Is chemical tanker right for me?

Asphalt in the summer, LPG/butane/aeropress in the winter. Where I'm at were exempt from HOS when hauling gas in the winter time, that's where the big money is made

 

Gas or fuel hauling will probably be tuff to live in the truck……might be a day cab. Or run the truck around the clock…..

 

Sorry this is my favorite….. I just had to share

https://youtube.com/shorts/pw9Ags9upJI?feature=share

 

The company I work for hauls acids, peroxides, bleach, caustic, etc. We have local drivers, like myself, and regional drivers. You can make $100k+, no problem. I have family commitments, so I don’t work as much as the other guys do, but I still gross over $60k a year, and that’s averaging about 45 hours a week. It requires more professionalism, but you get treated more like a professional, too.
I made the switch about 5 years ago and never looked back, and I don’t think you will, either.
Good luck!

 

Depending on the location, a lot of the larger chem haulers may have a clean MT to swap at the tank wash, especially when it is a company owned wash location.

This may limit the downtime at the cleaning rack.

Other times the trailer gets washed while the driver is on layover if the sun, stars and moon are in alignment...

Lab tests will be your biggest down time while loading and unloading will be an ever changing mixture of you, the receiver, or both.

Unless you are hauling dedicated and specialized; every trip will be different.

 

We us that as a training film. It's every tanker's nightmare. How many mistakes can one driver make and still survive?

 

WalMart? They make around that and it's straight forward. They have weekly home time. Thier DCs have free coffee and hot choy. Usually cheap grilled food like one day a week for a dead driver or company persons surviving family.


Cryo companies pay well. I have talked to OOs that make big money after they do thier company time.

 

I'm company and surpassed 100K already this year.