Just got a job offer from a tanker company hauling fuel..

Man that is crap for a petroleum transport driver. You'll average 2 maybe 3 loads a day and at that rate I would say htf no.

 

BTW, $250 a day is what you should be getting at a minimum. I've been hauling fuel for over 4 yrs and that was what I made starting out.

 

I'd have to agree with PoleCrusher. While I just changed companies to a much better paying one, the last one I was at wasn't known for it's great pay scale and I was making about $85 bucks for loads in that delivery range. (a little more for a split)

Still, if that's the best you can do to get a foot in the door to be a Hazmat Tanker Driver, a potentially very well paying job I might add, I would have a hard time discouraging you because you'll get to learn the specialized knowledge, get your cards, experience etc, then quickly move on to a better company.

I'll say this - after just a few months being a gas hauler, I'd for one NEVER bump another dock again. You'll either love it like you've found your "driver's calling" in life, or really, really hate it. "We" have a pretty tight community of drivers in my area for the ones who do the job, no matter what company logo is on the door of your truck. I like to have that "we are the elite of the driving core" feeling each day as we perform a valuable, if not dangerous service. Just don't screw up; there is little room for error.

Good Luck.

 

I would try to find someone to drive for that pays hourly. I haul fuel in Baltimore and plenty of things can happen throughout the course of a day to slow you down. Out here some pay load, some pay hourly. Just my $.02 worth.

Adam

 

I'm currently hauling sulfuric acid out of Chicago to the surrounding Midwestern states. I've got just over a year hauling tanker now, and I would like to graduate to a better paying job hauling fuel/crude or something with a bigger risk to reward ratio. I am a 15 yr veteran pulling dry van and flatbed in my previous jobs. I've logged well over 1,000,000 accident free miles and have a clean MVR and a CSA score of 0.
I would like to relocate my family to the south and find a career to retire out of with this next job change. I am open to most southern states such as Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee,
Mississippi, Kentucky, Missouri. I have an excellent employment history and an outstanding work ethic. I graduated college in 06' for Diesel Powered Equipment Technology and worked as a diesel mechanic for a few years, so I have a very well rounded understanding of trucks and related equipment.
Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you

 

For pulling tanker thats way low just my 2 cents

 

Gas work is typically 4 loads per shift. Depending on how far. I would venture to say the truck works a double shift so they probably wont keep you out where your swing driver has to wait for the truck. Why not cruise around and look for one of their trucks unloading and talk to the driver?

 

Yeah that's low pay for the job. We haul 1-6 maybe 7 loads a day, 12-14 hrs. You will be something of a target for DOT because they get credit for 3 inspections for one and its easy...for them. Freeze your ### off in winter, sweat all day in the summer. Raining... Your wet all day. FR gear is hot and heavy when wet. Searching lots under two feet of snow looking for wells, only to find them iced over... hammer, crowbar, and frozen fingers before you can even start to drop. Dragging 30' of hose through two feet of mud at bulk sites. Steel toes in subzero conditions is always a blast...

Lots more I could add...

If you really want the job take it, you won't get any more respect for it, and they aren't going to pay you any more than what you can get pulling around a wagon.