Question about pays and endorsements

Depends on your company. Most do a hazmat load pay, or sell you some bs line about hazmat makng you more versatile and paying for itself.

 

Hazmat is pretty useless although when i worked for jb #### and dot foods it was required (I guess I shouldn't say useless, if you're a fuel/chemcial guy you definitely need it) Never thought i would ever use my doubles/triples until I came to my current company where I was a shuttle driver for a bit.

Also have my twic card but I might as well rip that up. I did some port work for my dads company once and never again. Port workers are all scumbags who can die slow painful deaths for all i care, they treat you like garbage.

My hazmat experied a few months ago, dont see myself renewing it anytime soon. Have tankers and never used that one yet

 

I don't see where Hogan does Hazmat, double/tripples, or tanks. They'er a dry box and refer outfit? As such why would you expect to get paid more by them for the endorsements?

 

You would think the jewelry on the CDL will cause your pay to "Stack" as you call it. But reality is that you will probably haul that Hazmat just the same as regular potato chips or whatever is normal pay. Hazmat is particularly unforgiving and you rightly should explore companies who might toss in a little extra for the hassle.

Tank and doubles etc have their own differences in pay, but overall you will come out nearly the same each week. Just a matter of how much physical work you want to put in depending on what you haul.

I have done very well with hazmat and they paid me the same as any other freight. If there was a problem it was one particular dispatcher in Baltimore who gave me a hard time for bypassing the city on the keybridge delaying his problems another 40 minutes or so. He roared. I settled that permanently. I don't mind a little yelling, but for the money, they can roar at some other chump. lol.

 

Why volunteer to be excluded from some freight? Get any endorsement you can. EVERY question and answer are available online (here and Trucker Country).