that hauled those a while back. He said he got so much extra per mile, and once you deliver, it's always a deadhead back to Wisconsin (paid). Personally, the extra pay didn't seem worth it to me. 18 wheels is enough. I was going up 94 or 43 and it looked like they had some of the bridge beams with a few police escorts. Looked like a parade, the OD trucks, the trucks that follow the OD trucks, and the state troopers.
#12
05-17-2008, 06:06 PM
Re: Roehl Flatbed..
Originally Posted by Hawkjr
ok i'm a student in school and i'm looking at the flatbed divison for roehl.. i'm only 21 and i'm already excluded from big flatbed trucking companies i.e. TMC, Maverick, Cxpress, Melton (hire 21 but with atleast 3 months exp), Mcelroy, but i kinda of like Roehl, They pay a graduate well 32 cpm, not 26 to 29 cents a mile like other companies, i admit there tarp pay sucks, but i dont have much of a choice, so if anyone lives in the mid-atlantic area could you tell me what roehl flatbed drivers mainly haul and what's there freight lines?? and Phil Mccracken, Lebron, and Cold Frosty Mug, please keep your otr comments to your self and phil your disdain for roehl also.. i dont have much of a choice, if i could i would stay in Virginia and haul wood chips and lumber and be kissing different ladies other night but unfortunately i have to sacrifice a year of my life to get to that level...
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#13
05-18-2008, 12:47 AM
Hawk, what part of VA are you from? I haven't seen very many of their flatbeds near I-95, in fact don't think I have seen one in 2 years. I see plenty of their vans though. I'm in the Fredericksburg area. They do have some good training from what I hear with the skid pad and stuff for new drivers.
#14
05-18-2008, 07:21 AM
Originally Posted by CMoore2004
Are those the 100 feet plus loads with the little stick inside for steering the trailer tires? I was talking to one of the guys that hauled those a while back. He said he got so much extra per mile, and once you deliver, it's always a deadhead back to Wisconsin (paid). Personally, the extra pay didn't seem worth it to me. 18 wheels is enough. I was going up 94 or 43 and it looked like they had some of the bridge beams with a few police escorts. Looked like a parade, the OD trucks, the trucks that follow the OD trucks, and the state troopers.
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#15
05-18-2008, 07:29 AM
Originally Posted by Tonup
One thing I've found on these different trucker forums is that most info posted is from unhappy and or pissed off drivers, who got messed over by the company they were driving for. I really think that drivers who are at least satisfied, if not happy, with their present company don't post here too much at all.
They aren't looking for job info since they aren't quitting their present one, they are out working so don't have much time for being online, and maybe don't want to talk about the good deal they might have, thinking thaty if they do, more people will want the same. So I'd read anything I could find on Roehl, just to get some sort of idea as to what they are like to drive for, and take all the info with a grain or 2 of salt. Like you said, you have to start somewhere, and get that 1 year in. I like my job and I hate, it's the best job I ever had and the worst job I ever had, just depends on what day it is.. last week it was great, week before, not so much.. I have talked to a few Roehl drivers and they seemed to like it there by the way, I thought Maverick offered training
#16
05-18-2008, 09:47 AM
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In The Granny Lane Doing 60!!
Posts: 652
Mr. ford i live in buckingham.. not far from you in matter of fact since it says your in orange.. but i have a job that i run up and down the richmond/petersburg turnpike every other day and it's very rare that you'll see one.. i seen one going into the truck stop at Exit 54 empty, midroof columbia, with a nice spread axle flat... but very rarely myself i have seen one.. but they said there are hiring out of my area for flatbed drivers...
#17
05-18-2008, 10:02 AM
Too bad you can't get on with TMC right now, they run pipe out of Lynchburg. See a lot of Maverick and TMC running up and down 29.
#18
05-18-2008, 10:12 AM
Where they pick up the black pipe is called Griffthen (sp) Pipe. I know Huss Inc. out of Chase City, VA use to pick up ALOT of pipe there when my dad use to drive for Huss before Huss sold their operations to Western Express which included their Chase City terimnal, Lynchburg terminal, and their Norfolk terminal and the one in Norfolk was all sheetrock for US Gypsum.
#19
05-18-2008, 10:58 AM
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In The Granny Lane Doing 60!!
Posts: 652
yeah trust me, if i was 23 TMC would of been the first place i would of applied too!! but yeah i know it sucks... just do my year with roehl, suck it up, and hopefully some local lumber or steel company has an opening..
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