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Kentucky 24 is # TRIMAC ( tanker yanker )

Discussion in 'Discuss Your Favorite Trucking Company Here' started by Mortar Man, May 9, 2011.

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  1. May 17, 2011 #41
    hamboner

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    Kentucky 24, I am looking at getting on as a student at the Memphis Terminal for Superior Carriers. I have called and talked with them to see if they would be interested once I get through school and the said yes. What can you tell me about superior as a company driver? Would this be a good option for me to start out? What kind of loads, hometime, and etc. would I be dealing with here? I would appreciate any information you can give me!
     
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  3. May 17, 2011 #42
    Mortar Man

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    Very rare .. Most of your chemical loads ( not all ) are JIT ( just in time ) meaning they are waiting on you . Tanker is raw material so they need you to be there so they can make the product to load the VAN - Reefer - Flat .. Etc

    Most companies ( Trimac does ) pays you after 2 hrs what they call Deimurge so your on the clock ... But most loads come off in 1 hr to 1.5 for the most part
     
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  4. May 17, 2011 #43
    Mortar Man

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    Superior is a good company but personally I left the Memohis terminal after 2 .5 years roughly of service due to mis management ( at the terminal ) I won't do allot of bad mouthing but I'd talk to a few drivers before I did ... There is a driver they call "Spanky" there he will shoot you strait then that decision would be yours .

    Superior is a GREAT company hands down ... Simply put I had terminal problems .. Etc , pay , scanning , just typical internal management things not being done correctly ...

    This could have changed by now ... Not sure but I can tell you when I left last Sept I been told 2 or 3 others did also but like I said I'm not sure about what goes on there to date ...

    Loads :

    Magnolia Arkansas runs to 7 designations
    Ca, IL , GA , TN , OH

    CIBA now BASF ... To various locations mainly .. SC , NC , Canada

    Penn Khem - to .. IA , MS ( or LA ) can't remember

    Lots of local ISO work to rails ( stay away from that as as a Company driver .. No pay in it just hourly and not much for the work involved on the ISO in Memphis
    It's a head ache ... Trust me

    PMC : to Various locations : NC , WV , NJ , SC , NC

    That's bout it ... Best of luck to you and I'm not trying to steer you away from SPCR but you asked so I gave my opinion .. Any where else in SPCR than terminal 050 ( Memphis ) I'd say Gooooooooooooo ... Run ... Take that job ... SPCR is great
    But at Memphis (050) just do your home work
    Enough said ...

    But I enjoyed my time at Superior Carriers just not at Memphis
     
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  5. May 17, 2011 #44
    Mortar Man

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    Update !!!

    Got my load last night ran bout 150 miles took break in Orange TX , at the Flying Hook ( J) ... deliver in the AM at 8:00 can't sleep so thought I'd give an update

    Got my reload :

    Going to Houston Terminal : tank wash ( drop )
    Load back to my home terminal ( Calvert City , KY ) deliver on Friday morning but drop on yard Thursday night for our YARD JOCKEY to deliver

    Then off to my next excursion .... Lol
     
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  7. May 17, 2011 #45
    Mortar Man

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    Hamboner :

    Also on the training end of Superior Carriers I'll have to defer to Wsyrob , he started as a driving school grad back a little over 3 yrs ago at SPCR he's out of High Point terminal I think or Greer

    They have a great training program which is at the Greer SC terminal it's a week long then you would do terminal level training with who ever the trainer is at Memphis now .. ( not sure ) Frank or Robert I think ..

    Check out Wsyrob he has a thread I think called

    From school to Superior Carriers ...

    Best of luck to you
     
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  8. May 17, 2011 #46
    hamboner

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    Appreciate all the feedback Kentucky 24! I have read all of Wysrob's threads and posts on here I think. They were very informative also.

    I have been in and around trucks my entire life. My dad has been an owner op for 40+ years and I am only 32. Lots of ppl don't understand why I want to go the company driver route vs. owner op, but to me the company benefits far outweigh paying your on way on health insurance and such. Like I mentioned, I am 32, single, no kids... etc. I want to get into tanks, do several years otr and then maybe look at getting into some sort of local tanking such as fuel hauling.

    I realize there may be drawbacks to the Memphis terminal, but I really have no desire to pull van, reefer, or flatbed for some of these crackerjack outfits out there as a newbie.

    I feel like tanking is a niche segment of trucking compared to the rest and gives me the best opportunity to succeed vs. the rest of the industry. My dad has had me tarping and securing flatbed loads since I was about 12 years old whenever he loaded locally. I am not the least bit lazy, but I have no desire to pull flatbed.

    I appreciate all you guys do giving insight to those of us on the outside looking in!
     
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  9. May 17, 2011 #47
    chalupa

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    KY....did you get my P.M. and read the post?

    Tom Shepard and the driver trainers are good folks at Bayport. Tom will take the class to lunch everyday and the travelers will get a good motel.

    I'd still be there if weren't for the issue I had with the payroll folks....
     
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  10. May 17, 2011 #48
    Toby

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    I spoke to the terminal manager today in Portage. He promised me I would bring home at least $700.00 a week. It is (of course) 2nd shift starting at 2 or 3 pm. They are 10-12 hour shifts. One route is up and back to Michicgan twice for loading. The second is the Nipsco 4 stops and then a place three miles away 10 stops a day. He said they pay percentage and it would be 180.00 - 200.00 a day. It seems it would be more if they pay percentage. I guess it depends on the product your hauling. I go in tomorrow at 8 for a face to face and road test.
     
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  11. May 17, 2011 #49
    Mortar Man

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    No I didn't get it ... It was a MOD message with your name on it with no information .. So not sure what u sent me but I saw you sent something but it was blank
     
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  12. May 17, 2011 #50
    Mortar Man

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    Good luck to you over at SPCR ...
     
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