I have moved back to Vermont TX just did not work out me
So I got a job transporting milk from VT to Mass this will be my 1st tank job. Is there really much of a differents with tanks I do know I will be 92-95,000lbs do thy splash around like the dot book and test says is there anything I need to know tonight will be my 1st night
Sent from my iPhone 4s using Tapatalk
Back to VT
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by zaptear, Nov 12, 2012.
Page 1 of 2
-
-
Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds
Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.
-
Milk tanks are hollow core. If it is not filled to the lid, it will sloush in all directions more than you can imagine. VERY VERY slow on curves and corners, slow down way before. Learn to drive with the fuel peddle. The brakes are your worst enemy. What happens is you brake hard and the sloushing begins, then you go into a corner with the load moving = BAD NEWS!! Forget about running a yellow light to make a turn, forget about swerving for a deer. Full to the lid they typically run 50 tons, if it's a triaxle slightly more than legal . You want it FULL. Weight means nothing, except plenty of slow going on the Mass Pike Are you working for Mcdermotts? Garlelick farms in Franklin, MA is an easy run. SLOW SLOW SLOW, no sudden reactions, anticipate corners, curves and stupids. Good Luck!
Speedloader and Lilbit Thank this. -
Honey Bee is correct. Most food grade stainless tankers use as little baffeling as possible because they have to be cleaned and inspected daily. More baffels = more seams and welds for bacteria to hide and grow. Baffeling or compartmenting a tank ( like petroleum of fire truck tankers ) can minimize the slosh to the point of non-existance. At least that's the way it USED to be. It's been a few years since I've driven a fire truck or pulled a food tanker. I have heard that many companies (dairies) are spec'ng out their trucks with auto trannies and super single tires to help fight 'shifting-on-the-slosh'. I hope it's not true. Fleet super single tires, an automatic tranny, 40 tons of milk, and a snowy barn yard smells like a lousy day to me. Read the previous sentence as 'gettin' stuck a lot !! G' Luck
-
McDermotts
Sent from my iPhone 4s using Tapatalk -
I don't fill then tanker I'm running transport only so thy will be pre filled for me when I get in running the night shift
Sent from my iPhone 4s using Tapatalk -
Good Company...I transported milk for a decade with (Earl T. Wadhams). I know all about it. Easy Money transporting. Good Luck bud. Be Careful.
-
I believe they fill those "road "trailers to the brim.
-
I have a slow truck,but I can pass them on big hills lol.
-
Had a good run it was not all that bad
Sent from my iPhone 4s using Tapatalk -
Parked between 2 McDermotts trucks Tuesday night at the exit16 truck stop on Rt89 in N.H.,Nice looking ProStars.
Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds
Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.
Page 1 of 2