Mansfield Energy- My First Venture into Tankers

Thanks for the update, best of luck at the new gig.

 

Two tricks to learn, if nobody has told you yet is to;

Load your trailer from the rear compartment first, then the next to the rear, and so on loading the front compartment last.

Then unload in the reverse order front to rear, this way if you have to get out from under the trailer (like if your truck breaks down) the trailer won't do a nose dive, because it will with the rear compartments empty and the front loaded.

If you are doing a split load with gas and diesel, unload the diesel first, then the gas, this way all your hoses and fitting stay clean and not oily or grimy.

 

Good luck on your new venture!

 

For me it was the easiest and hardest job I've ever had. Like the op said, there are some costly mistakes to be made. Ie. and probably the most common being unloading diesel into a reg tank (cross drop). Working 9-16 hrs without stopping (no 30 min and a 16hr exception day once a week), depending on dispatch and company. (except loading wait and waiting approx 5 mins between each compartment) sleep issues if night shift, rushing doesn't pair well with the critical thinking involved. The Op did a great job of outlining the job and its risk but the one thing I'd like to add, that at 1.5 years and after being rear ended at a RR crossing started to plague me is...If your trailer gets hit hard enough, you're going boom. Regardless of how well you drive. Where as you wouldn't if hauling, lets say juice. If you can accept the risk, its really not a bad gig depending on the company. Just make sure you have a lot of PTO and vacation days, because it is a "burn out job" as I've heard it described.