The Fuel Hauler Thread

Hey man I love this job. I've been missing out. I've been training since Friday. I'm loading and offloading already. I was at LAT today went smooth all day. One thing I learned though is that there is so many mistakes you can make. I am going to take some time to master this.

 

The main thing that will keep you out of trouble later on is focusing on what you're doing. Right now since you're new, everything you do is conscious and calculated. But down the road after you develope a routine you will need to fight the autopilot. I remember one occasion where I had something on my mind and it was really bugging me, next thing I know the entire truck is unloaded. Luckily everything made it in the right place but since then every time I feel my mind drifting off I snap out of it and refocus. Cross dumps and dome outs and transmix are super common and 99% of the time it's an experienced driver on auto pilot.

 

And I don't know if you've taken the LAT class yet, but if not they should tell you the story of one of their dome outs, a driver loaded the truck, went to a station, didn't unload the truck, went back to LAT with a full truck, and domed out.

 

No I haven't done the class yet. That's crazy I don't know how he let that go by. Yeah man you're right. You have to be focused EVERYTIME.

 

I like it over here. The other day we did 4 loads in 8 hours. They were short runs but it's cool because you can ask for more and they'll give it to you.

 

#### dude you already made the move... major props. Did sentinel offer you anything to stay?

 

No I haven't heard of him. Maybe just haven't met him. Is he a driver or management?