Best Tanker Co in SoCal?

I used to live in Vegas and I talked to pacific before I moved north. There was a lot of if this then that, if that then this, and if not that then this other thing. And by the end of it all your earnings should equal x. Bottom line, that pay structure benefits the company not the employee. It took the guy three paragraphs to try and explain their pay. With my current position it took one sentence.

I'm not saying they're a bad company, I did talk to a couple of older drivers that were getting paid hourly, they seemed happy. New guys on the "performance" pay always said they weren't making enough, or they had to babysit their paycheck and go back and see why they didn't get paid for something. I believe the end I decided to pass.

 

Where in SoCal?

 

I know of a good outfit I worked for and they have a yard in Bakersfield. A few former Williams drivers worked with me there

 

You could try FDS (fuel delivery services), Thompson and Harvey have a big yard in Santa Maria and I believe more trucks parked down South, Arco (good luck! The last major in the area), SC fuels...

 

Air Liquide

 

Oh 10-4. Try these if you wanna haul fuel. You could also try an outfit dealing with asphalt oil. I've done fuel and oil the last 5 years. Now I'm doing bulk tanker work. I love bulk-pays good and is less dangerous

 

Call Andrews Logistics and see what they have. They are on South Broadway and primarily haul lubricants out of Phillips 66. I work for them out of Dallas. Excellent pay and superior benefits. Can't comment on the actual terminal as I've never been to that one but overall they are a great company. Very straight forward, pay for all work and you'll never do anything uncompensated. I'm sure they require Haz Mat but lubricants are non placarded loads. Occasionally you'll haul additives that might fall into the corrosive category. When I drove out of the Houston terminal it was mainly lubricants out of Shell which are generally delivered to wholesale oil distributors. Very easy work.

 

With only a year and a half experience and no tanker or fuel experience I would take what you can get. Pacific tank lines might be one of the low tier companies in so cal but it's a lot better than gardner... They do require a 2 year contract though so keep that in mind.