Home heating delivery

Local here is about $22 an hour for that.

 

Depending on who and where, 30/hour isn't uncommon for the better outfits and union vs nonunion

 

I make 80k a year including my christmas bonus doing home heat/airport jet A drops. That includes 2 months off for fishing season in summer but thats Alaska pay. Guessing 18-22$ in lower 48. Its good excersize. I love it

 

Sorry, should have added that propane sucks. I have friends that do it and hate it. Lots of BS paperwork involved and safety BS. Hauling diesel is easy and much safer/less restricted

 

I did home heating oil last year to help a friend that owns a small heating and cooling business, local work in a single axle bobtail. Real easy other than wading thru waist deep snow drifts on occasion. Paid $24 per hour, over time after 40. If I was looking for a full time career with him he would have covered Blue Cross for my wife and I 100%, guarantee a 40 hour week in the summer. Also paid uniforms, boots, gloves and other stuff that would get covered in oil.

His propane drivers, had 2 propane trucks and 1 oil, were paid a dollar an hour more and he paid for their required training/certifications. I just helped him train two new drivers for this season, one is a full time driver fresh out of the army. She got $23 to start, full rate by the end of the season, the other is a service tech that was willing to get a CDL to help out. He gets full fuel rate year round, which is a good raise over his service tech rate.

Propane is cleaner than heating oil, also less of a chance of an overfill -if you do it doesn't result in a spill like oil, although propane is a bit more dangerous and has more safety protocols. Either are fairly easy to do, and in many areas are great winter seasonal jobs for drivers in construction that get laid off but can't afford to, or don't want to, stay home all winter.

 

Wheres that Brian? We have a very tough time hiring people for oil. Its a very tough job here in my area of Alaska though. Have to out on chains multiple times a day to climb steep driveways on ice. Our trucks routinely slide away. Ive been trying to convince my boss to bring in younger guys from lower 48 as seasonal employees. We are very busy. I pumped just over a million gallons this year and overall we did 2.4 milllion. Ever know anyone interested send me a message its a great place and the pay is very good. Have to be in great physical shape though. 25-35 deliveries a day

 

Our average was 25 stops per day, which is a lot of hose dragging! Usually just over 3,000 gallons so just enough to need to hit the rack once during the day with my 2,800 bobtail. Carried 2k of heating oil and 800 on-road diesel for a few industrial customers. Work was in the Allentown, Pennsylvania area, which is a very tight labor market. Plenty of low labor driving jobs paying in the mid $60's so he has to pay well. Even still, get a little out of that area and home heating oil still pays $21-$22 per hour, although a few less benefits.

I will keep you in mind, if I were younger I would come up for a season. I have always wanted to see Alaska for an extended stay. Your idea of seasonal from the lower 48 is a good one, hard part is finding guys willing to do the work anymore, plus your boss would need to help with housing for temporary workers.

Throwing iron sucks, our trucks had the On-Spot auto chains which worked well enough for the area we are in.

 

Here in Arkansas we had a storm that drained propane from houses. Then it created demand beyond belief as houses ran out. Governor committed the propane delivery work to continue until long after the storm was over. It would be the one time you could have had sleeper propane on teams.

Im raised on heating oil. It's way easier than coal or propane. Although some people who own outside tanks for propane may differ. We are propane county in my area.

 

We have a unique area. 40,000 population and no roads in or out only boat or plane. Steep mountains and everything built on rock so gas lines would never be used here. Oil will stay the number one heating source. Some heat pumps but they are not cheap and kill your electric bill in sever cold which we get often. We get all the overtime we want so it keeps me happy. Plus boss lets me off to fish in summer. Bad side. No roads in or out lol