Fuel hauling cons

I haven't been hauling fuel for very long but from my short experience, very minimal cons.

Load/Unload outside regardless of weather. Although, I'm not sure if racks shut down with lightning storms or not. You generally can't walk too far away from the tank when you are dropping, because you need to be able to close that trailer off fast if something happens.
When the ground is icy, then you have the added hassle of trying to pull of lids that are frozen into the ground because some station owner doesn't maintain his property.
You aren't idling the truck while loading or dropping, so the warm cab that you'd like to have may not be warm and cozy by the time you finish loading or unloading
Life sucks when you are at a closed station, have to stick the tank and it's downpouring on you, making it tough to read the stick.

That being said, I love hauling gas. It's generally easy work and good money (at least at the outfit I do p/t work with).

 

And on a hot humid day working in front of a reflective aluminum trailer with the sun at just the right angle can be tough....

 

If youre in an accident...you Can become a rolling "flamethrower". The meth head at the Conoco that "refuses" to Turn off his engine,because it "Wont Start". The yaahoo smoking a Swisher Sweet while hes gassing his car. Other than that,good points are Pay..Deal with Same Customers and people usually "stay away" on the road.

 

Are you an owner-operator? I think you have to outfit your tractor with a pump and compressor. That can be expensive.

 

I would think if I had to die in a truck accident blowing up would be the best. That way I could take all you sons a beaches with me when I go.

 

It helps if you start really early to beat the lines on your first load. If you only do one load a day like I usually do, then lines aren't a concern at all.

 

It's not required bc most drops are gravity. If the truck has a PTO pump on it, you could make more money by being able to do this types of deliveries. They pay more bc it's a pain in the ###.

 

Some companies that pay by the load with just give you a certain number of loads that day, and when you finish them is when you finish them. Lines, traffic, problems delivering don't matter

 

Thank you! Are you an owner operator?

 

I'm not. I worked for an O/O who had five trucks and trailers. I am currently a company driver for a different company.