Tanker O/O food grade vs pneumatic vs hazmat vs etc MONEY

Ohio is the home base of the following carrier:

What We Do - Kenan Advantage Group (thekag.com)

Given your last known location -- I think it's probably a "no brainer" for you to investigate opportunities there.

They employ both company drivers and also owner ops.

If you have no previous tanker experience -- arguably one of the easiest ways to transition over to tanker is to start out by hauling fuel (that's what I did).

They have many fuel hauling opportunities.

Once you get 12 - 18 months of fuel under your belt (with a good safety record, of course) -- basically, the rest of the tanker world wants to talk to you.

Suggestion: start out as a company driver with KAG -- & learn the biz! Make sure tanker is in fact something you like, to begin with. If you should later decide that hauling fuel sucks -- with KAG, you could transition over to food-grade, or over to hauling chemicals, for example (and without the mega-hassles of switching to another carrier).

I've seen their rigs. Of the ones I've seen -- it's good-looking equipment.

They're a tanker "super buffet", of sorts.

Think about it......

-- L

 

Tankers is a multi-faceted section of trucking.

Each variety has it's peak spot and you could spend a lot of time chasing the most money only too get there and have something you can't see change it all and down the toilet your jewel goes...and you start it all over again.

 

I like hauling jet and diesel
In soflo doing this for a year
I really enjoy it

 

I second that. From 2020 to 2022 I was making avg 85K a year with Schneider out of there dedicated Martinsburg, WV Ecolab account. Company driver, no tank wash, home for 3 days every 2 weeks. All NE runs.

Went over to KAG Merchant Gas chasing the money, worked an account making 135K last year company driver, hotel every night, 3 weeks on, 1 week off. That was a sweet gig, but got shut down. NYC every other night.

You can gross 250K a year as an O/OP or Lease OP at a lot of companies, to include SNBC, QC, Henniff, Robbie D Wood, and Transwood. But with price of a Bulk SPec'd tractor, fuel, etc these days, I would just go company until freight rates come back up.