Looking to get into crude hauling

I have 7 years tt experience but no tanker experience. does anyone know of a good company to start with in tx?

 

Not hauling crude I'm affraid. You could start with almost any water company to get your tank experience.

 

Fuel Transport Driver - Class A with X Endorsement - Texas - Indeed.com

Not sure if allowed to post links and I have no first hand knowledge but Texas Pride Fuels told me they would take me and train me as long as I have a CDL with the endorsements. I am fresh out of trucking school.

 

That's cool, know before you go, is my motto they sound like they fuel the trucks while the frac is in progress. Most of those companies have you sit in a bobtail on location for your 12 hour shift and you fuel the trucks when the need arises. They transport you and your codrive to and from each day. They probably also have fuel transport drivers those guys pick up and deliver to the locations but don't fuel.

 

Not sure why you are being told you can't haul crude with zero tanker experience. The oilfield is booming and companies need drivers. When the boom arrives it is a great time to get some experience. When the bust returns, crude companies will definitely raise their standards and you will probably not find it easy to get on with zero tanker.

One company to look at would be Coastal Plains. They have very nice equipment and run in the South Texas and West Texas markets. I know they are pretty busy in my area and they have a strong relationship with EOG who, in my opinion, have some of the best leases you can pull from (EOG stays on top of their oil and in a lot of cases use LACT systems which make the crude haulers job easier).

Coastal Plains Trucking, LLC

Xcalibur may be another place to start if you don't have tanker experience. I know they are pretty busy in my area and they also run out in West TX.

https://www.xcaliburlogistics.com/drive-for-xcalibur/

Pay will not be the highest for these two but it's a start. Get 6 months experience and better opportunities will open up. One year even better! Then maybe look to sign on to one of the companies who purchase their own oil for better stability during downturns in the crude price.

 

Coastal Plains never called me back and state MUST have 6 mos tanker experience! I just got off the phone with Twin Eagle and the 1st thing they asked was if I had liquid tanker experience! This was a definite in those to cases.

 

Yea most want tanker experience these days...

 

My company will take you but good luck sticking it out for 6 months.

 

That was news to me that you could haul crude oil without any tanker experience, and I was in the business for many years. It is usually a requirement of the company's liability insurance carrier that drivers have some tanker experience. But I am not disputing Mr. Rockdoctor as he has been around quite a few years as well.

 

I had zero tanker experience when Sunoco hired and trained me to haul crude. That was 5 years ago though.