New Guy On The Block

Thank you for your service!

Good luck to you pards!

 

Louisiana is good with I-10 running coast-to-coast through the state.

Two guys posted yesterday they went through Celadon program and happy there doing refrigerated trucking. That company aslo has flatbed.

CTL Transportation has their own CDL school and runs lots of Florida/Texas.

As a new driver, you will make the most money with tankers due to better accessorial pays and quick turnarounds on loads.

 

Most tanker freight isn't flammable. I pulled hazmat/tankers 48 states for years and never had a load requiring flammable placards. That's your call though; just want to let you know where the money is.
Best wishes!

I've hauled a few loads of acid to a fish processing plant in Louisana down by the coast. Noticed dozens of Vietnamese women working there and asked about that. The guy told me they hire them because they're experts at repairing fishing nets; said they're quick and do an excellent job.

 

Tanker work is very interesting. I've hauled tanker loads of glue that's used on microwave popcorn bags; some type of green looking liquid used in wood processing mills where loggers unload logs just brought in from the forests; chemicals that go in soft drinks to Coke and Pepsi plants; acid to asphalt plants. The acid in asphalt works like this; in hot weather heavy traffic grooves asphalt and makes the pavement uneven, especially near traffic lights and stop signs. The acid make the asphalt return to it's orginal even surface in a matter of minutes. Those rough asphalt roads you see with permanent grooves didn't have the acid added when the asphalt was mixed. Sometimes you may haul chemicals to Fuji Film near Phoenix. All types of interesting places. I've hauled chemicals to a place in Florida that makes Summers Eve douche for women. Great money in tankers; $60K+ per year even for new drivers.

 

It's time for you to man up! Meet me in Amarillo and I'll buy you a steak at the Big Texan. LOL Good luck in the future.