Gas is down. Picked up a bit in summer but now grinding to a slow death. This is peak "busy" season and I pull in the rack everytime with no wait....
... unless its yellow tagged. Some flappers they just won't fix so like you saw, leave the stick in and put the fitting over. Ask for a tank...
Not really. I've worked some rough spots and people for the most part leave you alone. Funny, the more affluent the area, the more @$$holish...
Talking dome stuff and getting up top, theres an article posted in the BOL room of one of the terminals. A BP trailer imploded due to snow...
"slow is smooth, smooth is fast" There is no such thing as quickly as possible in anything hazmat tanker. If you"re concerned with speed in this...
Sounds good. How many swift guys you know rolled a rig and turned to ashes ? I know of one gas guy personally. There's a reason most tanker...
cons, hmmm... prolonged exposure to vapor and product can lead to health problems..(read the thick-### msds book at the terminal), ####ups tend to...
America's largest truck-engine manufacturer just announced 2,000 layoffs — and it's another sign of the trucking 'bloodbath' that's slamming the...
Yeah, that was a good one !
Years ?? Yikes. Bunch of barns around me, done my time yanking gas wagons. Severely underpaid for what we do. All the linehaul outfits were paying...
Nights (Although I preferred it) weekends and holidays is gonna get real old real fast. Linehaul around me pays better with half the risk and...
Do these even exist in LTL (linehaul) ? Over 20 years behind the wheel, 15 of it off and on gas tanker. Ideally a run to get back by early am say...
######## race to the bottom. These oil companies make billions and trickle down peanuts.
+1 on the sight glass. My go to was the suspension air gauge, listening and feeling the trailer. You'll know. Company had manifold valves to...
Cross-dropped USLD into 93 once. My fault being preoccupied with some b.s.. One of those stations with two reg tanks, a diesel and a super....
Man how'd that happen without probing out !?? I can only imagine the cleanup. Yeah, do this long enough all types of fun stuff happens. My...
:biggrin_25519: Oh, you'll get up there at some point. Like mentioned, bad scully probe, compartment check like when a station's overfill alarm...
Do you get em ? Do you want em ? 10 plus years in the gas game and 3 companies, I've yet to get one. I would imagine the majors when they ran...
Yup, happens. Crossed diesel into super. Completely my fault getting complacent, rushing (paid by the load). My heart stopped when I glanced at...
