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That's encouraging. I'll be headed to Atlanta for orientation / training next week and will be running Texas regional out of the Grand Prairie TX terminal. I finished school Nov 20, I'm ready to get started.
Keep us posted on your orientation/training and let us know how it goes. I'm especially interested because your doing yours in the wint winter months
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.
I pLan on doing that. I just got off the phone with my recruiter and everything is good to go.
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Hey Infidel, sorry about the references to Swift - I was totally confused when I jumped in here. The Original Poster inquired about Swift, and I got you confused with them.
I remember who you are now, thanks for reminding me about that previous post about your experience with a bad trainer. I think if you can just get past that indentured idea, or fear, you will be fine at Roehl. They have some really great training, but it is shorter than many folks prefer. I happen to be of the opinion that your best training comes after you are running solo anyway. Roehl really has their system down, and will assign you to a special dispatcher at first to help you get the training wheels off and start running like a professional. I like their system, it is fast paced, but they will also make sure you are ready before they put you out there.
Yeah I feel bad. I totally hijacked it. I was one who wanted more training time with the trainer. After that experience my feeling on that have changed to say the least. So the 2 weeks with a trainer feels good to me. But the training wheel dispatcher ( lol ) sounds like a good to me as well. I didn't know that. In my first 2 days trucking I was made to run my clock out. I was a bit surprised at the pace. Hell I was driving up and down mountain passes in Montana in my first 3 hours. And yeah getting yelled at for not getting it right.
Thanks again!
Dont worry about hijacking the thread. It's good to hear from ****ed off people. Makes the world feel right. Not everyone can be happy all the time. I joined this community for the hard hitting facts, not for sugarcoated b.s. I guess the real question here was who has the best training. I have time to do my homework, which is a good thing. I'll keep looking into it. Who knows, I may find something and not go with either of them
Well, I've been looking around and think flatbedding is the road for me. So I started this thread asking about roehl and swift and am now looking at tmc and maverick. Wow did I make a left turn.. but that's why I started doing my homework now. I still have plenty of time to make it happen and be where i want to be. I have also pushed my start date up to may from August. Things are falling into place sooner than i thought they would. I can't wait to get started.
Dispatcher:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
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Hey Infidel, sorry about the references to Swift - I was totally confused when I jumped in here. The Original Poster inquired about Swift, and I got you confused with them.
I remember who you are now, thanks for reminding me about that previous post about your experience with a bad trainer. I think if you can just get past that indentured idea, or fear, you will be fine at Roehl. They have some really great training, but it is shorter than many folks prefer. I happen to be of the opinion that your best training comes after you are running solo anyway. Roehl really has their system down, and will assign you to a special dispatcher at first to help you get the training wheels off and start running like a professional. I like their system, it is fast paced, but they will also make sure you are ready before they put you out there.
Yeah I feel bad. I totally hijacked it. I was one who wanted more training time with the trainer. After that experience my feeling on that have changed to say the least. So the 2 weeks with a trainer feels good to me. But the training wheel dispatcher ( lol ) sounds like a good to me as well. I didn't know that. In my first 2 days trucking I was made to run my clock out. I was a bit surprised at the pace. Hell I was driving up and down mountain passes in Montana in my first 3 hours. And yeah getting yelled at for not getting it right.
Thanks again!
Dont worry about hijacking the thread. It's good to hear from ****ed off people. Makes the world feel right. Not everyone can be happy all the time. I joined this community for the hard hitting facts, not for sugarcoated b.s. I guess the real question here was who has the best training. I have time to do my homework, which is a good thing. I'll keep looking into it. Who knows, I may find something and not go with either of them
Well, I've been looking around and think flatbedding is the road for me. So I started this thread asking about roehl and swift and am now looking at tmc and maverick. Wow did I make a left turn.. but that's why I started doing my homework now. I still have plenty of time to make it happen and be where i want to be. I have also pushed my start date up to may from August. Things are falling into place sooner than i thought they would. I can't wait to get started.
Riehl has a flatbed division in case you didn't know.
Stay safe
Dispatcher:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.New Reply:
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That's encouraging. I'll be headed to Atlanta for orientation / training next week and will be running Texas regional out of the Grand Prairie TX terminal. I finished school Nov 20, I'm ready to get started.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.