Southern States

There's three types of petroleum companies. The common carrier that will haul anyones product. The dedicated carrier that will pull for the major oil companies. And the majors like Chevron, Shell and so on. Sometimes the common carrier will have a couple of trucks that are dedicated but most of their work is for whom ever calls.

The lowest pay is with the common carriers and some will hire drivers with no experience. Most tankers drivers start at these companies and work themselves up. Then the dedicated carriers pay a little better and as a driver you're not on call so much. You most likely will have a set run. Then you hit pay dirt if you get on with a major. They will only take experienced drivers with spotless records. The pay is at the top of all trucking and if you invest right you can retire with a million in the bank.

Here's how you tell the difference of the companies. The common carrier will have their name on the truck and the trailer. A dedicated carrier will have the name of the company they pull for on the trailer but will have their company name on the cab doors (a requirement). The majors will have their name on the trailer and the doors.

I can just about guarantee that if you see an ad for petroleum drivers it's with a common carrier and they have problems with keeping people. Hauling gasoline is a small community of people especially if everyone loads out of the same place. When everyone knows everybody it doesn't take long for the drivers to find out when the better jobs open up. So you've really got to start with a common carrier and work yourself up to the better companies. But it doesn't take long because the companies will weed out bad drivers right away most of the time so if you keep a clean record you'll build a name for yourself. It takes about 2 years to move up. So I'd give it a shot.

 

Try running a Google on Southern State Cooperative . That will find their home page . Links there might gett the info you need . If you go to the bottom there s a careers link but it didn't show any driver positions .