@Chinatown I could really use your help.

And away we go.^^^^^^^^ This Chinatown fellas advice getting around like poop on a tractor wheel. A million miles in 11 years, I'm impressed. Someone did some trailer truckin'. Theoretically, you should be a millionaire by now, ,,It sounds like you are an ideal candidate for any job, if I were you, I'd go the tanker yanker route Chinatown suggests. You've done the box thing, and flatbed may not be for you, even though, that's all I see out here. I mean no disrespect to the other forms of trucking, but seems tanker is the best. It was my favorite trucking job, for a multitude of reasons. Positions are limited, mainly because, once a driver gets that job, there's no reason to look further. You've certainly earned it, good job. I don't think the site allows job postings from carriers, but that record stands out, and companies SHOULD be rolling out the carpet for you. Best of luck.

 

Of course I've looked at these. I'm looking for something different and I know Chinatown has a lot of good information. Maybe something off the beaten path that I missed. Doesn't cost anything to ask. This forum has been helpful during my career.

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Years ago, we'd have killed for a site like this. You say "something different",,,be careful with that. Once, someone posted here, they always wanted to drive a semi transporter for a major NASCAR owner. Well, the big day finally came, he got the transport job,,,turns out, it was the biggest mistake of their career. They said, driving was about 15% of the job, the rest was setting up canopies and emptying trash cans. Reason I say tanker, is so many typical trucking hassles go out the window with tanks. No docks, no pallets, no crabby receivers, no rejected loads, no scale worries, it's usually what most seasoned drivers gravitate to and for good reason.

 

I agree with Chinatown and the other user 201, tanker is definitely a whole different niche of trucking. I’ve been hauling tanker for two years now after one year of dry van and I don’t want to go back to bumping docks and always waiting. What I did is stuck around long enough and eventually three people retired who had some gravy runs. Somehow I ended up with two out of three of those. There’s still upward mobility for me as right now I’m hauling jet fuel and biodiesel but I’ve talked to drivers who only do transmix or fuel additives who are home daily company drivers who earn easily over $110,000/yr. But you have to start somewhere. Try and get into jet fuel if you can that way you’re not dealing with gas stations. Hope it goes well for you and once again thanks Chinatown for recommending my first trucking job!

 

no sliding tandems, 10 feet shorter than everyone else, no axle weights, no height clearance worries above 12.5 feet, no cargo theft, no load shifts (LMFAO jk it's 45k lbs of LIQUID), 90% pull thru load/delivery, drive through high winds and not be a sail boat, lose traction on ice and keep going in a straight line (because 45k lbs of liquid). might not work well in a curve lol