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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wsyrob, post: 288279, member: 10487&quot;]Day 1 Training</p><p><br /></p><p>Met my trainer (Ed) at the terminal/tank wash at 8:00 AM. We went over a lot of paperwork and the computer system in the truck. Hooked up to an empty tank and pulled it into the shop for them to drain all the antifreeze out of it so it could be steamed to warm it up for a load tomorrow that requires a specific tank temperature. Ed showed me many of the valves, gauges, pumps and fittings on the tank while we waited for the antifreeze to drain. We then pulled it over to the tank wash and they hooked it up to the steam.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next we hooked up a clean empty tank and pretripped it to pick up a load of transformer oil. This included climbing on top of it to tighten down the manhole hatches. That was a bit unnerving because we are having 30-40 MPH wind gusts today with a cold front moving in. Once that was all finished we drove about 25 miles to a chemical plant and they loaded us with about 5,000 gallons of oil. They had scales at the plant and we weighed in at around 75K gross. Then I got to experience surge in a smooth bore tank for the first time. Interesting sensation that pushes you both forward and backward depending on which end of the tank it is hitting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once we got back to the terminal we took a break for lunch. After lunch I got to drive around the terminal lot for a couple of hours. He would have me set up and back into holes between trailers from several different angles both driver side and blind side. I also worked on shifting up and down from 2nd to 5th with an emphases on being smooth to minimize the surge.&nbsp; It was an interesting and productive day&nbsp; overall. Tomorrow we are going to deliver the load we picked up today about 90 miles away.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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