Profile For David G.

Thank you Packrat and Andrey for answering my questions, I will definitely get on with the flatbed driving. I definitely want to see the United States of America.

Yes, the flatbed and reefer fleets are more likely to head west of Denver.

I pulled vans there for 10 months in 2016-17. My furthest west was Golden, CO, Minneapolis, MN, or Terrel, TX.

So I asked about Traveling to all of the 48 states, from what the recruiter said today is that new drivers can choose between what they want to drive, and I said I want to drive a flatbed truck, and the Dry Van trucks runs east of the Rockies. I asked could I be trained for flatbed training and Cheryl said yes. And another thing is, in Gary Indiana, they train you to drive the Automatic Trucks, and in Marshfield WI, they train you on the manual transmission. Wish me luck as I am excited to just get on the road and see this great country we have.

Please correct me, but flatbed truck drivers travel west of the Rockies with Roehl?

Thanks alot

Oh thank you for providing your Input and advice, and thank you for welcoming me back. My Journey into the Trucking Industry is only beginning. I see this being a career more so than another job.

Welcome back!

I suggest reading the training diaries specifically. You can also utilize the white "SEARCH" bar at the top of the home screen. Type in "Roehl", then check out what comes up.

Regarding the topic of this post, I have decided to go with Paid CDL Training through Roehl Transport. I am reintroducing myself here. I am David and currently live in Arkansas. Within the last week I decided and being committed this time to get on the road and be a truck driver.

I have been here in Arkansas for almost 2 and a half years and I am not happy with my current employer. I work in retail.

I decided to go with Roehl Transport and spoke with Cheryl today on the phone. She seemed nice about answering my questions. I have a phone interview tomorrow at 11:30 am central.

The reason why I chose Roehl Transport is because for one, I am limited on my funds concerning getting the CDL and two, they offer their get paid to get your cdl program which you get paid 600 dollars weekly for 3 weeks of training.

She did state that during training i would get paid the 600 dollars weekly, on the road with my trainer I'd be making 112 dollars a day. After the phone interview, I'll be set up with a DOT Physical, then go get my CLP.

Is there any advice or topics/post that I need and should read on Trucking Truth? I really want to make this worth my time and make a career out of this.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Thank you for replying and I'm going through the high road practice tests and pages that covers everything and I will read up on Daniel's Pretip as well. I am pretty much starting g my career at the age of 34 with trucking too. I sure do hope to find alot of friends on this website. Thanks so much for the advice.

David, the CDL prep on this website is pretty darn good, and Daniels pretrip is spot on.

High Road CDL Training Program

Best of Luck Chris

Thank you for the reply..I'll make my way down to the Arkansas DMV and get the packet next week when I get paid. Following week I will goto the state police testing center to get the actual hard copy of my Commercial Learners Permit and get a start date for Roehl. I'll keep in touch on this forum to update my progress.

Hi Everyone this is my first post on this forum, strong gly considering becoming a truck driver for Roehl Transport, they seem to be legit on everything with the paid CDL program they have. Although I have submitted the form about applying to other trucking jobs that's recommended on this website. I have emails from all of them. At this time I am considering seeing what several of the companies are providing for paid training and such. My first question would be, how much is the Commercial Learners Permit in the state of Arkansas, I have read its between 50 and 100 dollars. After that I can Orientation setup. Do I get reimbursed for transportation to goto the training facility from Little Rock Arkansas? I'll make a blog post on this site when I get a chance too, Roehl have already sent me the 2 emails from my recruiter and the email about the DOT physical and urine and hair follicle test. I hope to get some answers as I am going through the process of becoming a truck driver.