Upsides and downsides of driving tankers?

No prob. Good luck.

 

TWIC in Bakersfield? It isn't even on the water...

 

The only possible downside to tankers is if the customer wants to unload into drums. Or having to wear FR and/or a chem suit in hot weather.

But there are a lot of upsides:
no lumpers
no breaking down and restacking pallets
no having to have the shipper move pallets around to keep you from being over on your axles, or remove pallets to keep you under gross
better pay for less work
demurrage pay

Tanker work does require you to pay attention and use common sense, all the time.

 

DOWN SIDE;

climbing up on top to vent tank in inclement weather. ice and snow up there makes it slippery.

dragging a hose thru 2 ft of snow when it's freezing out, to a hook up.

climb back up to secure lids after unloading.

staying out there to make sure nothing leaks, while its freezing out.

not everyday is a nice sunny day when unloading. lol

done it and now drive vans.

bump the dock and hit the sack.

I don't touch freight.

 

Only tanker work I do is dairy. Milk tankers are unbaffled tanks, meaning a lot of slosh. Different sorts of dairy products have different degrees of slosh. Sweet cream has very little slosh because of its weight and thickness, whereas something like permeate which is about 60% water/ 40% solid kicks like you wouldn't believe. Nothing like feeling 47,000-lbs. of that crap run into the nose of the tanker.

 

Chem plants, and Oil companies, huge plant in Bakersfield... Can't remember the name of the company right now..

 

rockinchair what is demurrage pay????
going to orientation with Indian river in a couple weeks

 

As of last month my son-in-law was told by Schneider the company isn't hiring from Florida for its tanker division. He almost took a job in Pa. but decided against it because the rate of pay was a bit low compared to other tank companies starting pay.