I've wanted to ask drivers next time I see one but I'm not running into them now that I have this question in mind (go figure), so I'll ask here: What's the deal with tractors that have no hoses, and no racks even to hang hoses? Are there companies that deal strictly with customers that use their own hoses to empty the chemicals? I want one of THOSE jobs!
Wish I could remember the name of the company logo on those tractors....dang I must be getting old.
no hose how do you unload??
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yes. dedicated accounts. certain chemicals can not mix with water or other chemicals.
to avoid issues they use their own hoses on site to insure the chemical they just bought it not contaminated.
you dont want a chemical hauling job haha
they crawl so far up your but with safety, you will cough your safety mangers balls all day...
they dont pay much better either considering the stress they put on you and the stips they have for you to keep your job. -
####, a customer unload sounds like easy mode. Until you get stuck in a break room for 8 hours
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Bring food because you will sit for at least 6 hours or more; I usually knock out a 10 hr. sleeper berth break there. -
Rather than carrying hoses on a rack on the tractor, some trailers have trays and tubes to carry hoses on.
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I don't know; only been to the one in Phoenix. Probably the same company.
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Longest drop and hook I've ever done was at Fuji in Savannah. Was supposed to pick up a pre loaded trailer and their computer system was down. I had to wait 8 hours to get my paperwork. lol
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We had a customer in IN at a bakery. It would take about 6 hours to unload flour. They fussed constantly about the detention time and the drivers not knowing how to unload. Once the company sent a trailer mechanic with a driver to watch him unload and monitor the trailer. He found nothing wrong. After a few months they discovered they had a pipe plugged inside the plant.
We all figured it was a plant problem because we also delivered flour to Bisquik in Kansas City and it only took about an hour at most to unload there.
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