HAZMAT (propane) or not?????

During harvest time we were allowed to haul 83-85000 out of the fields.

 

I don't see you being an elected official as a problem UNLESS the guy you drive for has some "questionable" practices and somehow skirts the law. Then you might be looked at if you are an employee!
BUT: Go to your local state employment agency and put in your application there. Even check Craigs List just be careful of what you apply to. I NEVER send ANY information that some hacker can use like date of birth, place of birth, social security numbers or my cell phone number unless you have unlimited calling 24/7. If answering a CL ad YOU ask THEM for THEIR information! Ask for the company name, a website address their physical brick and mortar address and contact information the do a THOROUGH investigation of them! If it checks out then they should be good but still walk in and check the place out before giving the information to them!

Still being an "elected official" in the community you could let a subtle hint out about being a tad bit on the unemployed side and see what just might turn up!

 

Depends on the state you are in. Agricultural rules even here in the land of fruits and nuts, CA, dont make much sense:

1. You can pull a 1000 gallon diesel fuel wagon with NO brakes or brake lights down any road but a highway zoned for over 55 MPH with a pickup truck. Thats 7500 pounds for the fuel alone. All you need is the orange triangle. That includes freeways if you need to cross over water.

2. You can legally drive over interstate FREEWAYS with a farm tractor or other implement of husbandry (which means anything from a combine to a bailout wagon) as long as it can do 20 MPH and you need to cross water.

One trucker I saw crested the bridge on I-5, saw the slow going tractor too late and almost killed himself as his tractor-trailer rig was dangling over the water after he took the railing out. Yeah, he lived, thankfully.

3. You can drive or pull over-width equipment down 55 MPH roads with only red flags and the orange triangles for a display. No lights needed.

Of course, all this is SUPPOSED to happen in daylight hours ONLY, in clear weather, but the muchachos from south of the border dont care.

Thats why one poor car driver had his head ripped open by a disk-blade plow that went right through his windshield at night, being pulled on a carry-all by a Mexican national with a pickup truck.

The "border brother" who killed this US Citizen never got snatched up for that murder since he dropped his stuff an ran for the border back to Mexico as fast as his feet would take him.

F####ing Pendejos !!!

 

I think it was 15% over 80000, not real sure. I live in nebr.

 

Hey I love your entry and I may be able to give some helpful info.

First of all if you have a Haz Mat and a tanker enforcement you will definitely make more. You will most likely need a TWIC card if you are going that route though. I have been driving for a gas company for the past year. I make $78,000 a year and keep in mind I'm still very "green" so it will get even higher. Yes it can be dangerous and intimidating but if you drive safe and respect your load there's nothing to worry about. Also this is local work so I come home every day and average 50 hours a week. The heaviest thing I life is some tubes where aren't that heavy. 40lbs at most. 2 sometimes 3 stops a day.

I am leaving this job to go do home propane delivery which fits my family schedule a bit better. This pays me $22 an hour which is less than what I was making but I get overtime with this company and its closer to home so it works.

I live in Massachusetts in a rural area but there is potential to make more if you live closer to the city(where the terminals are)
Good luck I hope this helps!

 

Hey how's it going Tacleberry32?

I also live in worcester Massachusetts and wanted to ask you how are the gas tanker jobs around here? I have a class a license and drive a full size tanker hauling mostly corn Syrup. I deliver to mostly to Coca Cola and some Pepsi's. Pretty straightforward just get to the location hook up the hose and vent the trailer and unload of course. I'm sure it's a little bit different for propane. What can you tell me about driving a a propane tanker? First of all is it a full-size tanker? And how about job availability, is a truly seasonal when you're driving a full size tanker or is that only for House deliveries? Let me add I only have several months of tanker experience and a year and a half of driving a 48 foot reefer but I would like to move to A job that makes more money in the future and I am already thinking of getting my hazmat n and searching tanker a job that pays higher in a year or two. Any information you can give me would be great. Thank you

 

Don't do dump in the summers, You will work from sun up until you cannot see anymore and then hang out a bit working a little more So tomorrow you can work just as hard in another job.

Propane Tankers are bombs. Terrorist target number one. You can absolutely cremate a town with one of those. It's not often a rookie (No offense.. please..) wants to run a bomb.

Finally propane in really bad winter weather is very valuable and you will run around keeping people warm until you drop. We had a bad year where even the rail served propane people could not get enough. (And they have huge tanks to drink from larger tankcars on the rail siding.)

 

I don't know about the product propane but I do know gasoline. When someone say's they're driving a bomb it just tell me that they do not really know the truck or the product. Gasoline will burn and burn it does when you add air to the area. If you keep air out of the picture then you have no fire. We keep the inside of the tank either vapor rich or product rich. We never open the tank to the outside, that's just one of the safety features we have.

Propane jobs should be available and have decent pay if you're trained correctly. That's the ticket to any job when hauling products such as this. If the company doesn't have to train you then they save money and trust you more. You just have to watch out for the bottom feeders that take advantage of new drivers. You'll see them. They have the worse looking trucks around and the drivers are not much better. With hazardous cargo you'll need to learn all about the product and how it affects the environment. Driving is a little different. The tanks should be baffled and with bulkheads. However, they may not have compartments and be one full tank. That means you'll have product slosh more than normal. But you can deal with it once you start driving. The better jobs are of course harder to get. The better drivers watch for job openings and jump at the good ones. You have to do research on what companies are better than the other. I would look for a company that does contract hauling for a bigger company. You can tell by looking at the truck. Check the trailer to see what name is on it. Then check the door to see what company it is. They will be dedicated to a company by listing the name on the trailer then by law they are required to list the home base of the company that does the hauling. Those trucks can only haul for the company listed on the trailer. I don't know about propane but gasoline you'll see this a lot. A truck will list Chevron and then be XXX company listed on the door. If you see Chevron on the trailer then Chevron on the door then it's a Chevron truck and that job is golden. But the oil companies got rid of their trucks some time ago and the drivers. What I mean is the larger oil companies, those that have crude in the ground-refine that crude-then haul it to their stations. Good luck and remember the more you put into looking for a company the more you'll get out.

 

I was somewhere up north a few weeks ago and they were looking for cdl drivers to push snow off the interstate. Check into that might help

 

A small farming town should have fertilizer store . Check with them.
Someone needs to bring it in or deliver it