My new career with Superior Carriers begins!

Nice thread! I am a fuel hauler, and I can't imagine unloading product with a 2 inch hose, brutal!

 

Not really because we only average from one to two stops per day depending on how far we run. I'm a Disttech driver out of Baltimore, md. Takes about 45minutes to unload depending on the product.

 

We have one customer I've gone to quite a few times where you unload water thin product through a 3 inch hose into a 3 inch line that goes up a couple floors. Should take at most 45 mins to unload, but the problem is there are 2 valves, one where you connect and one near the tank. So of course they never remember to open the one near the tank. And because it's a paper mill, as soon as the guy signs the paperwork, he disappears. Always ends up taking me >2 hrs by the time I get someone to call him on the radio and he makes his way over to open the valve. The worst part is I ALWAYS ask if the valve near the tank is open before I open my valves, and they say yes.

 

I've been a contractor with Superior for six months (was with Miller Transporters for five years prior) Glad I made the move. Had to sell the truck for personal reasons and start driving as a company driver. I'm out of Charlotte, NC and I cannot say enough how good my dispatch team is. I've been trucking 20 years, pulling tankers for 5 years, but, I should have came to superior a lot sooner.

 

There's benefits and drawbacks in both. You have to consider whether you want affordable health insurance or not at all. What kind of truck can you get. No you're not married to it but if it gives you trouble it's all yours.