New to Fuel Hauling

Good luck the feds wont see it as 2 separate h.o.s. M-F H.O.S carrys into Saturday's h.o.s. excempt or not. I was in same position as you. Saturday was my exempt h.o.s. my m-f gig, and feds wanted my saturday h.o.s. I put up a fight for awhile then finally hired out my Saturday gig.

 

Yeah theres nothing like showing up for your first training day and getting someone who is pissed off about it. In some cases I can understand. I'd come into work and immediately walk into a dumpster fire, and then get handed a new guy on his first day on top of it. But some guys aren't trainers and they shouldnt be forced to train. Others want the money and could care less about the quality of their training

 

Oh geez hope they do get you with some one that’s more demonstrative. The loading process is gonna be the same as far as inside the racks. but I’d grab a notepad and write down the steps at the computer screen for pulling different contracts. Then have a notepad for each different terminal. Do you know how long you’ll be in training before expected to be on your own?

the loading process here is pretty text book

 

When I learned to haul fuel i had an awesome trainer with 30 yrs experience working for a major. He ran the first day at mostly his pace so I could see how it's done. After that first day we ran at training pace, he would call dispatch and tell them to take loads off if they got too aggresive. He was a pro through and through he even tought ergonomics which is huge in fuel. You make the product work for you, instead of the other way around. This keeps you from tearing up your back and shoulders in the long run. With fuel smooth is fast, the last thing a new fuel hauler should be worrying about is speed, that will come in time. Let's get it right the first time and not mess anything up!

 

Good luck man. Best advice when your new, before you pull that handle to start the flow ... check, double check, and check again. It is very easy to make a mistake during loading or unloading and it's all avoidable as long as your paying attention.

As stated before, get into a specific routine when loading and offloading. Makes it much harder to mess up because you'll feel like your missing something if you do something different.

Not necessarily that it's "clean", but more so that gas will dry up while diesel just sits. If you use a hose for diesel, and then put it back on the trailer without capping it, the diesel residue will drain out of the hose and get everywhere. Gas doesn't do this, so that's where diesel is less clean. You'll notice while sticking tanks, after sticking a diesel tank you will need to wipe the stick off with a rag because the diesel just sticks. When you stick the gas tank the gas will dry within 10 seconds lol.

About the trainer issue, if your trainer is giving you issues ask for a new one. Fuel is not the game to be getting half assed trained by someone.