switching to Tankers from Dry Van?

Most tanker jobs are good.
A&R Logistics is dry bulk and has a terminal in Decatur. Need 6 mos. experience there, so you'll be good to go in November.
OUTSTANDING BENEFITS

• Vacation & holiday pay
• Scheduled raises
• 401k plan with company matching
• Health & Dental insurance available
• Life insurance
• Passenger Program
• Home most weekends
• Weekly payroll
• Training Pay
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W.W. Transport hires Birmingham drivers. You're qualified.
Probably haul dry bulk flour or some other food grade dry bulk.
$2500 sign on incentive!
Apply at www.wwtransportinc.com and our manager will review your application!
Immediate opening for Class A CDL Truck Drivers to haul bulk food grade products.
Benefits

• Paid 25% of the load.
• Out 10-14 days at a time.

• Health, dental, life insurance, short/long term disability, AFLAC
• 401K with company match
• Vacation/holiday/years of service bonus pay
• Flex Plan. $1,000.00 Safety incentive pay.
• We also have a passenger program and PrePass+
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Tankers slosh.

You will learn how to come off a light fast enough. Slowly enough not to let the liquid bounce or beat you up.

Same thing with stopping. You will stop in one smooth application all the way to zero mph at the light. Then remove your brake just enough to allow your tractor to float forward with a LITTLE BIT of brakes applied a foot or so with every slosh of the fluids hitting the front wall of your tanker and you until she settles before the light turn green.

Pull away with one smooth GENTLE APPLICATION of your fuel pedal. Just enough to move out and keep moving gaining speed in a STEADY manner. The LESS YOU SLOSH that tanker being not a wild man the better off you are.

You cannot change lanes quickly. If you do your inside wheels are going to come up 4 feet, scare you to death and as you mentally process your first serious WTF view in that mirrior, your world will rotate as your whole 18 wheeler lies down on the side towards the roof at 70 mph. What a mess. And it's ALL your fault.

That's all I have for you. It's basic writing. I know you are smart and NOT stupid. TANKING is FUN FUN FUN. You will LOVE IT. Easy money.

But... you need to drive em a certain way. You will learn that quickly enough.

Enjoy!

PS one more thing.

While you are in van. Get a large McDonalds COFFEE. A tall 20 oz cup. A good tall one foot high cup. (Maybe not a foot but you get idea)

Put that cup in front of your shifting stick on the cab floor.

Take lid off coffee. It should be full.

NOW take off and drive.

DONT YOU SPILL THAT COFFEE. If you do CLEAN IT UP AND GET ANOTHER TALL COFFEE. REPEAT the problem.

When you can drive without spilling coffee congratulations, you are now a qualified tanker expert.

Instead of coffee. fill it with children's glass marbles instead. You can gather them up and put them back into your coffee cup. Since it's denser and heavier than liquid coffee you will literally be more expert at not spilling your marbles all over your cab floor.

 

Which ship is that in your avatar?
I was on the USS Vreeland (FF-1068)

 

Is this the same story of a book written about a warship after a all out nuclear exchange on both sides?

 

I need to update somehow. Maybe the book is still in print.

Thank you for taking the time to write. I wonder sometimes what connection you had with it?

 

Unless you're wanting to get rid of Schneider, going tanker with them is good experience for tanker work, until you have more time behind the wheel