A Question About Roehl?

This is my second solo week with Roehl. Their training was top notch from the first day of classroom to the last day of OTR training. Roehl is a great choice to begin your driving career, or continue your driving career.

Bad Dog. Now that I know you had prior driving experience I will tell you when I went to orientation at Conley, Ga. Atlanta terminal. There was a guy that was about 63 about 3 years older than me and he had prior experience but had not drove in 30 years and they had him stay at the facility and do his drug tests and physical and sent him out on local runs for about 3 days with a local driver to get familiar with the paperwork and then he did his test drive and backing exercise and then he was issued his own new truck and on his way back home with a load his truck to stock it up the way he wants it and started solo. If there is ever any unsafe driving conditions they want you to park in a safe place and call your fleet manager and let them know. Their main concern is that you are parked in a safe place first. They never bully or force their drivers. Excellent human resource and support team all the way. I was extremely shocked to see cameras in my truck because, it is not company policy and is not in but a few trucks. At no time was I made aware of this throughout my entire process and I stood my ground and let them know quickly that I signed no agreement or acknowledgement about being made aware that I could end up with a truck with cameras. Evidently the driver whom was assigned the truck before me was a very troubled driver so they installed them in his truck. The message board verified that. So I stood my ground and I will be getting another truck. Hang in there and stand up for yourself! They are a great company! Good luck Phillip M. Also with Roehl.

Thanks for the great info. I'm packed and ready to go! I just hope my flight isn't cancelled tomorrow, thunderstorms and heavy rain is on the way.

Bad Dog. Now that I know you had prior driving experience I will tell you when I went to orientation at Conley, Ga. Atlanta terminal. There was a guy that was about 63 about 3 years older than me and he had prior experience but had not drove in 30 years and they had him stay at the facility and do his drug tests and physical and sent him out on local runs for about 3 days with a local driver to get familiar with the paperwork and then he did his test drive and backing exercise and then he was issued his own new truck and on his way back home with a load his truck to stock it up the way he wants it and started solo. If there is ever any unsafe driving conditions they want you to park in a safe place and call your fleet manager and let them know. Their main concern is that you are parked in a safe place first. They never bully or force their drivers. Excellent human resource and support team all the way. I was extremely shocked to see cameras in my truck because, it is not company policy and is not in but a few trucks. At no time was I made aware of this throughout my entire process and I stood my ground and let them know quickly that I signed no agreement or acknowledgement about being made aware that I could end up with a truck with cameras. Evidently the driver whom was assigned the truck before me was a very troubled driver so they installed them in his truck. The message board verified that. So I stood my ground and I will be getting another truck. Hang in there and stand up for yourself! They are a great company! Good luck Phillip M. Also with Roehl.

What type of cameras are you talking about and what do they look like? I have a lane departure system in my truck and it's simply a forward facing camera that observes lane markings and speed limit signs. Quite amazing really and has actually helped me center the truck better in my lane.

I agree that Roehl is a great company to start out with.

Thanks a whole bunch for the information.

This has been extremely valuable. I am compiling a list of companies that should hire me that fit all the qualities I want in a trucking company.

Roehl is at the top of the list. The others are May Trucking Company and Watkins and Shepard. All of them seem to be really good. Anyway, I want to have options and the info I get here is extremely useful. Thanks again. Here's hoping everybody has a GREAT 2016. We'll all make this next year a HUGE SUCCESS!!!

Sincerely Bad Bob