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Discussion in 'Tanker, Bulk and Dump Trucking Forum' started by GasHauler, Dec 9, 2011.

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  1. Feb 25, 2012 #71
    casc1

    casc1 Light Load Member

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    We get the same crap at the ESSO rack up here, company installed spill trays onto all the trailers yet ESSO still wants you to put a pail under the spill tray " just in case it overflows" so stupid me asked the tech. the question " what if the pail under the spill tray overflows" do we put a pail under the pail under the spill tray????
     
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  3. Feb 25, 2012 #72
    GasHauler

    GasHauler Master FMCSA Interpreter

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    That's not true. Maybe in your area but there's still a few. BP,ARCO,SHELL,EXXON, Gulf,and a couple of others.
     
    GasHauler, Feb 25, 2012
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  4. Feb 25, 2012 #73
    fishhook

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    BP has steadly gotten rid of their trucks, I believe the left coast is all thats left. Heck, they're getting rid of terminals too, Buckeye bought 30+/- recently. Shell also, at least in the Mid West. Liability & productivity( or lack there of)
     
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  5. Feb 25, 2012 #74
    hellraiser1274

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    Yea I start my training on Monday for a fuel company in nyc
     
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  7. Feb 25, 2012 #75
    GasHauler

    GasHauler Master FMCSA Interpreter

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    You may know that BP bought out ARCO on the west coast. So far they have kept the ARCO terminals along with all the trucks except for maybe a couple of small terminals and have stayed with the ARCO brand.

    It's a shame that the so called book smart people think that another carrier can do the work cheaper. It may look like that's true on paper but you will save in the long run by having less spills and contaims.

    The major company driver can deliver the load faster because that's all he or she does. So your production is higher with your own company drivers. I knew some older bean counters from awhile back and they told me is cheaper to keep the company driver. Plus no one looks at the advertisement factor the clean looking branded truck gives vs the common carrier that a lot of time does not even say the branded name on their trucks. So you have customers thinking that brand is selling any old gasoline that comes along not knowing how it all works.
     
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  8. Feb 25, 2012 #76
    fishhook

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    Having a "Branded" truck/trailer is also a negative in the lawyers eyes(which is all that matters anymore) They see that as a giant " hit me" sign, for liability reasons its cheaper to have it all hauled by someone else. I agree with your higher productivity IF the company is smart enough to pay attention and manage/oversee the drivers, and dispatch the most efficient way possible. BP did neither around here.Plus many big company driver see/saw themselves as irreplaceable , and didnt understand productivity, basically had that union attitude. SOHIO/BP/ARCO have gotten rid of their truck numerous times over the years. The bean counters at the time(and now) only see the immediate savings. But BP has slowly been divesting from the US over the last few yrs. All stations in Ohio are not company owned,all trucks & terminals sold. It will eventually be that way through out the US. Around here the only one that still has trucks is Marathon.
     
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  9. Feb 25, 2012 #77
    RockinChair

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    Buckstar: You're very lucky that hose tube didn't rupture a compartment!
     
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  10. Feb 26, 2012 #78
    Marc Letourneau

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    When I travel to Vegas for vacation one of the things I look at is the stations in the area.. When I saw the ARCO station it caught be by surprise.. There was an Arco terminal here in Boston years ago. All the Exxon stations are now gone, Gulf bought most of them.
     
    Marc Letourneau, Feb 26, 2012
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  11. Feb 26, 2012 #79
    GasHauler

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    ARCO moved out of the east coast years ago. They only have products in 7 states. But back when it was ARCO the company was the 7 largest oil company in the country. Not bad for only being on the west coast. Plus there were articals written that ARCO was one of the top 10 companies to work for. That was for any business. It's was a good company until the CEO's sold out the company for their own gain.
     
    GasHauler, Feb 26, 2012
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  12. Feb 26, 2012 #80
    Marc Letourneau

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    So other than ARCO, Who are the other big players in Nevada and the west coast?
     
    Marc Letourneau, Feb 26, 2012
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