$ per hour worked..

This thread makes me glad I get paid for every minute of my day.

 

I don't know about gas haulers but the other tank carriers mostly require 2 years experience but not tanker experience .
You're not going to get hurt or killed unless you wreck . Odds are no higher pulling a tanker . while back a tanker rolled over the median on I-75 in KY . The tanker driver walked away . A UPS driver coming the other way that ran into it died .

 

I cannot believe how many drivers think it's fine to spend these massive amounts of time at the direction of a carrier with no compensation.

So long as there is a "that's truckin" attitude this will never change. I was one of the drivers that realized that way of life was not for me and was lucky enough to find a driving job at a young age that allows me to live a lifestyle I like - both monetary and time wise.

 

I'm living the lifestyle that I like.... Monetary & Time!

Sure, I'm not home every weekend. One weekend I may be sitting on the beach in California. The next the beach in Florida. Gambling in Vegas & Reno... Playing with the girls at Donna's Ranch... Visiting with friends & family that I may never see other wise!!!

I love my life. I love my job! The only thing that I would really do different or want to be different is to have my Harley with me on those weekends where ever I choose to take off!! But let me tell you, that is in the planning stages... The bike will be riding along with me in just a few years!

 

That's great - being 100% serious when I say I'm glad you have a gig that you like. What I do would not work for you and what you do would not work for me. Different people have different wants and needs.

This industry can allow you to live a good life - that's what annoys me about drivers who have nothing but negativity aimed at trucking. I've said before that the trucking industry has been very good to me, and it sounds like it has been very good to you. Despite the fact it sounds like we have little in common, I'll bet if we sat down in person we would have a great deal in common.

 

That right there is exactly right! Very well said...

You mean the whiners that "hate" the trucking industry but insist on hanging around and taking pathetic potshots at those of us that are successful and happy with what we do?

Those who are not capable of admitting that they are not cut out for this industry..So it must be the industries fault?

It has been very good to me as well...
We'd probably all have a lot in common (with a few obvious exceptions)
I'll never understand why someone who fails at something blames whatever it is he failed at!

The rest of us could all sit around a table and get along just fine...

Except REDD! He drives a blue truck and I don't like bliue trucks!
So, He's quite obviously an inferior person.

 

*sitting alone quietly in the corner mumbling to himself..... I'm sure glad blackw900 & others didn't super size the pics of my truck.... If they had, they would have seen the pink pin-striping......*

 

Truckerdave ... shouldn't have any trouble at all hiring on with a petroleum transport company once you get your hazmat re-activated. Gas pulls better than any other product I've ever hauled. Your tank will most likely have 5 compartments ... mine run 3100 ... 1200 ... 1150 ... 1150 ... and 2800 gallons. The 3 middle compartments are small enough to where you shouldn't pick up any surge at all and the front and read compartments will have at least one baffle besides the bulkheads ... rear compartment will also most likely have a double bulkhead between #4 and #5. All this means there is little to no surge unless you break #1 or #5 and end up carrying just a half compartment ... most companies wont let you do that though.

The big thing with gas is simply attention to detail ... you have got to be absolutely correct loading, hauling and dropping ... once it's in your tank ... you own it ... or at least your company does.

More dangerous than anything else ... hey look ... just between you and me ... dead is dead. I've seen guys go to sleep in a tanker and roll it over and walk away without a scratch ... then again ... I've seen the very same thing happen and the fire got so hot it melted the frame on the tractor and set the asphalt on fire. I've also seen a guy go to sleep hauling freight and take out a bridge pilon on I-85 ... like I said dead is dead. Personally I wouldn't want to haul propane or chemicals. Saw a guy turn a propane tank over on a "get on ramp" ... the tank broke loose from the frame and went down the interstate on it's own hitting everything in it's way ... and I've seen chemical drivers mess up with HCL and run screaming for water with their arms smoking like a fire ... Bottom line, ain't no free ride but you will find that attention to detail means everything with most tanker jobs.

 

REDD HAS PINK PINSTRIPING ON HIS TRUCK!
You were'nt trying to keep that a secret were you??