Eagle Transport (Gas Haulers)

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Dick CHaneys wife does not own Halliburton.
It is a publicly traded company and I did own some shares so I can say that I owned a piece of Hal (ticker symbol)

 

That's the way I figured. But it's not like John Miles says. BP still has some trucks and just about all the ARCO trucks are still running so far. They did come in and close the smaller terminals and if you work for ARCO it's not the same as it was before BP got there. But $13.50 was never any pay ARCO did in 97. IIRC pay was at $20.50 and it took you a year to get there. You started at a couple dollars an hour lower and every few monyhs it went up. I know the new engineers for the company always got upset at our pay and they would go out of their way to knock us down. The older bosses stayed firm but they all took a very good retirement package and are gone now. You can still make close to 6 figures and have the same benefits but I would say the long range goal for these major is to common carrer out the loads like they did many years ago. The old CEO's know why they stayed with their own equipmenr but the newer do not.

The guys I know where they closed a terminal stayed there and are still going to the same stations in a different truck but for reduced pay. Plus they lost some benefits and holidays. Won't be long before you won't see any ARCO trucks, they'll all be BP. I read not to lond ago that Chevron is selling their downstream markets so there goes Chevron.

I'm glad I got out when I did.

 

GasHauler, I didn't say that BP didn't have any trucks left or drivers ... I just said they were no longer in the CHARLOTTE market ... they left # 1997 and their starting rate of pay was $13.50/ hour ... I distinctly remember because while I was loading and looking at the flyer they had posted at the loading rack ... I kept saying to myself that it wouldn't be worth the hassle and expense of driving to Charlotte in my car for no more pay than that. Better to stay where I'm at and keep the truck at home than to try commuting back and forth to Charlotte for $13.50/ hour. And there aren't any ARCO trucks in Charlotte either ... hasn't been for over 10 years.

You are correct about Chevron ... they closed the Magellan 2 terminal last month which was supplying 9.0 gas for our major customer which we are now getting from Kinder Morgan 2 ( the old Exxon Terminal ). News is that Magellan 1 will be closing soon which was supplying 7.8 rvp ... when that happens there will be one heck of a line at KM 2. Hear they are taking everything back out west.

 

The Hess terminal in Wilmington,NC got rid of all their drivers earlier this year.

 

Hess left Charlotte 10 years ago and sold their terminal to Transmontaigne. We had an old Hess driver ( Tom Jordan )working for Eagle until about 4 months ago when he died of cancer. He was a good man and I miss him.

 

Sorry John it just sound as you were saying all of BP. Just wait you most likely can make that statement pretty soon thou. Also ARCO pulled their east coast operations along time ago. IIRC it was back either in the late 70's or early 80's. Out west they are one of the last major's to be operating but I would say they will also get out soon.

These new people in charged are pressured so hard to save money they will make any change for a quick profit. They do not bother to look at the long range benefit of having a company truck on site or going down the road. In a few years when they are all gone the companies will be paying the same as soon as the contracts run out and they have no choice but to use a common carrier. It's happened before and will happen again.