No CDL or Experience but want to get into hauling Cryogenics-What path should I take?

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I'm in Dallas, TX

 

Do you guys know of any schools or institutions that offer Cryogenics training, for someone that has a new cdl? The reason is on Linde's website says that they will accept a couple of options mentioned below

• 2 years driving experience or have completed a course of instruction from a truck driver training school that operates equipment similar to Linde's

 

@superpet39

 

Similar to Linde's means, not taking the training in a pick up truck and a gooseneck.. it's free to apply, and they can answer your questions with the surest updated information. They are looking for trained drivers, they will handle all of the cryogenic training. The cryo training I wet through with a carrier was really pretty good and since there are (or were) federal requirements for hauling oxygen to the medical industry, there is required training that meets federal guidelines.
Hauling cryogenics is kind of interesting, other than the temps (to me anyway) , its like pumping off water. For me anyway, hauling pressurized gases and caustics is a bit more involved and interesting to me.

 

@FozzyNOK --

Care to share any examples of these pressurized gases?

--Lual

 

Propane for one.. working with pressures in the neighborhood of 200-225 psi pressures can be pretty tricky.

 

Find another path, maybe like to the beach or Disneyland.

 

from my experience: as long as you can DRIVE and I mean DRIVE (meaning you don’t hit things, you don’t tear up clutches, you float, you don’t have a problem GOAL’ing) that linde and Airgas will train you, they aren’t in the business of teaching you how to drive properly, but teaching you how to fill a tank: no problem. You won’t be rushed while training either (the doghouse will make sense one day lol) The problems start when a new CDL driver sneaks in to cryo and thinks a tanker can be driven like a dryvan….. when you’re new to trucking, you “don’t know even what you don’t know”
and that can cause accidents, death, a hit to the company’s safety record, a black eye on your driving record, etc.

My personal suggestion to any new drivers that want long term success in cryo: do 9 -12 months of local LTL freight work first, then apply to cryo companies (you’ll appreciate it more, and would’ve experienced enough tight maneuvering to prepare you for cryo)

 

Wasn’t trying to go on a rant, just saying you can get quality training when they hire you…

I don’t know of any cryo training other than going to a big bulk plant that has fillers and applying to be a filler