TANKER YANKERS ( good tanker companies)

I have no knowledge of the company but I can tell you this. Any time you have a job that requires special training you're one up on the rest of the drivers. You become an asset because training is expensive. Even if the company is bad you'll gain experience that is valuable. Get the training and if the company id not right then move on when the time is right.

 

Don't know first hand, but have loaded with some of their drivers (DisTech) and heard no be-eye-witching. I pull a chem tank for Wynne, Omaha, Nebraska. They have drivers living all over. I'm out of the Pasadena, TX terminal. They are a good fit for my likes and dislikes. Good luck.

Dave

 

i have only looked over three or four of the pages but i havent seen anything about Groendyke transport out of Ok i worked for them pulling both chem and gas i know they have hired guys fresh out of schools and guys with 6 mo otr. they are a great company.

 

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...-groendyke-transport.html?highlight=Groendyke

 

Martin Transport Tanker outfit any info..

 

http://martintransport.com/


are u talkin about them?

 

Yes, wanted to know what kind of outfit they are to work for. Pay, ECG.

 

I talked to TM in Kenova, WV. Got the job. Was told pay would be 45 to 60 yr. He couldn't tell me how they paid. Said it was on the round, I understand what he was talking about, loaded pay and MT pay. ect. But he would tell me how much loaded or how much Mt. I ask if it was a percentage he said no. Just kind of Leary of not know what I'm getting paid up front. He did finally say that mileage would average between .35 and .50.

 

I dont think i posted to this thread yet but I just started working for an affiliate of QC, and it's a very good place to work. We have something like 15 company drivers and 15 owner operators out of our terminal. It's a small company that owns 3 terminals, and quite a few trailers and a few tractors. The trucks have QC lettering on the sideboxes and big, huge QC logos on the trailers, but QC doesn't own any of it. They go by QC's hiring policies, which is that they'll hire you without any tanker experience, but you have to have 1 year otr, and have to be 23 years old, for the most part. Very laid back place to work, truck is governed at 72 on cruise control, 79 on the pedal, webasto heater, no apu, no idle shutdowns, no one complaining about idle, no tracking devices on the tractor (but some trailers have black boxes on top of them in front of the dome lid). We for the most part only haul food grade, which is nice to learn with but can be a pain because of extreme pickyness with food grade vs non food grade hoses, etc etc... (food grade hoses are grey, chemical hoses are black or green, etc...). The tank wash does some odd things but meh. I'm being paid 23%, but im hourly for the moment since im in training.


We also dont train drivers after next week. They say we should have atleast 3 months of tanker experience before driivng in the winter. My trainer told me not to let them send me to the mountains until i feel like im ready for it.

Anyway, you can work for a place like i do buy applying at QC's website, and they'll forward your application to the nearest terminal to you...whether it be a company or affiliated terminal. I'd much rather work for an affiliate if i was you, QC is a very large company, infact they claim to be the biggest tanker outfit. There are hundreds of affiliates and they are all different, but for the most part they're good places to work for..

 

That nitrogen blanket in itself is pretty dangerous too!

Hell i haul a lot of TFA, "tallow fatty acid", and I'm told it used to be considered hazmat and required placarding. It's the stuff that makes a bar of soap turn into a bar! Not even close to hazardous... but it is loaded at 140 degrees....