Great info! I have an conditional offer from IRT in hand. I have years of tank experience but with a propane transport and pneumatic tank for cement powder. Surge would be a new thing for me. Is it a big problem with milk or juice? I’m told those products are what I be pulling if I’m assigned to the PA terminal.
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Out of the PA terminal you will mostly be pulling Orange juice out of the ports. Single strength and frozen concentrated, the latter of the two being a piece of cake as it doesn't move around too much. If you don't already have them, a TWIC card and a Passport would be good to have working out of PA too. You can get by without them, but Wilmington needs a TWIC to get in otherwise you will have to screw around with escorts or waiting for another driver to shuttle your load past the gates. The passport is your access to the Canada loads which is where the money is.Bud A., bentstrider83, rmcgill and 3 others Thank this. -
After working here for going on 5 years now, the tank surge is more of an annoyance than it is a driving issue. Take it slow on your curves and don’t spin around in a parking lot as fast as you might if you were pulling a regular trailer and you’ll be fine. I’ve pulled pneumatics before too. Since you’ve done that, you shouldn’t have any problems.
Think of the feeling you have when you’re hooking onto a trailer and accidentally back under it too fast. The feeling you have when the king pin slams into the hitch - that’s the feeling you have when you’re pulling a load that has horrible surge. It’s not a constant thing, but you’ll feel that as you go through the first 3-4 gears while getting your speed built up. It’ll fade away once you get above 45 or 50 mph and you won’t feel it anymore unless you start stabbing the brakes.
Some loads you don’t even feel any surge, or if you do, it’s very little. Watch curbing a tire when you’re loaded too, especially if you’re already leaning to one side due to the pavement not being level. After a few weeks, you will be just as comfortable as you are in a pneumatic, and you’ll figure out how to shift in order to decrease the hit on the loads that have bigger surge. -
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I’ve always preferred the long hauls. I left Delano, CA last Wednesday and delivered in Bradenton, FL on Sunday night. That was 2,582 paid miles in 5 days. Before that one was Elizabeth, NJ to Fresno, CA. That was 2,888 paid miles in 5 days too. I’m halfway to Flemington, NJ now and it hasn’t even been a full week since I left Delano, CA yet. Like I said, they keep me hopping. I did the Fresno run with another guy who left Elizabeth on the same day I did. He ended up on a Florida run right behind me as well.Bud A., Speed_Drums and bentstrider83 Thank this. -
Just completed my 1st year at IRT. Made very good money, so planning to stick around for a while.
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