New start at Superior Carriers

I did my first load yesterday. I had to be at the terminal at 4:30 am so we could pre trip and get our paperwork done as we needed to be on the road by 5:00. We were hauling two different types of white oil over to Elyria Ohio in a three hole tank. We had a 9:00 am delivery and got there about 30 minutes early. We didn't start unloading until 10 and finished up at 1:00 pm. It was a customer unload with air and it was inside which was really nice as it was -24 F outside. I got some really good training on these 3 compartment tanks and while they were unloading my trainer went all over the different valves and emergency shut off procedures. Once they finished the unload we had to pull the truck outside to release the air pressure in the tanks and check for heel. We ended up having about 10 gal of product left in the rear compartment which we had to drain into buckets and the customer disposed of. My trainer said that if the heel is less than 5 gal you don't have to do anything with it. After that, we finished up our paperwork and were on our way back home. Got back to the terminal at 5:00 pm, dropped the trailer and did more paperwork. I left to go home at 6:00 pm so I had 13.5 hours for the day which worked out to $171.50 in pay. Not bad for training pay.

I'm off until Saturday night. I need to be back at 10:30 pm for a load of wax that we'll pick up somewhere about 3 hours east of here (can't remember the name off hand) headed to Rockford Illinois for a Monday morning delivery. So far I've really enjoyed working here. Everyone has been very supportive and helpful to me. Every time I'm introduced to another driver it's always been "welcome aboard" and "this is probably the last company you'll ever work for". Says a lot about a company when you hear employees say that.

Looks like I'll be going to Greer, SC for school on March 2. Looking forward to getting out of the cold and snow for a week.

 

Cold is one thing but this -24 F crap sucks. I'd be happy with 30 right now.

 

Well, I'm currently sitting at my hotel in Maumee Ohio. We got in here just before 1:00 pm with 5 minutes to go on our 14. We have a load of wax that is scheduled for a 11:00 am delivery in Rocford Illinois but we're hoping that we can deliver early. We're going to have some time to play with tomorrow so my trainer is thinking about running over to the terminal at Markham so I can see what it looks like. He tells me that I'll see a lot of this place once I get out on my own. I'm hoping things go smoothly tomorrow so I can get home early Tuesday and possibly get a day or two off. I'll be leaving this coming Sunday for Greer and I need to start getting things packed. So far I couldn't be happier with how things have gone.