backing in tanker

I pull food grade, sometimes its pull through and sometimes you have to back up and jockey around to get where you need to be...as to be expected when driving a truck...

 

Backing in

 

Is there still gulf gas stations?? I never see them or Sunoco out here in the west

 

Yes sir. That's my tank right there. Cumberland Farms now owns Gulf worldwide and they are starting to grow the brand again. Sunoco is also still out here in the east but they are shrinking. Its only us left as far as majors still trucking. Texaco is totally gone, Shell and Mobil still have stations buy no trucks. Exxon is gone in new england bit they are still around further south like Va area.

 

Nothing like learning how to drive a truck in a refinery or a chemical plant! You learn real fast how to turn, back up and spot. Otherwise it can get very expensive.

 

We have a few Gulf stations that have opened or rebranded in DFW. Mostly Arabs/Indians/Pakis other independents. I deliver to one. Nice guy. Only gets 6000 gallons at a time. Always calling to make sure we hit rack before it went up .02 a gallon. lol Nice to see old signs again.

 

You have twice the amount of compartments I run on my trailer! No Vapor, nice!

 

I got vapor going too. To be honest I was watching cars and forgot to hook up the second one but I only delivered 4100 to that station

 

We back into the most ridiculous places and there are always plenty of obstacles above, below, and beside you. Darn Gordon Terminal, McKees Rocks just sucks so bad. I hate that place! Or the podunk water treatment plants. I am glad I never did the coal mine delivery where a D-9 drags u up a hill and you get to work in coal sludge that is up to your crack. Guaranteed you will do more "irregular" backing with a tank than a box.

 

I had a few drivers behind the D-9...one was 'freeze release' a glycol compound spread over a drilled and blasted rock face so the broken rock would not freeze together and they could crush rock all winter.

The other was a USFS site in Nevada where we sent product being used in reforestation.

The first place was simply mud city. the second something that you would expect to see in Axemen...