Gasoline Hauling jobs

Right now with the company I drive for I have to roll/unroll hoses for each trailer to unload the bulk cement powder that I haul. Job actually is fairly easy but is paid per load. Not enough work today so they only brought in a limited number of drivers (I wasn't one of them as my employee number is too high...brought in up to #1911 and I am over that). So, I only grossed a bit over $500 this week. Had taken Wednesday off to go to church that night and only got one load for $71.XX Tuesday night.

I want something that is paid per hour and is in a somewhat consistent industry. I figure folks still need gasoline for their cars, people can put off getting cement. I have had several drivers tell me to get in my year of servitude with the company and then get out of quickly as possible, not to let myself get eatten up/drained like they have done. This is basically a training company. For downtime or times when we have to drive to pick up equipment, change trucks, etc, they pay $12.50 per hour.

My truck is old, built 12-1996, so never know when it is going to
get "sick". The Beall pneumatic trailers I pull were made in 11-1996.

dave

 

Seems that there are some good and bad feelings about hauling gasoline. For those who feel that it is not a good job, any suggestions of a trucking job that would fit well with my preferences?

First, shoud start around 1-2PM, as I do now. That way I can still do a couple of house appraisals per week,

second, need to have Sunday off so that I can continue being an usher
at my church

third, needs to be in a consistent industry, not what I have now, which is hauling cement powder, thus providing consistent hours per week,

fourth, needs to pay hourly, and better that what I get now,

fifth, good medical. Have Kaiser right now, which is Ok. Am a type2
diabetic, which is under control (last A1c test was 5.7, for those of you who knows what that means).

These are my basic preferences. Would greatly appreciate any type of valid input. My year's servitude with Robertson's is up middle of this coming October. While I could stay there (they really are not that bad to work for) would really get something that pays better with consistent hours. As I mentioned in prior post, several of the senior drivers there have told me repeatedly to leave there as soon as possible after my year is over.

dave

 

Might have a problem with my job. Thursday morning I was informed that I had to fill out an "Incident Report". Supposedly, I missed seeing a blown wheel seal on fifth axle. They showed me a picture of it and it looked pretty messy. My question is how much driving would it take for it to get that messy?

While unloading my cement powder (only had one load Wednesday night) eatting my salad, I walked around the truck maybe 7-8 times. Some of those times I look at spring hangers, u-bolts, fenders, and the brakes. I did not see any oil on the brand new brake pads (replaced at the start of my shift), axle, underside of the trailer, or dripping down the lower half of the tire, etc. Was completely clean (except for normal dirt). I finished unloading, drove maybe total of 200 yards to fuel, then drove the 1/2 or so mile back to my parking area. Maybe a mile. Speed limits most of the distance is 15 miles per hour, 5 miles per hour inside the yard where the shop and trucks are, then I parked the truck. The thing I find interesting is that the last two numbers on the odometer when I check out was 53. I looked on the Vehicle Condition Report Thursday afternoon and noted that the starting mileage for when my day driver took over (about 7 hours after I clocked out) was 86. Who drove the truck 18 miles during that time period? What happened to my truck during that time? I don't believe that they would, after repairing the wheel seal, take the truck out on an 18 mile road test, would they? Normally after doing repairs, they immediately park the trucks. When they replaced the brake pads and wheel drums at the start of my shift that day, I am the one who drove the truck out of the repair area and when merrily on my way to get my first cement load. Nobody test drove it to make sure things were connected properly.

dave

 

Miscalculated. It wasn't 18 miles, but 28 miles unaccounted for on the Vehicle Condition Report.