Keystone Diesel CDL Training Program And Starting At Roehl

Congrats Jakebreak

Thanks everyone just to update i finally have my hard copy of my cdl and ill be leaving this weekend for roehl. I will be starting on 7/13/15 for my new career that i have honestly been waiting 10 years to start. I will update my journey periodically here to cover their training and such until i finally go solo.

Congrats! Please keep us posted on your journey with Roehl.

Thanks everyone just to update i finally have my hard copy of my cdl and ill be leaving this weekend for roehl. I will be starting on 7/13/15 for my new career that i have honestly been waiting 10 years to start. I will update my journey periodically here to cover their training and such until i finally go solo.

That's great. Roehl came through our school and it sounded very good. I wish you the best.

Well it was a nice drive im sitting here in marshfield. Im kind of nervous but really excited at the same time. Its kind of an odd feeling.

Well it was a nice drive im sitting here in marshfield. Im kind of nervous but really excited at the same time. Its kind of an odd feeling.

Good luck! Make sure to post your experience. I know I'm interested in Roehl.

I think ill just continue my experiences here instead of crateing a new thread for roehl. Im finished with my first day, we did the standard stuff physical drug test and started classes. They seem to be an extremely safety oriented company and it is nice that my instructor at least practices what he preaches. We went over the basic safety stuff like the 7 second following distance rule and the company safety policies. We also started working on trip planning and learning all the tools available in the atlas. I will admit that there is a ton of important info packed into that book, it is so much more than just a collection of maps.

Well day 2 of orientation/training went pretty good i would definitly advise studying a truckers atas and knowing how to use it. It makes things alot easier. We got into the trucks today, after we went thru a 2 hr pretrip so we can do it the way they want it done. And that is pretty much all we did today, just cramming alot of information in a short period of time. We have 7 days then we take a road test and if we pass that we get to go with a trainer for 2 weeks.

Well today we got to spend a little more time in the truck. We learned how to do a 45 back and what they call the truck stop pull thru. We finally learned a little about trip planning and then spent some time on a simulator. I have decided i dont like the sim, it is just way to different than actually driving. There is no feel to it its like watching a video game or something. I get that it is supposed to help with promoting good habits and such but really its not much good for anything else.

Well today was kind of a pretest day. We went on the road so the instructor could see what we need to work on out there and i dont think i did too bad i made some noob mistakes like cutting corners and i kept forgetting about the dang splitter. But it was also my first time pulling a 53 ft trailer and i didnt hit anything so that makes it a good day. We also took a mini test on trip planning and it was rough because im still learning thier way of trip planning. In the sim lab i did better they simulated a couple of construction zones and the only thing i got in trouble for was cutting a corner too close and forgetting to use my turn signal. One of the other guys got popped for speeding, it was actually kinda funny.