Indian River

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  1. nextgentrucker

    nextgentrucker Road Train Member

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    This is some BS... I've been here for 9hrs now... If the wait is gonna is gonna like that for every load, I might not last long at here...
     
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  3. Tanker_82

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    BAF9F99E-8EFD-4C0C-9223-43CA6363B7A3.jpeg I’m dropping and hooking at a customer in Florida right now. When I hooked onto the empty tank and did my walk around, this is how I found the dome lid and why it’s important to check up top before driving off.
     
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  4. nextgentrucker

    nextgentrucker Road Train Member

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    That's crazy...
     
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  5. asphaltreptile311

    asphaltreptile311 Road Train Member

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    That's very common for oil tanks . Its hard to dry them out and most places don't want a tank that has oil priors.
     
  6. drvrtech77

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    Don’t bynum have detention or what maybe called demurge pay?
     
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  7. nextgentrucker

    nextgentrucker Road Train Member

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    I think $10 or $15 after 4 hours...
    Got there at 8 AM, finished loaded at 6:40 PM, that's crazy, LMFAO!!!
     
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  8. Redtwin

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    We used to be able to fuel at TA/Petro and PFJ, but just recently they have made it Loves only. In Canada we can use Petro Canada (different than US Petro) and Maplefields in NY right at the Canadian border. I don't travel deep into Canada so filling up in the USA is enough to get me into Canada and back out.
     
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  9. Redtwin

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    If that was Ft. Pierce, the empty I picked up there was open also. Have to make sure you check the top and the outlet. I have seen tank brought back to a terminal with the top still open and even one where the rear dust cover wasn't even put back on.
     
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  10. Redtwin

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    9hrs is extreme, but I have come to expect at least a 2 hour wait unless it is a drop and hook customer. It's just how things are. Learn how to use split sleeper so you can salvage your day.
     
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  11. Tanker_82

    Tanker_82 Road Train Member

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    It was Fort Pierce. It’s pretty common to find them like this at a lot of the places I drop and hook. Sometimes they will be closed but only have one ear and handle cranked down.

    @nextgentrucker, DOT would probably ding you for having an unsecured hatch if you rolled into an inspection bay with it like that. Once you start making your way to the West Coast, beware that random inspections are very common in California.
     
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