You're doing the right thing... but get outta' there as soon as you can (6 mos. to 1 year is the norm) and get into a company that pays better and looks after its drivers' interests (yes, there are a few out there!) because ultimately, it serves them well to do so. Oakley, LTC, and Dana are 3 decent companies to start with if you want to stay in the tanker world. If a van carrier paid decent, had decent benefits, had decent miles (not running your *ss off like an animal) and promises no-touch freight I would consider them... but only if they have decent shippers/receivers. The food-related stuff I used to haul early on was un-Godly hell being forced to go to food warehouses to unload.
Sean
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Discussion in 'Schneider' started by xXMelonie74Xx, Nov 24, 2008.
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Always check them before you go to load. Most of the time all the loader does is open the dome and not touch the clean out caps. Its usually the tank wash that leaves them loose or cross threaded. Even if I am only spotting an empty I check them for the next guy. If its a preloaded tank and the customer won't let you on top I usually pull it off the property and then check the top of the tank at the first place safe to stop. That way you will see any leaks before they get bad.david07003 Thanks this. -
You're a helluva' guy... in all my years of pulling tanks with all the things I've seen done to others as well as myself, I would NEVER, EVER dare to check the washout caps on a trailer I was spotting from the wash-rack. First, as an O/O I would refuse to spot a trailer for free. Second, I wouldn't want to get into climbing on top of a trailer I had no business being on top of and looking for things that may or may not be wrong while wasting time and taking more chances than necessary of slipping off. There's enough to do/take chances on, on my own trailer! I've hooked to my own freshly washed out trailers and found NO caps, no/bad gaskets, dome lids that had bad/missing hinges, missing wing nuts, no hoses, broken ladders, bent crash boxes, out of date inspections, non-functioning/leaking internal valves, non-functioning/leaking external valves, no caps on the externals, broken ears on the external caps, loose flange bolts on sulfuric acid trailers, bald/flat tires, busted airbags/springs, no vehicle registration in the tubes, no functioning lights whatsoever, missing glad hands, missing fenders, remnants of the previous product still in the space between the two valves, etc., etc., etc. Why stop with only looking for cross threaded caps? Might as well throw the keys away for the day and call dispatch and tell 'em you're foregoing a day's pay to do the Good Sam thing and pre-trip EVERY single trailer in the entire yard just because you care!
That's why I won't even go NEAR anyone else's trailer!!! It's a can of worms best left to the guy who's taking it to do a proper 50-point pre-trip.
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Could you please explain to me the cross threaded caps please.
Also, the company Wsyrob works for takes newbies but he can give more information on that; however, Oakley requires 2yrs, Dana the same or 3yrs local, Keenan requires 2yrs. I was told by an o/o at Keenan that he gets treated pretty well. I am not a recruiter for them; however, I talk to the drivers and they like working for them. My friend who is an o/o makes good money.
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i delivered an imtt load last week. you'll be seeing more of us
re: the washout caps - there's two 3" holes on top of the tankers in addition to the dome lid. they allow access for cleaning instruments.
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Well Mr Seanoleary you have no clue what you are talking about regarding schneider bulk. You even stated in one of your posts that one shouldn't believe what they hear in the drivers room yet, you are posting stuff like it is fact. Lets clear up a few things shall we.
First, Schneider does NOT haul fodd grade. Only chemicals, acids, oils, polymers etc. Getting home is not a problem unless you live out in the sticks, but most of the drivers in bulk live near the termal they run out of. (except the o/o's which all run out of Chicago) Thus not hard to get home, and they only tend to hire drivers for bulk who live near a bulk terminal or a major interstate route. (St. Louis, Memphis, Charlotte areas are examples where we have local, regional bulk drivers.)
Next, you stated that you were with QC and provided quite a list of places that you have never seen a schneider truck at. Impressive list, so lets make sure we are on the same page, because YOU never saw a orange truck there then that means that they never go there right? WRONG, I go to IMTT in Bayonne on a regular basis, I have also had the pleasure to p/u at the one in Joliet at well (much faster and easier to get in and out of then Jersey). Benjamin Moore, well, I have delivered loads to them as well as Behr in the last six months.
As far as the facility in New Jersey, you info in months out of date. They (snbc) moved out of Carteret back in early 2008. And have not been in Rahway in a few years. As far a pre triping a trailer, it is called common sense. Make sure everythig is buttoned up, tight and ready to go before one departs. I perosnaly don't trust any shipper, reciever, or other driver to make sure stuff is closed and tight. If stuff spills it MY responsibilty not the last knucklehead driver or operator/loader who loaded it and said all was fine. (early on I had more then a few times where the loader said all was tight and while driving down the road looked in mirror and saw stuff on the side of trl that was not there when I started. I should have checked myself. I have since learned)
Well I am on a roll so lets keep going shall we? You told gomer "Your experience amounts to a thimble-full and is in no way representative of the industry's as a whole, hence your uninformed, naive and altruistic responses which appear to be in no way grounded in reality" And this is different then you opinion HOW? You stated that you had 16 years in the industry, fine. I don't reacall seeing where gomer said how much he/she had, and yet you jumped on them like they just got out of driving school. (I stand corrected, I see on the side where is says drv exp). You have 16 years and seem to know it all, I have 13 (12 as an O/O ) years out here, and the last 10 have been with schneider pulling tankers. So where does my level rank in you little world? You also seem to have some personal bias against schneider. What is the source of this hatred of snbc.
In closing, to the original poster in this tread, don't listen to this person, he doesn't work for snbc and has no clue what he is talking about in regards to snbc.Last edited: Jan 2, 2009
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