Right now with the company I drive for I have to roll/unroll hoses for each trailer to unload the bulk cement powder that I haul. Job actually is fairly easy but is paid per load. Not enough work today so they only brought in a limited number of drivers (I wasn't one of them as my employee number is too high...brought in up to #1911 and I am over that). So, I only grossed a bit over $500 this week. Had taken Wednesday off to go to church that night and only got one load for $71.XX Tuesday night.

I want something that is paid per hour and is in a somewhat consistent industry. I figure folks still need gasoline for their cars, people can put off getting cement. I have had several drivers tell me to get in my year of servitude with the company and then get out of quickly as possible, not to let myself get eatten up/drained like they have done. This is basically a training company. For downtime or times when we have to drive to pick up equipment, change trucks, etc, they pay $12.50 per hour.

My truck is old, built 12-1996, so never know when it is going to
get "sick". The Beall pneumatic trailers I pull were made in 11-1996.

dave

"I would much rather lift a 35-45 lb hose 4-6 times a day than lift an 8 ft lumber tarp...............ever"


you mean, "4-6 a LOAD," don't you? times 5-7 loads a day? delivering the fuel isn't so bad. hooking up those ridiculously heavy nozzels at the fuel terminal is what kills you. all of my friends are a LOT more burly than I, and THEY wouldn't touch a job like hauling fuel with a 10 foot pole.

I've started a new flatbed job, and after 2 weeks, I've YET to tarp anything. I've talked to several people who USED to haul fuel and they ended up going back over the road, some flatbeds. but I had to find out for myself.

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I pity those guys. Some of those gas stations are awful to get trucks in and out of. Not only that, the truck has to oriented a certain way while there due to the valves being on whatever side they're on.

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No I meant 4-6 times a day. You dont have to lift them to get them off the truck just slide them out of the tube, pull it to where you want it and put it in the ground, now on the other end you got the unloading heads that are maybe 2 1/2 ft off the ground there all you have to do is move the hose from one compartment to the other...nothin hard about that. when your all done grab one end of that 35-45 lb hose shove it back in the tube then work in in sections depending on how long the hose is...nothin hard about that either. I usually only run 4-6 loads a day my first load in the morning goes from here in E.Tx to just on the other side of Ft. Worth and it takes up a good chunk of my morning with DFW MetroMESS traffic But it pays pretty good so I wont complain. Fuel nozzles at one of the terminals(really old crappy place) I rarely load at are ridiculously heavy thats because all of the springs are broken in the arms and as soon as you let it go it crashes to the ground, but for the most part the other places are all pretty well taken care of so it takes little to no effort to get loaded.

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What do you mean this aint a drop&hook????

Seems that there are some good and bad feelings about hauling gasoline. For those who feel that it is not a good job, any suggestions of a trucking job that would fit well with my preferences?

First, shoud start around 1-2PM, as I do now. That way I can still do a couple of house appraisals per week,

second, need to have Sunday off so that I can continue being an usher
at my church

third, needs to be in a consistent industry, not what I have now, which is hauling cement powder, thus providing consistent hours per week,

fourth, needs to pay hourly, and better that what I get now,

fifth, good medical. Have Kaiser right now, which is Ok. Am a type2
diabetic, which is under control (last A1c test was 5.7, for those of you who knows what that means).

These are my basic preferences. Would greatly appreciate any type of valid input. My year's servitude with Robertson's is up middle of this coming October. While I could stay there (they really are not that bad to work for) would really get something that pays better with consistent hours. As I mentioned in prior post, several of the senior drivers there have told me repeatedly to leave there as soon as possible after my year is over.

dave

does anyone have any info on fuel transport companies in atlanta, ga? kenan, florida rock, saraguay, keystone transport, mansfield oil? somebody? anybody??

Might have a problem with my job. Thursday morning I was informed that I had to fill out an "Incident Report". Supposedly, I missed seeing a blown wheel seal on fifth axle. They showed me a picture of it and it looked pretty messy. My question is how much driving would it take for it to get that messy?

While unloading my cement powder (only had one load Wednesday night) eatting my salad, I walked around the truck maybe 7-8 times. Some of those times I look at spring hangers, u-bolts, fenders, and the brakes. I did not see any oil on the brand new brake pads (replaced at the start of my shift), axle, underside of the trailer, or dripping down the lower half of the tire, etc. Was completely clean (except for normal dirt). I finished unloading, drove maybe total of 200 yards to fuel, then drove the 1/2 or so mile back to my parking area. Maybe a mile. Speed limits most of the distance is 15 miles per hour, 5 miles per hour inside the yard where the shop and trucks are, then I parked the truck. The thing I find interesting is that the last two numbers on the odometer when I check out was 53. I looked on the Vehicle Condition Report Thursday afternoon and noted that the starting mileage for when my day driver took over (about 7 hours after I clocked out) was 86. Who drove the truck 18 miles during that time period? What happened to my truck during that time? I don't believe that they would, after repairing the wheel seal, take the truck out on an 18 mile road test, would they? Normally after doing repairs, they immediately park the trucks. When they replaced the brake pads and wheel drums at the start of my shift that day, I am the one who drove the truck out of the repair area and when merrily on my way to get my first cement load. Nobody test drove it to make sure things were connected properly.

dave

I'm sure it's a great gig with a lot of pluses for a lot of people. I wish it could have worked out for me. but look at the guys doing the work the next time you go to a gas station and someone is delivering. especially if it's an older dude, they're either sitting down while the fuel is dumping, or leaned against the trailer with their head down like they're about to fall over dead.

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Miscalculated. It wasn't 18 miles, but 28 miles unaccounted for on the Vehicle Condition Report.

anyone drivers for or has info about energy dispatch? they are a fuel transport company