Is pulling a Fuel Tanker stressful?

I didn’t find it stressful at all. There is a fair bit to learn though, but it’s worth it. You work at your own pace. There’s no appointments, you’re on your own to load and unload. It’s great for those who want to do a job with very minimal interaction with others.

The tradeoff to all of that is having to follow strict loading and unloading procedures. It can be deadly or costly if you make a mistake.

There’s no real heavy lifting. At the loading point (rack) you’ll swing large loading arms and affix them to your tank for loading. At the receiving end you’ll be handling hoses and tight fills.

 

Yeah. Mind you, I am in Canada and that’s definitely achievable here.

 

Learning the loading/unloading process is stressful. Loading is stressful when you’re on your own at first. Unloading gasoline is a little stressful at first. Diesel is easy. Certain racks are much easier than others.

 

Stressful no.... Detailed yes very detailed.
It’s repetition. Load the same way and unload the same way. Once you got a process and backstops it’s easy. The detailed part is loading the correct contract every time and the correct amount. Making sure you actually verify that the load arm is connected to the compartment you want before you autopilot a yes. Making sure you put the correct compartments in the the right tanks at the right stations. It’s not hard just detailed.
You have to be a proactive enforcer at stations. People are stupid and they will say “oh my bad dude I didn’t see the gas truck” as they smoke a cigarette walking towards it or by the vapor vents. Some people respond to a simple request to put it out... some people you have to yell at...You’ll have to block off entire sections of the parking lot to prevent people from driving in your area.. and you’ll have to wait for some people to take 45 mins to play their lottery and go grocery shopping cause they parked on your fills... unless you got gravy runs like Meijers or krogers sams club or Costco’s...
Another stressor could be if your paid by the load..

 

As others said, it’s very detailed and you do it right the first time, because there may not be a second time. You don’t get in a hurry.

 

You spend a lot of time outside, in the weather.........