Got a buddy at my current employer who is moving to London, AR by June/July at latest. Bunch of experience and hazmat certs, Smith System trainer,...
Busting you know what. 33 hours of overtime last check plus holidays (biweekly). Back to Back Boise, ID runs this week. In Ontario, OR as I type...
Thing I hate about ethanol is zero variety, but the hours are there for sure. Clean work too, but I can only do it for a day or so before I go nuts.
Love me some full loads of DSL, especially manifolded tanks. Stop, drop, and roll.
Happened while I was out of town working. Don't know specifics, but news said a fuel truck crashed into some train cars carrying hot liquid...
Arco in Portland pumps out about 600 gal/min. In and out with no wait in around 25-30, but that includes everything, even paper/computer work....
I guess I'll throw my hand up, too. Going into my second year hauling fuel. Haven't hit the top of the pay scale yet, either. Roughly 55 hours a...
Harris was bought out by KAG, so they are now one in the same.
Overnight tomorrow. Loading in Portland and delivering to a station in Boise area. Come back empty. Should be fun in the winter.
Good Road. I take 58 to it to get out of Oregon instead of taking I-5 all the way to the bottom. It's quicker.
No doubt, and the people are wicked nice. I started out with a company in Wisconsin. Went here, there, and everywhere. Mostly California to...
I know, I know. It's gonna be a struggle. Going to Wisconsin, have family out there. Kinda a family thing, since my sister is going into the...
One and done tomorrow. 315 miles. It'll be tough. Then off for 10 days.
We have a bonus program we just put in for that reason. It's up to an extra dollar/hour for basically just doing your job like you're supposed to....
No doubt. This one in particular is a 5000 gal tank loaded basically to the brim so no surge. Our other DEF truck though, no thanks.
Yessir, all on duty time is paid hourly. The DEF trucks have sleepers so you can choose to sleep in it and they'll pay you, and you can get a...
Every day is a field trip up here, no doubt. I'm doing our longest one day trip Thursday. 570 miles round trip, I should have about a half hour of...
We do a fair bit of splits, especially when we head out of town. On Sunday, I dropped the trailer at one station in Prineville, and then the truck...
I can do 11,500 gas and be right at 105,500. ULSD 10,000. 10,200 on a good day. As for the tanks, they use acid to wash it so that'll never happen...
Thanks, I can't get enough of this thing. 2012 T800 525 ISX 18 speed for the mountains. [IMG] [IMG]