Interested In Roehl And Swift Paid CDL Training

Since the pet policy is important....did you ask about breed and weight of pet?

Prime has a 30 pound limit..and i think crete its 60 pounds. if you have a larger dog that might matter. some companies wont allow certain breeds.

Roehl has interesting home time options..but i knew someone who went there, got the 7out 7 home...then she freaked out "im.not making any money". NO! Really? you get six months a year off and are shocked you only made $27,000??? wow. smart thinking.

From a former Roehl van driver, if I had to start again, I'd go with #1 Prime, #2 Swift, #3 Roehl. Roehl drove me nuts with their "pay-by-a-points-scale" method. I have four degrees, yet never figured it out. I also got tired of just about never going west of the Mississippi River (three times in 11 months) as a national fleet driver. I went into Canada more than twice each month, though. I drove 123,000 miles in 11 months, with about four days off every six weeks. The only time a pay raise was dangled in front of me was the day I gave my notice. Prior to that, I was told I needed to up my production. Really? 12,000 miles each month for seven of those months, a 62 mph truck, and never late? Seriously?

I have a 9 lb Chihuahua Mix

Since the pet policy is important....did you ask about breed and weight of pet?

Prime has a 30 pound limit..and i think crete its 60 pounds. if you have a larger dog that might matter. some companies wont allow certain breeds.

Roehl has interesting home time options..but i knew someone who went there, got the 7out 7 home...then she freaked out "im.not making any money". NO! Really? you get six months a year off and are shocked you only made $27,000??? wow. smart thinking.

He's a perfect co-pilot!

I have a 9 lb Chihuahua Mix

Since the pet policy is important....did you ask about breed and weight of pet?

Prime has a 30 pound limit..and i think crete its 60 pounds. if you have a larger dog that might matter. some companies wont allow certain breeds.

Roehl has interesting home time options..but i knew someone who went there, got the 7out 7 home...then she freaked out "im.not making any money". NO! Really? you get six months a year off and are shocked you only made $27,000??? wow. smart thinking.

cute. i saw the pic but didnt know if he was the one you were talking about. that wont be an issue then lol

Isn't Roehl Nation Fleet hometime 3 days home for every 11-14 days out? Was it the same when you drove for Roehl. The hometime you stated: "about four days off every six weeks", isn't even half that.

From a former Roehl van driver, if I had to start again, I'd go with #1 Prime, #2 Swift, #3 Roehl. Roehl drove me nuts with their "pay-by-a-points-scale" method. I have four degrees, yet never figured it out. I also got tired of just about never going west of the Mississippi River (three times in 11 months) as a national fleet driver. I went into Canada more than twice each month, though. I drove 123,000 miles in 11 months, with about four days off every six weeks. The only time a pay raise was dangled in front of me was the day I gave my notice. Prior to that, I was told I needed to up my production. Really? 12,000 miles each month for seven of those months, a 62 mph truck, and never late? Seriously?

Glenn ask yourself this question; who is more valuable to Roehl, the guy asking for home time every 11 days or the guy willing to stay out 4-6 weeks at a time? Who is likely to get the longer runs? Who is making better money? The answers are obvious.

I am not a flatbed driver, and perhaps it depends on the type of Account, but if you follow Old School and Turtle they are NOT getting home every 11-14 days. The issue is planning loads with drivers who are consistently available or not. Carry your current home time expectations into either job, and you run the risk of getting passed over and waiting for loads more frequently than the drivers running on recaps, staying out for a month at a time.

We just read in Old School's recent post stating flatbed type freight is looking strong. As a rookie you'll need to prove yourself as a reliable, dependable and "available" driver. Willing to get the job done. This is an incredibly competitive business...apply that concept to frequent home time expectations. Think about this as you ponder your decision.

Isn't Roehl Nation Fleet hometime 3 days home for every 11-14 days out? Was it the same when you drove for Roehl. The hometime you stated: "about four days off every six weeks", isn't even half that.

Glenn, home time isn't like a guaranteed contract that everybody gets as part of their job. There are people on my dedicated account who insist on going home every weekend. They are also the loudest complainers about their pay. I prefer going home once a month and taking whatever time I need while home.

You take what you want or need for home time as long as your dispatcher can agree to it and stay within the boundaries of company policy. Each driver has his own way of managing things, but he has to be productive enough to warrant the home time he takes.

Home time is important, and everybody needs some of it. These companies recognize that and try to establish what they can allow you. Your part of the bargain is to be super productive so that when you request home time they are happy to oblige you.

A driver doesn't necessarily take the maximum amounts they allow, but manages his own time so that he is balancing his desired income with his desired time to rest and recharge himself. Home time is really going to be determined by your performance balanced with your needs and desires. Some drivers will take more home time than others, but you are not required to take a certain amount just because that's what the company allows.

Wolding has one of the, if not the most, lenient home time policies I know of. Yet, I only take a day for every week I am out. I can count on 1 hand the number of times I have had to wait for freight. I am almost always preplanned on my next load before I deliver my current one.

I always try to be flexible as well. Come in late or leave out early as freight demands. I get rewarded on the back end. With occasional 10hrs or 34hrs at home that are not planned. I don't typically do recaps. I almost always do a 34hr reset every week. I think the load planner likes it that way. That way he knows I have a full 70 for the next week.

G-Town made this statement...

The issue is planning loads with drivers who are consistently available or not.

This is something I don't expect a rookie driver to really comprehend, but it is a very important concept to success as a truck driver. Learning how and when to make sure you are "available" for a load is critical to keeping yourself productive. G-Town works on an account where this is vital to success, and to be honest, all of us need to understand this concept. The planners on my account know that I will do everything in my power to finish my load a day ahead of what's scheduled. I work that to my advantage all I can.

Let me give you an example from this week. I'm finishing my current load one full day ahead of the appointments they had set for me. This load has 1,522 miles on it. I communicated with my dispatcher on the day I left out that I had reset the appointments and gave him a firm time that I would be MT (empty). He emailed the planner, who already had a load available near me with 2,250 miles on it. But had I went by what they had scheduled that load would gave been given to someone else. They immediately put it on me as a pre-plan because of my consistent track record if doinbg what I say I will.

You can see how that pays off. 3,772 miles dispatched to me this week. That's how you play this game!