Roehl Company-Sponsored Program - Day To Day

Thomas:

Thanks. I have to do my best to stay calm, in spite of errors I know I will be making.

With the pre trip, did you receive notes w/pics? Are the notes self explanatory? Did the instructor go over the notes w/the truck w/everyone? Are the notes overwhelming or do you think w/enough practice, the notes will essentially be memorized? Did anyone do any pre trip studying (at home) before starting class?

Sorry for the million questions lol.

Karen

Karen, I know you're anxious, and it's understandable, but Roehl has got their own system down and it is very effective. We've had several women in this forum go through their program and do just dandy at it. They are going to give you the tools for success and then expect you to give an all out effort at succeeding.

They will be fast paced, but thorough enough for you to get what you came for. You've made a great choice, now you've just got to show them what you are made of. If they see genuine desire and all out effort they will woek with you and help you succeed.

Expect it to be stressful for the next three or four months, after that you will be a little less stressed and starting to get your stride. That first year is tough, but well worth going through.

Thomas:

Thanks. I have to do my best to stay calm, in spite of errors I know I will be making.

With the pre trip, did you receive notes w/pics? Are the notes self explanatory? Did the instructor go over the notes w/the truck w/everyone? Are the notes overwhelming or do you think w/enough practice, the notes will essentially be memorized? Did anyone do any pre trip studying (at home) before starting class?

Sorry for the million questions lol.

Karen

Karen, they give you a packet on the pre trip. It basically goes section by section of the truck and trailer. Tells you what to check and the wording you say. There's not pictures, but the instructors do go over it all with group in detail about everything showing you everything on the actual truck and trailer. Basically all you have to do is memorize the packet. It's easy enough. It's a lot of repitition. I didn't do any studying before hand on it. But I was a tractor/trailer mechanic for 4 years. It's been a year almost since I've been doing that, but I still have a lot of knowledge about everything on it. As for everyone else in the class I can't say if any of them studied before or not

On to day 5. We started the morning out by doing the pre trip by ourselves in out groups. The guy the went home sick yesterday didnt show up today so it was just 4 of us. They put us 2 in a truck. Once we finished our pre trips we headed out into town. Took turns driving through downtown and back to the terminal. The while the other guy was driving a yawned loud while riding in the back and the instructor joked around and said alright now I got a surprise for when you drive. And he did. At an intersection we normally turn left at he had me turn right. It a small turn to make with a sign that hangs out into the road. And then he had me make an immediate right just through the intersection onto another small road that runs back behind the hotel. It was tight. When we got back to the yard it was lunch time. After lunch (actually half through lunch) we went out and did the pre trip again. Then we went over to the second range that is nice and sloppy from the snow melt and rain and took turns working on our straight line back, offset back to left and right, and the 90 degree alley back. We were all in one truck because we had another guy go back to the hotel at lunch for stomach issues. So it was just 3 of us this afternoon. After our backing we took break. Then after break we went out with a different instructor than our normal, and we did the truck stop pull throughs from left and right. Then we did out post trip and uncounted and parked the truck for the weekend. And it was back to the hotel

Karen, I know you're anxious, and it's understandable, but Roehl has got their own system down and it is very effective. We've had several women in this forum go through their program and do just dandy at it. They are going to give you the tools for success and then expect you to give an all out effort at succeeding.

They will be fast paced, but thorough enough for you to get what you came for. You've made a great choice, now you've just got to show them what you are made of. If they see genuine desire and all out effort they will woek with you and help you succeed.

Expect it to be stressful for the next three or four months, after that you will be a little less stressed and starting to get your stride. That first year is tough, but well worth going through.

Old School:

Does it show that I am a tad anxious/nervous lol? I don't have a mechanical bone in my body.

But I do feel better. Thank you for your reassuring words.

Karen

Thomas you are doing a good job on your post keep up the good work.

Thomas:

Thanks. I have to do my best to stay calm, in spite of errors I know I will be making.

With the pre trip, did you receive notes w/pics? Are the notes self explanatory? Did the instructor go over the notes w/the truck w/everyone? Are the notes overwhelming or do you think w/enough practice, the notes will essentially be memorized? Did anyone do any pre trip studying (at home) before starting class?

Sorry for the million questions lol.

Karen

Karen, they give you a packet on the pre trip. It basically goes section by section of the truck and trailer. Tells you what to check and the wording you say. There's not pictures, but the instructors do go over it all with group in detail about everything showing you everything on the actual truck and trailer. Basically all you have to do is memorize the packet. It's easy enough. It's a lot of repitition. I didn't do any studying before hand on it. But I was a tractor/trailer mechanic for 4 years. It's been a year almost since I've been doing that, but I still have a lot of knowledge about everything on it. As for everyone else in the class I can't say if any of them studied before or not

Thomas:

Thanks for the pre trip info. My recruiter said that the 3 week class here is basically a condensed version of the 4 week class there. It is 6 days a week including Saturday's. 7am-5pm for 6 days. I don't know if that's good or bad.

So far, there are 4 people in your class? You have a lot of driving time & have started the pre trip inspection. You have accomplished a lot in your first week of class.

Oh, have you had any homework assignments?

I enjoy reading your daily posts, Thomas.

Karen

Karen, the school here is 6 days a week. M-F 7am-8pm Saturday 7am-11:30am. We originally had 6 people in class. Razor had to go home for an emergency. So that put us to 5 but one guy has been out sick for a day and half. They haven't given us any set homework assignments. They give us the J. J. Keller Driver Training Manual and said it needs to be done by the end of the 2nd week at latest. There is also the driver reference book and cargo securement books that need to be read

Hey Thomas, you've done an awesome job taking up where Rayzor left off!

I hope everything works out okay for Rayzor and we hear back from him soon, but we really appreciate your joining up and helping out like you have. It's really awesome to have such a helpful person jump in here with such informative posts right from the get go.

Thanks man!

Karen, the school here is 6 days a week. M-F 7am-8pm Saturday 7am-11:30am. We originally had 6 people in class. Razor had to go home for an emergency. So that put us to 5 but one guy has been out sick for a day and half. They haven't given us any set homework assignments. They give us the J. J. Keller Driver Training Manual and said it needs to be done by the end of the 2nd week at latest. There is also the driver reference book and cargo securement books that need to be read

Thomas:

Good Lawd!!! Do you have time to breathe lol? I looked up the J.J. Keller Driver Training Manual. The description sounds like a detailed version of the state CDL manual.

I hope that my class is small too. I've read on here that the bigger classes struggle w/getting enough driving time.

Karen