Need help, picking a job....

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by CruzControhl, Jun 22, 2019.

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  1. Jun 23, 2019 #21
    tscottme

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    Tankers has had me blind-side maybe 10 or 20% of my backs where dry van I may have blind-side backed 5 times in 20 years. Not all tanker customers are to/from 50 year old facilities with no spce, but chemical/HazMat customers are often very tight.
     
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  3. Jun 23, 2019 #22
    skellr

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    Low pay isn't that bad, not with a Large Car. You can always flip on the jake brake in the truck stop to try and compensate. :D

    IDK, you want to try tanker, I would just for that.
     
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  4. Jun 23, 2019 #23
    Bill51

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    This indecision's buggin' me.
     
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  5. Jun 23, 2019 #24
    street beater

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    A slipknot reference in this crowd is gonna go over like a lead zeppelin...
     
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  7. Jun 24, 2019 #25
    CruzControhl

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    I picked up a hazmat load in the dry van at a chemical plant...oh mur gawd haha. It was tight and i had to blind side..handled it like a pro!! Twice as i picked up another load .... makes me feel real good. They had trains and tracks running through there and the dock i was in left the nose of the truck on the tracks... i was like ugh.... they told me it was fine.
     
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  8. Jun 24, 2019 #26
    CruzControhl

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    One mistake and i woulda been sitting in the ditch at that plant because there was a big drainage ditch where i had to back.
     
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  9. Jun 24, 2019 #27
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    Don’t get overconfident it can bite you quick
     
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  10. Jun 24, 2019 #28
    x1Heavy

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    Make sure you carry extra clamps and screwdriver for them in the cab for the size hoses you carry. Once in a while the railroad track might slide along your pipe and take it off at the clamp. This would be more for bulk tankers dry of the type used to haul cement etc.
     
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  11. Jun 24, 2019 #29
    Bill51

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  12. Jun 24, 2019 #30
    CruzControhl

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    So if i do take the job, can i prevent being fired first by resigning?
    I read in a another thread that if you resign first (before being fired) with a date and time they cant say they fired you....but can you do this while out on the road?
     
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