Question / Advice & Direction Please --

first thank you and your husband so much for his service. i cant help with specific info but i can say this... look for tanker companies, or if they say no then bigger companies with tanker division (schneider has one). while you are sort of correct about the whole experience thing, there may be companies that would consider hiring him based on the fact that he really does have experience..once he graduates the school of course. only thing to do is to apply to those companies that interest him...worst that can happen is they say not til he has more experience. but dont just assume that his experience will be ignored by all potential employers. give a few good ones that you find a try... if they say no he can always work for one of the mills for 6 months to a year, and try again for the companies he really wants.

 

No problem, especially being a military veteran trucker. For a guy like your husband, many companies will waive the experience required rule. On the applications or pre-hire, note you are willing to relocate. The websites will show where the terminals are located. Includse a resume of his military driving experience. Here's a list of good companies:


Foodliner ( 3 tanker divsions)trans-system (tanker/reefer/flatbed)
Miller Transporters
Thyssenkrupp Steel-(tanker & flatbed)
Tankstar
A&R Transport
Quality Distribution
Indian River Transport
CTLtransportation
Tribe Transport (tanker division)
Bulkmatic
Superior-Carriers
Pyles Transport - Nashville, TN
Groendyke

 

glad it was some help. please be advised i have no personal experience with schneider, i just happened to know they have tankers. i think your husband can PROBABLY do better than a starter company like schneider, given his military experience. perhaps im wrong, but id START with companies that require experience, and only go to companies like schneider if at least a few of the better paying, experience required, companies had already turned him down.

 

I am very impressed with the wealth of information you supplied, also the detail and level of experience your husband currently has in transportation with hazardous materials, and flammables, in conjunction with his needed endorsements. My experience and majority of twenty years in a tanker truck, nine of which was delivering Chevron fuels to gas stations. Local work and home every night. However, I would have to drive an average of 5, 6 or 8 hours a day, depending on which refinery or pipeline terminal in California we would load at. Your in Virginia, so I'm not privy to the refinery availability in the eastern states. Generally speaking gasoline and diesel products are more centralized in certain locales for optimal on time deliveries. Over the road tanker jobs are plentiful if he chose that path. His experience with flammables, coupled with his endorsments and tsa clearances. His actual driving experience, or lack thereof will be a minor speed bump, as long as his driving record in good rating. I thank your husband for his service, and your sacrifice as well. God Bless

 

Start looking at companys that haul fuel to your local gas stations. Almost all them these days are contracted trucking companys to oil companys. He should have no problem getting on with one.

Even with a class B he could run a wet hose truck fueling job site equipment and local trucking companys trucks.

 

I'll 2nd the THANKS ON YOUR SERVICE......If you want , you can research tanker companies in Greensboro, NC, there is a huge tank farm facility there that is just off interstate 40. close to the airport. Not sure where you are in Va. but NC is a great place to live and the Greensboro triad area is one of the nicest areas I know of . Good Luck!

 

If you all want to move back to Texas, there are plenty of oil field driving jobs available. You can see many of them pulling tankers. I can't give you specific company names, but you could probably check the Texas State Employment office and they would probably be able to direct you. Most states have all their job postings listed on line. If you can't access it from your own computer, you might have your husband find a local state employment office and find the Texas State Employment Office jobs. I seem to recall that Schneider was doing some tanker work out of Texas. Good luck.