How common or rare are OTR tanker jobs?---Key part: OTR

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  1. Redtwin

    Redtwin Road Train Member

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    Most production facilities I deliver to are 24/7 operations so whenever they want their stuff is when you have to deliver it.
     
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  3. RockinChair

    RockinChair Road Train Member

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    Did many of the people from the old Andrews Transport terminal on John Ralston Rd make the jump over to Logistics?
     
  4. Dna Mach

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    I know of a handful that stayed on. I used to talk to those guys at Shell quite a bit. None of the ones I knew came over.
     
  5. RockinChair

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    I never knew many of the drivers at that terminal, but I remember hanging out with Bill and the head mechanic one morning. It was a total laughfest!
     
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  6. spindrift

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    This.
    If I wanted to stay out week after week I could.
     
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  7. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    I delivered HazMat loads from Nashville to Klamath Falls, OR, San Francisco, CA, Bangor, ME, El Paso, TX, Minneapolis, MN, and others.
     
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  8. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    Whatever the schedule requires. Each customer has their own demands for product. Generally everything about tanker customers is much much better than 90% of dry van & reefer customers.
     
  9. BlueThunderr

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    Food grade tankers long haul all over the country....Our company's average run is about 1100 miles
     
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  10. Speed_Drums

    Speed_Drums Road Train Member

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    What company is this?
     
  11. dchawk81

    dchawk81 Light Load Member

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    I feel that pain. I'm 5'0 and it's not as simple to drive just any truck like the average driver can.

    I had very little trouble with the 579 because it was an auto, and I didn't have to push a clutch. The throttle and brake are easier to hit.

    I drove a 386 manual and it was a choice like you said between pedals and hood mirrors. 386 is an aero hooded, set back axle 379. I float gears for shifting but getting the clutch brake engaged was always a task.

    Cascadia manual or auto I had no real issues other than my elbow smacking the armrest during pullback shifts. If I owned it I'd eliminate that armrest but being a company truck I couldn't. I had the same problem in the 386. Because of my height I have the seat forward all the way, so everything is closer than most people experience.

    I currently own a Mack CXU. It's an auto so no clutch and I can set the seat to where I can reach pedals and see the hood mirrors.
     
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