Inexperienced tanker driver

Discussion in 'Schneider' started by firespock, Apr 8, 2014.

  1. seabring

    seabring Road Train Member

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    Company driver, average miles 150 per day, day shift 6am to 8pm home every night, paid by the cubic meter (tonnage). Majority of the job is loading and unloading. Basically drive to oil lease location, hook up to tank and pump on the load, drive back to disposal facility, dump the load into a pit, entire process for a load takes about an hour and a bit. This isn't highway work , it's oil field roads, short driving distances, high load counts per day. Today I did 11 loads in 14 hours. It's a hustle but I enjoy it and it makes the day go quick when a guys busy all day.
     
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  3. realsupatrucka

    realsupatrucka Road Train Member

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    Appreciate the information but thats local work to me and I dont like local
     
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  4. seabring

    seabring Road Train Member

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    Fair enough brother,
    Thats a nice looking truck in your picture there, is that similar to what you drive?
     
  5. realsupatrucka

    realsupatrucka Road Train Member

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    Nah no where near lol...im thinking about getting one...they not expensive as I thought they would be
     
  6. firespock

    firespock Heavy Load Member

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    Well got to Houston around noon and went to check in truck at the shop cause cab air bag leaking again, reverse light wiring needs to be done and for some reason oil keeps coming out of the dipstick and getting over the underside of the hood but when I check level of oil it's perfect so they put the truck out of service until Monday when they can get to it
     
  7. realsupatrucka

    realsupatrucka Road Train Member

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    That suckz really bad. ..did they put u in a hotel and giving you breakdown pay
     
  8. firespock

    firespock Heavy Load Member

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    I can get a hotel but I hate the red roof inn they put u up in here in Houston, and yeah they will give me breakdown pay
     
  9. realsupatrucka

    realsupatrucka Road Train Member

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    So where are you staying? In the truck?
     
  10. firespock

    firespock Heavy Load Member

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    Yeah I am got a laptop, wifi and an Xbox so I am good lol
     
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  11. nightgunner

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