I'm going to renew my hazmat next time I'm home after this hitch. The only good local jobs I can find in the DFW area is hauling fuel. Everything else either doesn't pay overtime, pays a low hourly wage like $18hr, still wants to pay CPM for local runs, doesn't have consistent work, wants you to work 6 days a week or still wants to send you out for days at a time being more regional than local.
All the jobs I'm seeing that pay a good hourly wage with overtime and regular days off are fuel hauling jobs. Anyone here have experience hauling fuel? If so what are the pros and cons?
Hauling fuel
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Bret1984, Nov 17, 2022.
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I never hauled fuel or tanker. PROS: home daily, CONS: may work nights/weekends. Dealing with local traffic and traffic at the gas station.
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Not sure how they advertise their schedule but it will be unlikely to get long weekends when there’s a holiday. I’m close friends with a guy who runs a tanker company. To curb all the complaining about who was doing what he decided to go with a fixed schedule. Guys that drive for him or lease their truck on have their choice of schedules, either Friday Saturday off or Sunday Monday.
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Your out in the weather all the time…….
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You'll be busy right before the times when people start driving, like Thanksgiving, Christmas, and severe weather events. And if your company has trucks in Houston or in other places along the Gulf Coast, they may send you down there to help out if a hurricane is forecast to come in.
The job requires lots of attention to detail and constantly being aware of your surroundings, but I think you're ahead of most people in that department.
The biggest con is having to deal with four-wheelers in the gas station parking lots, many of which are not easy to get in and out of in the first place. For some reason, people's IQs and attitudes take a nosedive the instant they turn in off the street. The stupidity you'll see in the parking lot is 10x worse than anything you've ever seen on the road. -
I haul fuel in the dfw area . I’ve started on nights which I prefer especially in this city and I work a fixed schedule. PM if interested
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