Getting a tanker job ?

Since you want tankers; don't waste time with vans; go right into tanker work.

Comcar has two divisions, CCC and CTL. They have local and OTR.

Schneider Bulk
Trimac
Superior Carriers
SVTN
Tidewater Transit

Do the online applications and ignore any "experience required" on the websites. Some companies may require experience at certain terminals, but not the OTR divisions; this is why the online application is important because that covers the whole company, not just one terminal.

 

Tankers handle differently then dry vans. They both have so many different qualities that Chinatown is correct, the experience do not really transfer. Go straight to tankers. Just don't taste anything that leaks. I had a Railroad foreman that did that. Would you believe he ended up dying of Cancer? True story.

 

Yes, except on very rare occasion with some LTL companies. One Trimac driver says he will bump $80K this year on their elite fleet. Don't be surprised to make $60K your first 12 months after all orientation & training is complete and you're a solo driver; now, that's OTR hazmat/tanker.

The mileage pay may not be that much different from vans or reefers, but the assessorial pays are fantastic and add up to thousands a year. That's why experienced drivers tell new drivers to not focus just on mileage pay.

 

Most definitely as long as you aren't driving for Indian River. I pull tanks, get paid percentage and average anywhere between $.70 to $1.00 a mile depending on the load as a company driver.

 

They're probably not a bad company to get your foot in the door but when I'm sitting at a tank wash their drivers are always complaining. They don't pay detention and with food grade sometimes you sit for hours.