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Pope Transport out of NC

Discussion in 'Tanker, Bulk and Dump Trucking Forum' started by yankatank, Apr 4, 2018.

  1. Apr 4, 2018 #1
    yankatank

    yankatank Medium Load Member

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    anyone familiar with this outfit? They are a gas hauler out of Mt. Olive, NC but have several locations. Looking at the Greensboro, NC terminal, since it's 2-3 miles from my house. Put in an application and within 10 minutes later got a call back....yeah I kind of have a good driving record. But need to call terminal manager and see what kind of schedules are available. He did say it pays by 'the load'. Is that good or bad? I've only been used to CPM kind of pay in the 6 years I've been driving. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
     
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  3. Apr 4, 2018 #2
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    slickWillie1980 Medium Load Member

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    Pope has been in business a long while. They had a yard here in Mt Olive but I rarely even see any of their trucks much. I can ask around and try to find some factual info if you would like.
     
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  4. Apr 4, 2018 #3
    yankatank

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    that would be awesome of you. Thank you. I need to call a terminal manager tomorrow and talk to him. I like it where I'm at now. But, things aren't looking so great, plus I was thinking of going local with some tanker experience under my belt....but, if it's a great gig and I can make close to what I'm doing now(according to their website I can make just as much, even more, but we all know how 'they say something'!), I might just jump on it.
     
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  5. Apr 4, 2018 #4
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    Well my dad drove for em back in the day. They had a healthy fleet of R model Mack's that shined like a diamond. Lol
    Anyway lemme ask around town. It's been 3 months since I seen any of their trucks at all and they are usually at the Friendly Mart gas stations. I believe Pope owns those.
     
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  7. Apr 4, 2018 #5
    yankatank

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    from looking online...looks like an average salary for a driver is between 55-70K. Not bad, but I've also read alot of the place aren't all that fun getting in and out of. I'm thinking that kind of goes with most gas haulers.
     
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  8. Apr 4, 2018 #6
    slickWillie1980

    slickWillie1980 Medium Load Member

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    Yeah I've seen em in some tight holes. I'm not a tanker but it would seem it's better to pull at night / early morning to above the insanity lol
     
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  9. Oct 26, 2018 #7
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    I've been with them a little over a year. perfectly happy so far.
     
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  10. Oct 26, 2018 #8
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    In charlotte they do like 5 or 6 loads a night. Lot of circle k's dont really venture that far from charlotte. The ones I see at the rack here seem happy.
     
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  11. Oct 26, 2018 #9
    Woodys

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    I don't know anything about pope. I pulled fuel in south florida. Load pay is the normal in fuel hauling around this area. I worked nights and loved load pay. If I ever worked days hauling fuel, I would require hourly because there are just too many delays in the daytime. But at night, you can just bust loads out left and right, and no stress involved.

    You'd be suprised how manueverable a daycab and a closed tandem gas can is. Night shift def makes things 100x easier though!
     
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  12. Oct 29, 2018 #10
    yankatank

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    well, something to look forward to in the future. Seems the Terminal Manager and I couldn't get in touch with each other(he kept calling when I was out, and I returned his call only to get VM, which I left messages). Got an e-mail saying thank you for the request and to please try again in the future. I know my record is great, just sucks we never could 'talk/meet'...which is what the call was. Might just try again next year...who knows?
     
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