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This is an interesting developement. I would love to hear the reasoning.

Brett your very correct the real state of the economy is being kept under wraps to the extent possible. I read daily and it gets bleaker and bleaker. I see the rates daily and hear all the experts talk about how it can’t get any worse, and then it does.

Werner and JB Hunt released their Q’2 reports and it doesn’t look good at all. Several of the mega’s are using owner ops now where they never did before. I get weekly emails asking if I’m interested.

I’m very glad that I have all but retired. I do an occassional special trip like I did last week up to your neck of the woods, otherwise just local stuff a few days a week.

Very cool!!!

Being in the same zip code has no bearing. Logs work off gps coordinates and it will show as different.

Nope your dispatcher is not correct. PC going into the shipper is advancing the load.

You will get time afterward to work a split. Your best legal option.

There is alot to look at here.

First it sounds like a smaller carrier from the descriptions.

The cleaning bill is not all that uncommon. Your injury has no bearing if you gave them a Dr note stating your were clear to return to work.

The damage to the trailer you can ask for a reevaluation and prsent them with your video footage.

Your biggest issue going forward is the speeding ticket. 15 over is a breaking point for most companies. Doesn’t matter what class vehicle you got it in. Most companies will want a 7 year MVR so that will follow you for quite some time for alot of jobs.

I was looking at hiring a driver and he brought a 3 yr MVR with him. It was clean except for 1 ticket he thought was minor in nature. It was for a handsfree violation, which is not minor. My insurance agent ran his 7 yr MVR and found 2 accidents and 1 other moving violation. They accessed points with them based on the 7 yr and gave me a quote. That quote was more than double what I currently pay. Was a deal breaker for me.

Apply everywhere and see if a second chance company will give you another chance.

This is a very bad economy to be selling equipment. Put it on FB market place and hope you get interest. Depending where you buy a flatbed, ask if they will take it as a tradein.

Your statement is a bit confussing. You say you failed a DOT drug test. If you had not injested anything in 5 months I don’t see how that would show up on a urine test.

I can see you popping on a hair foicle test but those are company required pre employment and not a DOT test. To my knowledge those are not reported to the clearinghouse. I don’t see why you holding a class B would change that, but anything is possible I guess.

The industry has been in a 2 plus year downturn and companies have gotten very pickey in their hiring practices.

If you do a SAP program maybe some small company would take a chance on you, but you have a very steep uphill battle.

Paul you may want to give it some thought before you arrive at school.

Not sure how they do it today, but back in my time you signed up for a fleet in the beginning. Available fleets also depended where you lived.

If you were going dry van/reefer you trained in school with a dry van. If you were going flatbed then you trained with them. The trailer types are very different. Plus an extra week for flatbed on load securement and tarping.

Very good job Brett!!

You boiled it down for sure. That should help folks with no clue about the career to get a basic understanding.

Paul I wonder how your situation occurred. You have been accepted to Roehl, which tells me you applied to them and possibly others.

Did you not research them before applying?? Did you just send out app’s then figured you would look into them if accepted?? Did you give any thought what type of freight you want to haul? They are all different.

I’m not trying to be critical, just to understand your choice and how you got there.

I went through Roehl many years ago in Marshfield WI. They only had that one school site back then, 2013. They have expanded since then. I felt their school was top notch and I got my career going with them. They have dry van, reefer and flatbed. The school is fast pace, but they are very methodical and experienced at it and have graduated alot of drivers. They want students to succeed.

They will layout their expecations of you and expect you to follow through. They are a second generation family run company. Go in with a great attitude, learn, and follow the rules and they will bend over backwards to help you be successful.

If you go in with a attitude and break any of the rules you will be on they way home very quickly.

Best wishes for you!!