Tanker vs all others

Where I work, I do a variety of different things. Flatbed, dry van, dry bulk, and liquid tanker. I ran liquid for about 6 months straight, both hazardous and non. When things started getting busy these past couple months I got shifted around from division to division. It really made me miss liquid. Here's some differences I noticed between divisions...

I'm not the world's best flatbedder, my tarp jobs aren't the best, but they're also not sloppy. When I'm securing my load, it's extremely rare to have another driver come over and offer to help with tarps or chains, ect...no matter how hard of a time I'm having. Most guys will just stand there and criticize other drivers about everything they're doing wrong.

With dry van, I'm just another guy hitting the dock. It's easy work, but it's also time consuming depending on your delivery/pickup location. Most places don't care how long you have to wait. I've lost more time doing van work than anything else.

Dry bulk isn't bad, depending on what you're hauling. Everything unloads different, and if you're switching trailers every day, it can be difficult getting your axle weights right. Every facility loads differently, and in most cases they don't care if you're heavy on your axles, and don't let you axle your truck off the scale.

Then there's liquid...pull under the rack, get loaded, seal your caps, and off you go. Most receivers are happy to see you and get you in quickly. Unloading is always the same, open the valve and sit in your truck or stand there and watch your hose(s).

What's everyone else's opinion on this?

 

I never pulled one of those, I always thought it would be cool, but nevermind! Lol

 

Yeah I haul some oils and wax based substances for hair/skin care products, just the sample analysis takes 2 1/2 hours. And of course they have a 2 inch line to push it into. We get paid hourly to load/unload though so I don't mind. I've gotten used to the surge, I pulled out of our terminal yesterday with a flatbed and was dumbfounded when my neck didn't crack shifting from 2nd to 3rd lol