Hauling petroleum for Loves in AZ

310' I thought I new how to drive a truck when I graduated from truck school. I was wrong. I am glad that I spent some time with an over the road company. I learned a lot about being a truck driver and handling different situations in all climates. When your going down the grapevine or donners summit you better know what your doing. I see trucks all the time in the runaway ramps or brake fires at the bottom. That's when I say thanks to my over the road training. Now add 9000 gallons of gasoline behind those trucks and now you know why they require two years at least.

 

LOL, You can't blame a driver for moving up. I believe in our field it really doesn't matter how many jobs you have had as long as you stay within the gasoline hauling. Everyone knows what companies are better and every driver have different needs. I know a few drivers that will not leave a lower paying common carrier job because they do not like in town driving no matter what the pay is.

 

I haul fuel for Loves (Gemini Motor Transport) up here in Cheyenne. Great company to work for in my opinion.
Started driving last year for an Oilfield company, but the hours were to sporadic for my liking.

A guy who graduated sage about a month before me was working for them and put a good word in for me. Had a face to face interview with the regional manager back in January, started training with one of the Denver drivers a few days later. After that I trained with the Cheyenne lead driver on the train going back and forth to Wamsutter. Most of my time has been on a single tanker, but got moved to the train last week. 100+ feet, and 100K+ pounds of yellow pure Awesomeness LOL.

Gemini pays by the load, but you usually can average $200+ a day. The DEF drivers are paid a daily wage but are running sleepers and will stay out for days at a time. I think there is only five of them. You get paid for holidays, safety meetings, boot and clothing allowance, quarterly and yearly safety bonuses, two personal days, ride alongs, surveillances, and probably something else I may have forgotten.

We have four drivers right now here in Cheyenne for two trucks, Denver has four drivers for two trucks, Rawlins has two drivers, and so does North Platte but they only have one truck each. So unless AZ is short a driver, then I would say getting hired as a brand new driver might be hard. Fuel hauling is were its at though. You're home every night, 12 hour shifts, clean well maintained equipment.

Big thread here: http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...emini-transport-loves-tanker-yanker-need.html

 

There you go, the best advice you'll ever get.

 

I turned my app in today to the reg. mgr at Gemni, what is the wait time to hear from them, i`m guessing 3 or 4 weeks. I should have ask, but i didn`t want to be pushy.

 

Had interview today so i`m keeping my fingers crossed!!

 

Best advice I can give you is to be real careful especially at the racks. Loading, unloading is no piece of cake as a rookie. Driving a truck is one thing, hauling fuel, loading/unloading is another. It's a case of a minor mistake escalating into something huge if you're not careful. I talk from experience and I've been doing fuel hauling for 6 yrs in TX. There is soooooo much to remember, especially with the trailer as you load. It can be mind boggling the stuff you have to remember. If you miss one thing....watch out and if Texas is anything to go by, the authorities at the racks will lock you out in a heartbeat for screwing up the procedures. Personally, I don't think fuel hauling is a good place to start, IMHO
Take your time and it's not good to rush anything. Good luck

 

Thanks Dr44 for your advice, any info will be helpful. I know i don`t have any experience in this industry, but i have the drive to learn and to succeed, i`m willing to be trained the way they want it done.

Sometimes its better to hire someone who rally wants the job & has the right attitude then someone with skills.

 

I think we've all been threaten with a lock-out. Sometimes even if you're right they can lock you out just because. I've always found it to be better to stay clear of the tank farm people but I speak of a community loading rack. I've talked with company drivers at our own facilities and they have it the same way some of the time. It boils down to reputation and what others think of you. So you'd be well advised to start from the beginning on solid ground. Find a driver that's been out there for many years and learn from him or her.

 

Not in the gasoline business. You can have the biggest ##### in the world and doesn't like anybody and still have the best driving record around. Skills are what counts to drive safely and knowledge is gained by experience. I'm sorry, but a driver in your position would be the only one making a statement like that. I have yet to see an experience driver say attitude is what counts the most. Granted it's counts for a lot but in my book not over experience and skill. They all work together. At first you must rely on attitude to gain the confidence of others to teach you. But when you get 20 years safe driving that will speak louder than all the rest.