Rookie looking for first job wants tanker co. recommendations

I was in your situation 3 years ago and found a company out of Vernal Utah called RN Industries, they haul production water in the oil fields. 28 foot vacuum tankers with great trucks and service. I started out at $19 an hour and went to $20 in first three months, work is hard and driving is very challenging but, great experience and looks good on resume for over the road after that. Basically if you can handle a loaded tanker truck sometimes heavy as 110 thousand pounds when filled with salt water in extreme conditions as deep mud and snow along with up to 9% percent grades on wet clay and do it safely around dangerous oil rig sites,,,you can drive anything,,,the guy to call in HR there is Adrion Walker they have a high turnover and always looking,,,,I warn you,,,this is a very high focus and physically demanding dirty job but a great start for a newbie,,,call them and check it out,,,RN Industries in Roosevelt, Utah,,,Good Luck!!!

 

Go LTL. Start on the docks. After you have been driving a while it is nice to be able to change up and get some exercise. Right now is a good time to apply because of the Christmas rush. Lot of places will either hire from temp now or next spring when it picks up again. Especially if you can start on the 21st and tell them you will work through Christmas. I am getting ready to semi-retire and will be looking for one of those jobs myself next year.

 

Hope u like a load I have 62,223 lbs of milk I'm prob around 95k


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Not at all. I work for a company called Univar USA. We haul flammables, corrosives and oxidizers. I strictly haul corrosive. We have freight as well but I prefer hooking up a hose.

I worked today which is a holiday for us. 353 miles and about $650.00 for the day. Not bad for a company driver. Uncle Sam loves me.

 

Agree, I started with tanker .. Flammables, thick stuff, thin stuff and all smoothbore.. And have no desire to pull anything else. I'm still new and inexperienced, so I lay back while the experienced guys are using the mountains as their own personal Daytona 500. From what ive been seeing in the news, the pillars of smoke on the ramps are most likely complacent guys. Rookies are more likely to rub a telephone pole and mangle their ladders, lol. Or roll one over while turning around in the dark after missing a turn. But so far, the real fireworks seem to stem from complacency.

 

hey hambone, Im with schneider bulk,, and im not implying that it's all gravy, peaches & cream, sunshine, birds chirping and big bucks. But when I started, I knew I didn't want to pull van. I wanted more to occupy the mind a bit and i wanted something kind of nichy that might pay well once i got exp. I was considering setting myself up for flatbed specialty hauling, then I found out Schneider bulk hired noobs.

It can be frustrating at times, occasionally getting stuck in a loop of short runs, not enough miles, or a few loads of thick stuff back to back that takes a long time to unload etc .. But it seems if you hang in there and don't whine about it too much, it always gets better and it all evens out.

Most of all, I like that I'm getting experience with multiple types of unloading, lots of dropping and hooking trailers, hazmat, a wide range of liquid products and nearly 100% smooth bore trailers .. The only exception being the occasional compartment trailer. And then racking up OTR exp all at the same time.

A lot of guys find out its not their thing and drop out, but if you have an idea of what's involved and still wanna go for it, you'll probably get hooked