May Need Help Moving On From Roehl

My first truck was in Dallas, I'm out of Denver. I drove down there in a rental car, provided by the company. They put me up in a hotel. It was a recovery, disgusting inside, was supposed to be cleaned. They had it for a week, I finally ended up cleaning it myself.

My first truck was also a recovery. Spent the day in Irving, TX going through the upgrade process. Was given a rental to drive overnight to pick up my truck somewhere in Alabama. Spent hours cleaning the filth out of it. I was also given my first load assignment as I was cleaning out the truck. I finished cleaning the truck, returned the rental, and set out to pick up my first load on zero sleep in over 24hrs. Oh, yeah. My QC didn't work either. No navigation. I had to call in at each stop to tell my FM where I was. I requested to be sent to a terminal to get a new QC. They kept me out for 2 weeks until I was able to get a new one. But I made it through that difficult period with a lot of angry ranting to myself. If there was a listening device in my truck anyone who heard me yelling out loud to nobody probably would have thought I was insane😂

You shouldn't take the advice of people on a this forum about whether you have grounds to break your contract or not. You can get a consultation with a lawyer who specializes in that area for $100, maybe less. I know there are lots of them on upwork

Paging ... Chief Brody ~ if he cares to take his precious time playing 'Pro Bono' ~

Real awesome career advice there, james. You know, the more you talk, the less you seem to know.

Anyone remember Doug??? Real nice guy, years ago. We ALL felt sorry for him; HE just wasn't the right fit, but missed the window of 'free regret.' Spent AS MUCH on an attorney as it would've cost to honor or pay off his contract.

He ended up doing both...And it wasn't via driving.

~ Anne ~

Travis, lol don't miss that side sensor or front 1 if it's inop !.....Those side warning sensors act stupid, pick up faded or blasted white lines, that have been redone. Or they pick up the shiny tar they pour over cracks in the asphalt. Real PITA, the front radar sensor, well, my experience, they too are goofy a LOT ! I put a piece of aluminum behind the cover blocking the radar. Problem solved, only thing was the dash warnings pop up every restart, hit delete they're gone til I restart the truck later.

No more applying the brakes, with NOTHING in front of em close enough to even bother. Sure, I shouldn't have blocked it off, BUT, I wasn't driving like an idiot, tailgating or any dumb stuff. Scary, when a car is in the exit ramp, and my truck picks up their brake lights from an angle and mostly tried to stop my truck, not just slow it down. Was not fun when that crap would happen for no reason.....I made sure, I removed that aluminum piece when I retired and turned in my truck

Just so you know, tampering with the safety devices on the truck is a termination offence with many carriers.

Travis, lol don't miss that side sensor or front 1 if it's inop !.....Those side warning sensors act stupid, pick up faded or blasted white lines, that have been redone. Or they pick up the shiny tar they pour over cracks in the asphalt. Real PITA, the front radar sensor, well, my experience, they too are goofy a LOT ! I put a piece of aluminum behind the cover blocking the radar. Problem solved, only thing was the dash warnings pop up every restart, hit delete they're gone til I restart the truck later.

No more applying the brakes, with NOTHING in front of em close enough to even bother. Sure, I shouldn't have blocked it off, BUT, I wasn't driving like an idiot, tailgating or any dumb stuff. Scary, when a car is in the exit ramp, and my truck picks up their brake lights from an angle and mostly tried to stop my truck, not just slow it down. Was not fun when that crap would happen for no reason.....I made sure, I removed that aluminum piece when I retired and turned in my truck

Mine merely aren't present. The front brake assist works, it'll toss the Jake on low but not the actual brakes afaict. I'm just missing the sensor or some chip that says cars are beside me and whatever it js that will show you the last speed limit sign it detected.

Just so you know, tampering with the safety devices on the truck is a termination offence with many carriers.

Travis, lol don't miss that side sensor or front 1 if it's inop !.....Those side warning sensors act stupid, pick up faded or blasted white lines, that have been redone. Or they pick up the shiny tar they pour over cracks in the asphalt. Real PITA, the front radar sensor, well, my experience, they too are goofy a LOT ! I put a piece of aluminum behind the cover blocking the radar. Problem solved, only thing was the dash warnings pop up every restart, hit delete they're gone til I restart the truck later.

No more applying the brakes, with NOTHING in front of em close enough to even bother. Sure, I shouldn't have blocked it off, BUT, I wasn't driving like an idiot, tailgating or any dumb stuff. Scary, when a car is in the exit ramp, and my truck picks up their brake lights from an angle and mostly tried to stop my truck, not just slow it down. Was not fun when that crap would happen for no reason.....I made sure, I removed that aluminum piece when I retired and turned in my truck

Brilliant Stevo, not surprised though. Did you remove the aluminum block before every PM? How did your shop repeatedly miss this? Regardless… Bad advice…

I agree, don’t mess with equipment like Stevo did. The sensors have some intelligence and if adjusted properly will eventually “learn” not to brake for a false read. Brand new trucks… PITA for a couple of months.

Just so you know, tampering with the safety devices on the truck is a termination offence with many carriers.

Travis, lol don't miss that side sensor or front 1 if it's inop !.....Those side warning sensors act stupid, pick up faded or blasted white lines, that have been redone. Or they pick up the shiny tar they pour over cracks in the asphalt. Real PITA, the front radar sensor, well, my experience, they too are goofy a LOT ! I put a piece of aluminum behind the cover blocking the radar. Problem solved, only thing was the dash warnings pop up every restart, hit delete they're gone til I restart the truck later.

No more applying the brakes, with NOTHING in front of em close enough to even bother. Sure, I shouldn't have blocked it off, BUT, I wasn't driving like an idiot, tailgating or any dumb stuff. Scary, when a car is in the exit ramp, and my truck picks up their brake lights from an angle and mostly tried to stop my truck, not just slow it down. Was not fun when that crap would happen for no reason.....I made sure, I removed that aluminum piece when I retired and turned in my truck

I put a piece of aluminum behind the cover blocking the radar.

Yeah, real smart.

Now THERE is evidence for a simple manslaughter conviction.... Even if the accident wasn't your fault.

Completely irresponsible of you to put out advice like that.

I took a rental car 17+ hours to get my first truck, suck it up.

Wow, that's a great tip from ---- @banks! for whenever I find myself working again and in a new truck, I better check the mileage first. I know being a rookie trucker means it will be hard to stay on top of maintenance and repairs and all of that, but learning about these things on here and paying close attention to the discussions here will help make sure i have a great time on the road when its finally time

I recently completed all initial training with Roehl's GYCDL program and have been waiting over two weeks to be assigned a truck with a lot of mixed messages along the way about when and where I am going to actually pick up the truck from. I live an hour east of Roehl's terminal in Appleton, Wisconsin (which is where I did GYCDL) and was informed by my management a week ago that I was to return to Appleton at the beginning of this week to pick up my new truck. That day I was informed that I was not going to be picking up my truck in Appleton but rather at their Marshfield, Wisconsin terminal the next day. So I drive two and a half hours to get to Marshfield the next day and as soon as I arrive I get a phone call from management telling me that I am now going to need to fly to Dallas to pick up a new truck from their Dallas terminal. Mind you that they had about a dozen new Freightliner Cascadias prepped and ready at Marshfield but apparently none of those were for me.

Now I'm just sitting waiting on more information about some potential flight to Dallas. A big problem is that I have all my stuff ready to transfer into my new truck in my personal vehicle and I can take very little of it on a flight. So I'll have to be routed back to Wisconsin to get all my stuff and I don't know how long that will take.

If for some reason things continue to not work out I'm going to request that my contract be rendered null and void due to the fact that Roehl is not enabling me to fulfill the terms of said contract and I will refuse to pay $7,000 for my GYCDL debt obligation. I understand that there is a truck shortage but honestly I've been led to believe so many things over the past week that I'm very distraught that the company simply cannot get their things together and keep feeding me bad information.

So I have a CDL-A and experience of basic company training, what are the best options for OTR in the event that I need to look at another company to work with?

A new driver is more likely to be placed in a truck that has some miles on it so when they wreck it.... And probably will do some damage their first year... It isn't as big of a loss.

I just got my first assigned no slip seat tractor with FedEx last week. It's a 2016 KW T680 that'll hit 800k miles this week. It took me 2 hours to clean it.

Wow, that's a great tip from ---- @banks! for whenever I find myself working again and in a new truck, I better check the mileage first. I know being a rookie trucker means it will be hard to stay on top of maintenance and repairs and all of that, but learning about these things on here and paying close attention to the discussions here will help make sure i have a great time on the road when its finally time

I recently completed all initial training with Roehl's GYCDL program and have been waiting over two weeks to be assigned a truck with a lot of mixed messages along the way about when and where I am going to actually pick up the truck from. I live an hour east of Roehl's terminal in Appleton, Wisconsin (which is where I did GYCDL) and was informed by my management a week ago that I was to return to Appleton at the beginning of this week to pick up my new truck. That day I was informed that I was not going to be picking up my truck in Appleton but rather at their Marshfield, Wisconsin terminal the next day. So I drive two and a half hours to get to Marshfield the next day and as soon as I arrive I get a phone call from management telling me that I am now going to need to fly to Dallas to pick up a new truck from their Dallas terminal. Mind you that they had about a dozen new Freightliner Cascadias prepped and ready at Marshfield but apparently none of those were for me.

Now I'm just sitting waiting on more information about some potential flight to Dallas. A big problem is that I have all my stuff ready to transfer into my new truck in my personal vehicle and I can take very little of it on a flight. So I'll have to be routed back to Wisconsin to get all my stuff and I don't know how long that will take.

If for some reason things continue to not work out I'm going to request that my contract be rendered null and void due to the fact that Roehl is not enabling me to fulfill the terms of said contract and I will refuse to pay $7,000 for my GYCDL debt obligation. I understand that there is a truck shortage but honestly I've been led to believe so many things over the past week that I'm very distraught that the company simply cannot get their things together and keep feeding me bad information.

So I have a CDL-A and experience of basic company training, what are the best options for OTR in the event that I need to look at another company to work with?

A new driver is more likely to be placed in a truck that has some miles on it so when they wreck it.... And probably will do some damage their first year... It isn't as big of a loss.

I just got my first assigned no slip seat tractor with FedEx last week. It's a 2016 KW T680 that'll hit 800k miles this week. It took me 2 hours to clean it.

Welcome to Trucking Truth, Lyn !!

Yeppers, Mr. Banks is one of MANY with incredible contributions to our site/forum.

I read your bio; Start a thread, and get some replies 'just for you!' This place is awesome; even when the professionals & mods tell the 'truth' that the O/P may not want to hear (as you have seen.)

Again, welcome; not wanting to hijack this thread (that's probably timed out w/the O/P,sadly.)

Hope to see ya SOON !

~ Anne ~

ps: "I know being a rookie trucker means it will be hard to stay on top of maintenance and repairs and all of that, but learning about these things on here and paying close attention to the discussions here will help make sure i have a great time on the road when its finally time." Lyn; truth!

Absolutely!!! I'll/WE'll share some of the best links, when you start a thread, for sure! Check out some of our great blogs on here, in the meantime: TT's Blog Archive~!