Gloves for Fueling

For fueling ONLY ... I used to use cheap and not-so-cheap leather gloves for fueling purposes, but found they tended to cause "grime" to accumulate under my finger nails, even after only using for short periods once a day. Then I began using inexpensive nitrile coated gloves and don't have this problem. They don't breathe well and your hands will sweat if you try and wear them any longer then a quick fueling, but I sill prefer these and they will not "absorb" fuel and grime over time as leather gloves will. Don't confuse latex coated gloves with nitrile coated gloves. You can find them most anywhere.

For flatbed work or other heavy duty work, obviously you'll need quality leather gloves.

 

I do a lot more than fueling and trucking hand. My gloves make a difference to me the cheap leather gloves make me all thumbs. If 200 bucks makes that big a difference in your bottom line at the end of the year it's awful thin already lol.

 

those cheap rubber coated gloves work the best for me...use the my leather ones for everything else.

 

I'm not thin, I'm cheap.
There's a difference- not a big one, but a discernible difference nonetheless.

I just use mine for chaining/tarping/straping/fueling- Basically all palm work, that is IF I'm wearing gloves. If I need to get to something a bit more finicky, I'm not afraid to just reach in with a bare hand. Though if it's something heavily caustic like diesel, I'll typically slip a pair of neoprene gloves on.

If my hands aren't dirty, and I'm not covered in oil and mud- HOW WILL ANYONE KNOW I'M A TRUCKER!?

 

and I thought my gloves were spendy,lol.

 

From the 4 day old food stains on your t-shirt and your neck line that hasn't been shaved in 3 months

 

Who says I'm wearing a t-shirt? And I can't grow a beard, SIR!
Thanks for rubbing it in.

 

I use gloves that are rated chemical resistant. You can get them at Ace Hardware. They are thick green gloves that go up half way to your elbow, though I trimmed them to a reasonable length and I wear a set of jersey gloves as the liner. They'll last me about a year before cracks form in between the fingers, thus losing the protection. I also use them when it is wet out, since leather isn't waterproof.

 

I'd go to Harbor Freight and pick up a pair of Plumber gloves (Some times they are listed as sand blasting gloves and/or located just below the sand blasting gloves). Only 5 to 6 buck and they last forever. Easy to clean. Been using them for years! Save the leather for other things. Rubber glove for fueling!

http://www.harborfreight.com/industrial-plumbers-gloves-40533.html

This is what I currently use and have two pairs just in case I lose one glove. I also have an "OJ Glove" for polishing when I don't want to get deep into it!

Hope that helps!!

 

I hate any rubber coated glove as they are uncomfortable, a pain to put on and some of them stink like cocoa beans or something. I found using winter lined leather gloves serving my all around purposes of comfort, easy to put on and the diesel doesn't soak through like normal leather gloves do. It'll soak the palm but not all the way through the lining.



The red ones you can get cheap for around $8, serve the purpose and you'll get more than your money's worth out of them. The fuzzy one's and Thinsulate are more expensive.
I like them because they are an all around glove whether you are fueling, handling freight, load locking or sweeping out the trailer. You don't need two pair.