Rookie saying hello...

I have been out here since 1985 and I still don't know what's going on.

 

So the nerves, do they ever calm?

 

Yes. U haft look at it this way.

There are more things out here stacked against u than for u right now. This country is a completely different animal than when I began....attitudes, laws, more traffic, god knows how many agendas, influx of cultures, CSA, etc etc.

But u can make it...be patient with yourself, you'll do fine.

 

I'm trying to get as much information as I can read on driving tankers. Trying to get on with a company now. Don't like dry van at all. All the threads seem to be old except 1 guy going through training now. More interested in the driving skills, terminology, and backing (how much and how tight?)

 

I love being on the road, downside is like everyone else, traffic and tight spaces seem to get smaller the closer you get. So far I have been very lucky with no snow, and no DOT harassment.

 

I've hauled everything but cows n tankers.

Can't be all that bad tho...good luck

 

What I was thinking.

 

Well there's one thing about tankers I know.

They drive way way too fast in downtowns. In Detroit where I'm from there's one ramp that u must do 25mph or u will flip...and doggonnit, about every third week there's a tanker that didn't make it n shuts down i75 for a few days.