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    Light Load Member lowblaze07's Avatar
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    atlantic bulk carriers, ??

    anyone here drive for ABC ? lookin for more info about the company and requirement/ hiring locations. Is bulk hauling a good job?

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    i dont know much even tho i dont like there equipment.. the new petes are sharp but those freightliners stay dirty.. they have a website to go check them out but i know i tried back in the day to jump on and i stay an hour and a half away, i would of had to leave the truck on the yard... check out Houff since your in Harrisonburg, those guys pay top dollar TRUST ME!!

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    Light Load Member lowblaze07's Avatar
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    thanks hawkjr, i am gonna go to houffs terminal and try to speak with them personally since i only have under a year of experience, maybe i can get somethin

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    i worked for them 05-07. ran lime out of strausburg, va everyday. home everynight and pay was good $1200-$850 everyweek. tring to go back. that was my first trucking job and didnt know how good i had it.

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    Well, what you dont know, you dont know.

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    Well I know now laidbacktrucker. thats why im tring to get back.

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    hey quiet riot.....how are the people at abc? I am suppose to start orientation with them and I was wondering how they were. I heard they make $55,000 a year and home often....is bulk hauling easy?

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    I never worked at abc and don't haul dry bulk now, but did it for a foodgrade company delivering starch and flour to plants and loading my trailer from a railcar. It's hard,hot,rainey and cold work depending on where and when your unloading of course. To load: You pressurize the rail car for 20-30 mins, then start loading the trailer by opening up the railcar valves underneath,once its close to full,you disconnect and go to a scale then adjust the load weight. So it can easily take 2-3 hours to load and reattach your hoses. If its a split (the railcar is low on product) you fill from 2 different cars. then drive to the customer and hitch up the hot hose, pressureize the trailer and unload.Its dusty and in the summer its a pretty long day. Make sure your getting paid hourly to load and unload,and a decent cpm to drive it. Some companies will try and pay a loading fee of only $25.00. You can easily spend 3 hours loading and sometimes longer if things slow you down. You do paperwork, cut rail seals,scale the load a few times,and drive from the railcars to the scale.If you have a trailer with a weight box on the back its better and it takes some time with a good trainer to save time.That my minimal experience with dry bulk. Hopefully you get a preloaded trailer and just deliver it, or drive a liquid tanker which is what I do now.