Hauling fuel.

What's it like?

I am running out of options for area's of driving and I think maybe fuel hauling would be what suits me best.

I don't want to drive dump trucks or concrete trucks because I hate construction sites and most of the people on them. Want to be home so that put's the highway out. I don't want anything to do with produce or reefer work, did that for 6 years, had enough of that!

I may have a chance to get on with a company in the Lower Mainland called Scamp Transport. They do diesel, gas, and jet fuel transportation. The days are long, 12 to 14 hours, but it's 4 days on, and 4 days off, which would be nice. I think pay is around $28 an hour or so, have not confirmed that yet.

Is fuel hauling a good job? It sounds like it's just local work delivering to gas stations with super b's. I like working alone and the less customer interaction there is the better, so maybe offloading fuel by myself would be perfect for me.

Any help appreciated, thanks!

 

They don't refuel any equipment, it's strictly delivery to gas stations or anyone who buys in bulk. There could be a delivery to a job site if they have a 50,000L tank there.

All the trucks are T800's and replaced every 3 or 4 years by the look of it. I am a Kenworth man so that makes me happy.

 

This is what I am worried about to be honest with you, and the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of NOT doing this job.

I came from step deck and double drop freight. Hauling machinery would be my first choice, but again, there are places every truck driver despises going, and for me, that is construction sites. Hauling machinery for Triton would almost always land me on a job site, or somewhere there is no room for a truck, but that's the lower mainland all together.

I was born and raised in Saskatchewan, so moving to the Lower Mainland has been a huge shock for me, and all I can say is, B.C people are absolutely stupid. There are people who are dumb and know it, but people here are ignorant, and have no idea there stupid. Drivers here have the attitude of "it's all about me, and my schedule" I have driven ALL of North America, and for me, on my scale, the Lower Mainland of B.C has the stupidest people around. There are some good people, but very few and far between. I see maybe 2 people driving like they should in a 1 month period, otherwise, they are all the same. Road signs mean absolutely nothing here, as well as the English language.

The more I think about it, I am not sure ANY type of driving would NOT drive me insane in the Lower Mainland. I honestly worry enough as it is when me and the wife go out grocery shopping, sometimes I think I need to tell her to pack up, we are going to SK. I honestly fear for my life out here. If it isn't the bad drivers, it's drugs and people involved with them, or using them, and if it isn't them, it's gangs or random thugs. Yes, that is everywhere, but there seems to be an awful lot of that here, especially drugs. There's grow op's every other street and the Police can't do anything about it.

In short, I have been out of work for a long time now (10 months) and I NEED to do something. I have no debt except for a vehicle, so I have been living off of the bank account for 10 months, but that has to end by February.

Obviously I have been somewhat picky, but coming off the highway, and having been an Owner Operator, I find it very difficult to do what someone else says for a insulting wage, which is the normal in the Lower Mainland as well.

For the life of me, I can't think of a career to get into that would keep me safe so I can see my wife every night, and bring home some decent bacon. That's all I am asking for.