driving a tanker trailer

Good Luck!

 

good luck.

tankers are not hard to drive you just need to be smooth or they will jerk you around. can possibly push you threw stop signs and such with the surge if you try to make a quick sudden stop. you also need to go slower threw corners. just be cautious and drive slower and focus on making smooth movements and you will be fine, after a week pulling them you should feel comfortable with it.

 

I'm sorry but this is completely wrong for all tankers. Mostly it applies to smooth bore tanks and that's it. With gasilone you don't fell the product move all that much when you have bulkheads with baffles.

If you look at all the spills or problems that get reported you'll find out the most of them are from hazmat on van type trailers. The bigger companies that only haul the hazmat stuff once in awhile are the biggest offenders of the hazmat rules. If you don't know the rules and regulations spelled out in the CFR's 49 parts 100 to 177 you're bound to get hit with violations. Companies that haul hazmat as their sole commodity usually have a department in the company that just handles the rules and regulations and that's all they do. They make sure you're trained to handle the product in accordance with CFR49 where I have been given hazmat loads from an LTL company that just handed over the placards.

On top of that most tanker drivers will not go back to vans. Just make sure you don't give up any benefits from your company. There are some companies out there that pay as well and some better than the company your at. So good luck if you change.

 

Sorry, not your runs, these guys paid there dues, and went through the wait time. Seniority will prevail, over all.

 

im a ups freight city driver...what terminal you goin to?

 

I've driven two types of tanks, 5000 gal smooth bore triaxle and a 110 barrel vaccum tank triaxle (which i still drive on weekends). Tanks are a whole new ball game, especially driving with a smooth bore, as someone mentioned earlier, a tank with baffles you can hardly feel any liquid movement.