Dry Van Hauler Thinking About Switching to Tanker

Checked in to the Holiday Inn Express in Vinita this evening and I'll be starting training at Elliott tomorrow. The training is 5 days (M-F) and I didn't think to ask about the exact hours, but when I talked to the trainer earlier he said he'll pick me up at 8am tomorrow. The recruiter had me start some online training before going to the in-person training and the online training has to be completed before the in-person training is complete, or I won't be able to head out with a truck.

I have a tanker endorsement, but I do not have hazmat. According to their website they haul activated carbon, flour, salt, sugar, wax, feed ingredients, fertilizers, hazardous waste, sand/proppants, acids, and plastic pellets. The recruiter didn't mention a lot of these, but it's a lot of stuff to list over the phone I guess. Maybe they don't haul some of that stuff anymore and the website wasn't updated. That being said, I will need a hazmat endorsement for some of these things and she said they will start the process of getting my hazmat as well as a TWIC card during training and they will also pay for both. This was convenient for me because I could leave my other company and get started at Elliott right away. The online training includes some hazmat training and I'm assuming there will be plenty of hazmat training in-person, but I've also been studying hazmat on my own just so I can be sure to pass the test when the time comes.

Once all the training is completed and I'm assigned a truck, they will send me directly home so I can load up everything I need into my truck. I didn't ask for this and I like that I didn't have to. I'll be OTR all 48 and I won't take much home time so I do plan to keep a lot of stuff with me in the truck.

 

I created a separate thread for my experience at Elliott Truck Line for those who are interested.
Elliott Truck Line