Fuel hauling cons

A lot of airports require a pump. And even those that have their own pumps, some are very slow unloading. It’s usually a lot faster to use the truck pump.

 

How many gasoline tankers have blown up and taken the driver? Of all the accidents involving a gasoline tanker I have yet to see one that have blown up with the driver.

 

Delivering to stations in shady (dangerous) neighborhoods at 3:30 am. Coworker was robbed at gunpoint awhile back (for $3).

 

Several times a week you'll have some jerk at a gas station come over and say "got a light?". It gets old, fast. But there's a real good way to break them of doing that...

 

You shouldn't have to worry about if the station is safe or not. We had a few stations like that and we told the dispatch to put those stations on "Day Light only". It's small but it helps.

 

I hauled for amaco in the early 90's in the Philly area. Cons I remember are: weekends all holidays except for Christmas. Mostly night work. Any weather condition! The ONLY time they told us to come in for weather was if there was a state of emergency and the roads were closed. Older stations were small and tight, and a nightmare in the winter with snow piles

 

cons, hmmm... prolonged exposure to vapor and product can lead to health problems..(read the thick-### msds book at the terminal), ####ups tend to be expensive like cross dropping product into the wrong tank, dispatchers can make your life miserable, tight stations that weren't designed with the #### tanker in mind. Night work is never a con for the job. Less traffic, empty stations, no rush at the terminal (mostly). Its how I run.

 

I know that ARCO back in the 90's would test for benezene twice a year in the cabs. Also tested racks and things and came the conclusion a driver would not be exposed to any more benezene or any other petro-product than any other public person getting fuel at a gasoline station.