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I am currently in the process in researching various companies to work for when I get my CDL, and so far the only one that want to talk to me is Werner and they are willing to pre-hire me before I go for my CDL.

I know I do not want to stay at Werner forever and I would eventually like to get into owner operator, but move specialised loads, either flatbeds or tankers, perferably fuel since I work with it on a daily bases and I am already trained on transporting and transfering Kerosine products such as Jet fuel. How would I get from van driver to specialised loads? When I get my CDL I plan on getting Hazmat Endorsed.

 

Most likely your going have to start with werner,do at lease 6 months with them and go with a company that hauls flatbed.If you want to haul fuel,your going to need at lease 2 years otr experience first but this doesn't mean you cant haul tankers.You can look into a milk hauling company get experience there and then once you have at lease year experience pulling tanker,than go with fuel tankers.But most fuel tankers companies required a min.of 2 years experience.Hauling fuel is not for newbies.

 

Thanks for the advice, The reason I said fuel because it is all I know. I do drive a tanker truck, but limited on a AOA ramp and a quarter mile of a public road, so there is really no experience there other weaving a 10k gallon truck safely though aircrafts.

 

It would really be to your benefit to give your location . Members know smaller companies in various areas that are preferable to the large carriers .
Don't take training because of any hopes from a pre-hire . Pre-hires men absolutely nothing . It only means they know you are not a convicted felon with 10 DUI's that would automatically cause you to be rejected . Many students with prehires never make it to orientation .

 

O/O in gasoline hauling are rare. Most likely because of the 2 million bond they have to put up. It just depends on where you're at. But you've got the right idea and shooting for the best is always the way to go. You can expand a little and look into hauling radioactive material. The stuff is going to be hauled one day.

 

Radioactive materials are already being hauled . A local carrier here hauls them from NJ to Metroplois IL . They are hauled in cargo containers .

 

You're right they've been hauling them for years but when Yucca MTN opens there will be a flood to get all the highly radioactive stuff from each power plant to the MTN. I know most of the route will be by rail but it's got to get to the trains. Just something to look at.

 

I currently live in Jacksonville, Fl. I know of a couple of small companies I could get on, but they want a minimum of one or two years before they will hire me. They usually haul paper from the mills to the rail yards.

 

Hey Dark Reaper. Send an ap to Wiley Sanders in Troy, AL. You will need to take Hazmat but I am starting orientation on Monday. Just got my CDL last week.