Pros and Cons Roehl

actually, i did have a tanker job, i was once an onsite diesel fueler (both class B truck AND class A truck) and YES, walking on top of the tank is done, to open/close the lids/domes, and locking them. this is why hard hats are required at the fuel rack. i also ran tanker class A to the Lemont, IL union 76 location for mineral spirits. there too, i had to walk the top of the tank, to be sure the rack workers closed and locked them. at one rack i had to go to, i had to fill the tank from the top, which meant lowering the arm(??) into the tank, and turning a handle to let the fuel pour out.

but i have to admit, that IS a skinny catwalk, and when it's winter time...oh boy......

 

Rather then talk over the phone to a recruiter when they can spin you all sorts of yarns, i'd personally go in to their depot and take a look around check out the service centre look at the general condition of the trucks get a feel for the attitude of employee's. Does the place look immaculately clean or more like the local tip? these are all tell tail signs of what type of company they really are.

 

tanker is a simple written test, i cannot remember how many questions, but maybe about 20?

sometime too, when pulling dry van, you might get these square tanks in a metal "cage" to haul, i forget thier specific name, and you do need the tanker for that, in a dry van!

i know this to be true, i worked line haul for a LTL company, they knew i had doubles and hazmat, but told me i must have tanker as well..

 

[QUOTE="ChancesRGood, post: 7323937, member: 19867.. not good enough.. they wanted me to walk across the top of a tanker as part of my testing... I dont do things that are wrong or unsafe period[/QUOTE] What is wrong or unsafe about walking across the top of a tanker?

 

Don't get into flatbed work, no tieoffs or railings. Caution and good sense worked pretty well for me.