I’ve applied, passed interview passed road test. Waiting on drug test to come back. I have experience hauling dry van, reefer and some lowboy. Never pulled a tanker. Job is ag exempt (up to 150 miles) hauling raw milk, driver only picks up loaded trailers and goes to dairy processor and gets unloaded by them and brings the empty back to the dairy farm. It sounds like a super easy job. 1 load a day, 3 days a week is all that’s required. If you wanna work more you can. Just make extra $$
Just wondering if anyone has any tips, trucks, advice on this. The most “tank” work I’ve done is a 1000 gallon tank in the bed of a dump truck. Never pulled an actual tanker. I hope this isn’t a “too good to be true” gif but the other drivers I’ve spoken to are very happy and the company has a super low turnover rate.
Milk hauling tips and tricks for a new tanker driver.
Discussion in 'Tanker, Bulk and Dump Trucking Forum' started by FloridaBoy93, Oct 24, 2023.
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Take it easy starting and stopping,slow down on curves.
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3 days a week and make a living in trucking? Does seem a “little too good to be true” then again though only working 3 days a week would leave me bored stiff. As far as the tank is concerned, surge is rough until you learn how to drive it, and dairies are pretty nasty, get ready for funky smells.
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Stay on the gravel/pavement! Get off a solid footing and you'll be stuck or tits up. Those Daries aren't truck friendly, especially in the dark. Carry a flashlight and GOAL. Run it cool.
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Yea you will have surge unless it is an overweight tank we haul some in the 52-54000 range and they have very little surge but the truck will need an overweight permit our trucks with a trailer weight about 30,000
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How far is the run?
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