Is gas tanker work slower in winter?.

Our fuel tankers slow down in the winter. The slowest time is usually from about Thanksgiving 'til Easter. Our main customers are farming, logging, and construction and when the weather shuts them down our works drops off also. We count on the slowdown every year.

Most of our winter work is hauling JetA and AvGas to some of our local airports. That stays fairly steady.

I can't answer your questions about what a company would do as far as working you all the hours you need. That's individual to the company itself and best answered by the company. Starting out you'll be at the bottom of the seniority list and will pretty much take whatever they give you. After you've been there a while you can figure out ways to increase your earnings.

Smoking? If you're loading or unloading you're required to be "in attendance" at the truck. Strolling off for a smoke while you're unloading will get you fired at most companies. It should, too.
If you have to have tobacco, learn to chew or dip snoose.
As to whether they'll hire a smoker...again, that's individual company stuff. Given two applicants of equal qualifications, one smokes and the other doesn't, I'd take the non smoker.

 

Depends solely on your region i would think. Here my fuel hauling picks up in the winter.

 

Around here gas station fuel does slow down yes. Thing is all the fuel delivery companies around here also deliver propane. LP fuel picks up so much they tend to have a hard time keeping up with demand.

 

Me either but it might get a guy by until he can find a safe place to smoke.

 

You guys haul stove oil? We used to 'til the enviromentalists just about put a stop to it with their CARB laws.. Our local schools all heated with oil and it kept us busy all winter. No more. No they heat with electricity...at almost twice the cost of oil. Progress.

 

Not just cost...where do you californians think that electricity comes from? Lol

 

No, and never have.
Marked diesel to loggers and construction sites.
Jet fuel and avgas to small operations. Gas and diesel to small stations and businesses.
I leave the big stuff to the main players, and i specifically go to the small guys. Right now is the slow time for fuel, generally October and November are the slowest, along with march and April. Summer and especially winter its hard to keep up.
Want to hear about stupid rules though, i am no longer allowed to haul my own fuel to my yard the last 7 years. So i can haul it to everyone else, but not myself.
Apparently some people were hauling marked fuel to their own yards. They ruined it for all of us because of that. So now Chevron hauls the fuel to my yard.

 

Geothermal, hydroelectric, forest waste product cogeneration,wind, solar and the totally non renewable resource...natural gas.
I probably left some out.