Superior Carriers 2013-2014

High Point

 

Managed to get my trailer to pass inspection Tuesday. Got another load right back. This trailer is dirtier than the last one. Spent 1.5 hours on top of it before it swabbed clean. Wish me luck in the morning.

 

We had more trouble with the other tank washes. Last one I had rejected flunked twice. At least this way we get to do the final prep. That is better to me than not knowing until it's rejected. Since I got my pole set up only the first one was rejected and I should have worked on it a little longer.

 

Whoo hoo !!

Trailer passed getting loaded now

 

Extremely. On the positive side they do a great job of buttoning up the tank so you don't get a leak. They pressure test from the bottom on inspection and from the top after loading. I have had them change a clean out cap gasket after loading because it failed the pressure test. That would have been a leak you would have been dealing with down the road.

08/09-08/11

Got home Saturday afternoon with about 7 hours left on my 70. Last week was good. It will be around a $1700 gross check. Not bad for only sleeping in the truck 4 nights.

Next week I will only get 1 load. Heading back down to Plaquemine Tuesday for a Wednesday morning load. Got a wedding to go to Saturday and will take my son back to college Sunday.

 

8/12-8/17

Wound up getting the trailer rejected so it took 9 hours to get loaded. I spent 45 minutes swabbing it with my pole set up early in the trip. It was raining when I parked for the night so I wasn't able to do it a second time. This one wasn't as dirty as the one last week so I thought it would be good.

Realize dirty is a relative term. These tanks are clean and were it not for a white rag test would be loaded anywhere else in the country. All the tank wash did to "clean" it was swab the tank again and reseal it. Oh well. I was only going to get 1 load this week anyway after asking for Saturday and Sunday off so it just made for another $120 in next weeks check.

I got home around noon Friday and don't go back out until early Tuesday morning when I run up to N Chicago to grab a liquid zag load. I will have one of those white fiberglass tanks if you see me.

 

Are you with Superior or Schnieder? I believe I washed out once at that Qualawash a few years ago.