Indian River

This is true. @nextgentrucker you can search YouTube videos on “tanker truck” implosion and see what happens when someone forgets to vent the top of one when unloading. The customers are responsible for doing everything where I deliver, but we do have a handful who have a “no climb” policy and ask us to open the dome lid. If I show up somewhere and the receiver seems to be new to their job or unfamiliar with things, I usually watch my mirror from the driver’s seat to see if they climb up top and open it.

 

You will get used to it within your first week or two. A lot of loads will beat you up as you’re going from a dead stop and building up speed. As the transmission shifts gears, the delay followed by repower will cause the liquid to slosh front to back. (similar to stabbing the brakes) Things will smooth out once you start getting up to speed, though. Once you get familiar with it, you’ll develop a rhythm with the pedal to decrease the impact.

Like others have said, the product you’re hauling plays a role in how hard it surges. The size of the tank does as well. Shake an unopened bottle of water in your hand. Now pour half of it out, put the lid back on, and shake the bottle again. Notice the difference? A tank that has a higher gallon capacity provides more room for the liquid to wave in, just like you created more room in the water bottle by pouring half of it out. That’s the best way I can articulate it.

Front to back surge is mainly just an annoyance. The highway curves and your speed is what you need to pay attention to the most, especially at night on your 500th mile when you’re getting complacent. Tight curves can sneak up on you, and if you run into one too fast, it will be too late to slow down. Back it down 10mph below the limit before you even get to the curve.

 

We try to keep the posts accurate and helpful in the thread, so I went back a few pages for you to get the screenshot of an email one of our recruiters recently sent to someone who applied. Note the asterisk after “pay up to .60 CPM” that is there to highlight “depending on experience, driving record and work history.”