Tank or not, that is the question....

I've been looking forward to moving over to tanks and out of od for quite some time now. Being local home daily will be a major plus as well.

 

Where I'm at thus far!
Met with Kenan Field Operation Manager today, was invited to a lunch meeting along with my wife where we discussed what Kenan/Klemm Tank Lines has to offer, basically all the usual benefits, what they needed and what shift/areas I'll be working, I was offered the daytime local home daily position. A few hours later I received several emails where I did the digital signatures of some required doc's hours of service, w-4, uniform agreement etc. I will be taking my dot phys/drug screen on or about Dec 28th and expect to start training the 1st week of Jan. in the Robinson, IL area, I was told training will be 3-6 weeks depending how quickly I catch on and the trainer decides I'm capable of performing all tasks safely and correctly!! That's about all for now, will update as I move along ! Thanks

 

IMAG0280 by BullJockey posted Jan 1, 2016 at 11:34 AM

A quick update...
I took my drug screen and dot phys on the 28th, met my trainer, took the road test and completed some paperwork. Started my training the next morning (Dec 29th), it went well, we hauled eth to a customer in Nashville, and another in Evansville. The loading and computer work is a learning curve but I'm catching on. We did basically the same stuff for the next cpl days during which I secured several cards including Marathon, Country Mark, Motiva and GPC Washington, Ind. so it has been a very productive week. On Thursday we loaded gasoline and I had the opportunity to make my maiden fuel drop at a station in Evansville, In it went flawlessly.....I'm pretty sure I'll like this new job! Enough for now.....
Happy New Years to all

 

GasHauler
You've touched on very good points, I feel I was blessed with a highly informed/experienced gas man, he has 24 yrs with company (before and after merging) and seems to have a vast knowledge from which I hope to absorb as much as possible. Every point you highlighted he has, for the most part, began to instill on me. I've put this work off for yrs and now wish I'd just taken the step a long time ago! I'm certainly open to experienced advise and criticizes! The pay and benefits are decent as well as most of their equipment I've seen. I look forward to the challenges

 

Just an update on things around here, I'm in my 3rd week of training and looking at maybe 4 weeks and Ill be cut loose, I've paid good attention to my trainers operating methods and I like what I see, he is dead serious about safety and following a certain routine getting everything done step by step without skipping a beat! I've learned quite a bit in my short time with Klemm and pick up something new every day! I've earned about 6 cards now and looking at 3-4 more before I'm on my own! Got in my truck and trailer this week so I can get accustomed to how it operates, how to load it and keep legal axles etc. Had a cpl station drops that sucked mainly due to customers parking on the lids and or blocking us in, oh well not the end of the earth as we know it lol.....Enough for now, drive safe

 

Finished 3rd week of training, will attend their orientation in Indy Tuesday and Wednesday after that I'll have training on Thursday and finish up on Friday, my truck is in the shop getting the overhead run (million mile truck and a flat bottom tank), Pete, nothing fancy but in decent condition! We've been running fairly hard, 14 hour days with a 16 hour turn each week....so yeah dispatch will keep you on the go.
Haven't been more than 100 mi from the house, my shift will be Tue-Sat (my choice), home every night, they pay for everything we do, detention after 1st hour, drop n hook, split loads, any over nights, .43 cpm all miles, each load has a base pay + miles, pump offs, uniforms, $150/day + $25/day per-diem and hotel.
Trainer is a cool dude with a vast knowledge of fuel hauling, I've learned a lot in the short time I've been working with him, basically I've done all the driving loading/unloading since my 2nd day on the job, these guys are strict on safety, the places we load out of are very strict on safety and so far I'm carded at about 7-8 of out refineries/bulk plants in the southern Ind/Ill/Ky areas.
I'm fairly content with Klemm so far, a typical day goes like this....
5am cst arrive at yard and pretrip truck/trailer, log in Qualcomm and download/view your run(s) for the day, subject to change and any moment! Proceed to load up then make your delivery, once you deliver the load and paperwork (BOL) is signed you'll enter the load data and receive your next dispatch and repeat the process. End of day will be wherever you're required to park the truck, refuel and post trip!
Enough for now, if interested in hearing how things go just make a comment. Thanks and drive safe my friends....

 

I'm very content for the time being and look forward to learning as much as possible