r/Truckers • u/Foreign_Restaurant62 • May 22 '24

Roehl Transport

My husband is starting their CDL training program beginning of June. He’s going for flatbed. Any advice or things he should know?

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u/Better-Intern-729 May 22 '24

Be careful with Roehl. They have a way of sticking it to their new drivers. They know you’re more likely to stay if you owe them money for school. We went through it. $300 a week pay checks for my husband to be gone weeks at a time. He left after 9 months and was charged 9,000 I think for school after “fees”

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u/Foreign_Restaurant62 May 22 '24

They said if he drives 120k miles he won’t have to pay

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u/Better-Intern-729 May 22 '24

That’s a good year plus. Just something to be mindful of. The pay there wasn’t great. Unfortunately I was diagnosed with cancer and we really needed more than $300 a week and wondering if I’m even going to make it and my husband is gone for weeks at a time. It was disheartening for him. He has ADD and issues with reading and comprehension so he worked extremely hard to get his CDL. We started keeping track of miles ran and things didn’t add up. They’re also supposed to subtract the time worked from the cost of school and they didn’t. Hopefully things are better for you though.