Depends on where you're located.
I've been averaging about $1300/week with only working here over a year.
One guy that works here who runs his butt off makes around $1800-2000/week, that's working 5 days a week. I work 6 days a week since I'm newer and I want to make more money
Fuel hauler paying by the hour
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I made about 1200 the other week and that was with calling out sick one day.
I usually average $220-280/night during weekdays and $250-330/night on weekendsLast edited: Feb 9, 2015
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You can make 23-25 an hour in Los Angeles plus OT and one company pays 28 or 29. $25 per hour with OT is $1750 for a 60 hour week. But $1750 in LA probably has the same purchasing power as $1000 or less in the southeast.
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Also I'm sitting here as the rack is down no way I would do this by the load. Hourly or nothing.
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Now I'm behind an Arco driver in the gas/DSL split lane who isn't loading DSL. Getting paid though
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Yea traffic is the biggest thing. Accounts for probably 4-5 hours per day with our longer loads.
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There might be a small chance that the majors come back but it would be very slow and not like the past. I have seen it before but on a small scale. What happens is the book smart people that make these decisions finely realize that having company trucks is cheaper than hiring a company to do your hauling. When you figure the advertisement you get from the trucks, the spills, cross dumps, accidents, and any other hang up cost the company money and a company driver has less.
As far as walking in a gas hauling job with no experience just is very rare. I have seen it done but it's rare. What is a more common scenario is the old who you know gets the job. I would say that sending in your application by mail or e-mail will not get you anywhere in this field if you have no experience. If you find a company you like go see them and let them know you are very interested in their company and if they know where and how to accomplish that task.
All of you that are saying there's no money in gasoline you have to remember that just about all of us get paid for what we do. While you OTR drivers count their pay per trip or load but never figure the hours you have to put in. Your gone every hour away from home and you don't get paid for all your hours.
And finely you drivers that think a gasoline tanker is a bomb need to study up on how they work then you'd understand it takes a tank to rip open to be a problem. Also compare the fatally accidents with any other truck product.tman78, xsetra, mike-v and 1 other person Thank this.
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