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luzon, i take it you are sleeping in the truck except for your reset, are there truckstops on your run for showers, food etc?

 

Yes, there are a couple truckstops with showers available. The one I use is about 3 miles off my path so it's not too bad. The terminal has a shower too. Every once in a while I miss getting a shower for 1 night but that's it. I am sleeping in the truck except for my reset.

Food is easy. There's pleanty of places that make breakfast tacos/burritos and there are some family style resteraunts that you can get to with parking maybe a block away or so. There's some Wally Marts along the paths too so you can always run into one of them and stock up. Down in Aransas Pass, where we off load, there are pleanty of places that you can get a truck into to grab a meal. Fast food is available and as I said, some better resteraunts too.

 

thanks for the reply, i dropped my haz-may and tank end. a few years ago, but thinking of getting it back and checking in to this, it all sounds good to me

 

thank you very much driver , by the way i dont have my hazmat , could you tell me if they have any chance for me without it , jvar7829@yahoo.com

 

the problem is how to find a company that is willing to hire unexperience tank drivers. jvar7829@yahoo.com

 

There is little to no chance that an unexperienced driver get one of these jobs.

It's not because of the trucking companies themselves, it's either the insurance company that mandates the amount of experience the driver must have in order for the trucking company to receive lower rates for their insurance. Or, as is the case for Martin, it's the oil company that we're hauling the crude oil for.

We pull for Shell. Shell requires 3 years experience for the crude oil drivers but Martin, as a hiring policy, only requres 1 year of experience. So, someone could get on with Martin and haul sulphur, LPG, or other stuff. But for crude - it's 3 years exp.

 

To anyone who is reading this, get your HAZMAT. Trust me on this one. Just recently passed the test for mine. The test is way easier than you expect. Just read through the section of the book, you don't even really have to memorize stuff about the classes of materials. I would be terribly surprised if you couldn't pass the test by your 2nd time through it. I feel like I've wasted the last few years by not getting mine sooner. Granted, if you're inexperienced you may or may not be able to get a job requiring it, but, still, get it.

Seriously.

 

oh yes i do have more than 2 years exp driving 53 an one month drove tanker trailer let me know if i can fit jvar7829@yahoo.com thank you driver your been a big help so far

 

thank you driver i will ones i get a part time job i will do it jvar7829@hotmail.com