tanker wages discussion

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  1. pathfinder1361

    pathfinder1361 Light Load Member

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    how about a discussion on wages/benefits regarding tanker drivers?
    give as much detail as you feel comfortable, area of the country,$$ per hour,per load/mile etc. a typical days work is how much $$ ....etc.. what specific types of equipment or types of product you haul. how many years you been tanking. satisfied with the job or not etc.
     
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  3. Grouch

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    There are a lots of variables here. And to really give you an honest answer, you need to specify what type of tank pulling that you are interested in. And as far as benefits go, every company is different.

    I started messing with tankers back in the mid 60s on a part-time basis, hauling fuel. And even after retiring from a major LTL freight company, I worked part-time hauling fuel. Then I went full time and hauled milk in tankers for over 5 years.
     
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    my idea for starting this thread was for tanker drivers to put information out there, so that we could compare wages/benefits/conditions. also, to discuss where wages were, and where they are now.

    okay, can you share what was the $$ hauling milk? fuel?

    what ltl did you retire from? (congrats on retirement) :biggrin_25514:
     
  5. RickG

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    Many tankers are paid percentage and rates vary customer to customer . Really too much to get into .
     
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    As a company driver I'm paid milage, drop, delay, break down, pre trip, post trip, truck wash, tank wash, if I work local I'm hourly with over time after 8.
     
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    my last tanker job was as follows: small for hire fuel hauler (we transported for exxonmobil, shell, bp, marathon, etc.) located in ft.lauderdale, fl. non-union, same as almost every fuel hauler in this area
    currently. the cheapest paying trip was $30 (1.5-2.5) hours of work. majority of trips paid $40-$45 (2.5-3.5) hours of work. no pay for pre-trip, no pay for post-trip, no pay for fueling. any delay time we had to give a minimum of one hour (delay at rack) etc. basically, your paycheck consisted of only what the trips paid. any other lost time due to traffic delay, waiting on your truck at beginning of shift, or breakdown. you either didnt get paid for it or only partially. obviously didnt matter if you worked 80 hours a week, no overtime pay or no night time or weekend pay. so a 13-14 hour shift, you might do four $45 loads. gives $180 for the day. making about $13 per hour. i forgot they also deducted a small amount per week for uniform allowance.
     
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    pathfinder1361 Light Load Member

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    thanks, can you put some dollar amounts on each component of your pay?

    what type of products do you transport?
     
  9. Grouch

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    Hauling milk is about as cheap as you can get in trucking and you are going to run illegal, on HOS and 50% of the time on weight. You will sit at dairies for hours, with no pay. You will learn real fast the routes to take to get around the scales.
     
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    Last job...pvt fleet cryogenic. 500 mile radias, $19.93 hr / ot after 40. Competitor paid over $20 but cut it to "standards". Top city hand at competitor hit 93k in 2007 before cut. ( he hit his 70 every week )

    2nd last job pvt fleet paid $25, no o/t and lots o' bull.

    Takes around 10 years experience to get one of these jobs and they all pay around 75k now.

    That help?
     
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    I haul mostly alum,Bleach, sulfuric acid. And back haul caustic. It's.43 a mile. $21.75 for anything hourly. $5.50 for pre trip and post trip each. $15.50 to get my truck washed Which I do once a week.

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