Tanker driver advice needed

Here's 3 that hire new drivers for tanker:

Schneider
SVTN
CTL (Comcar website)

You shouldn't have any problem finding a local fuel hauling job after a few months with one of these companies.

 

If you put in 6 months at an OTR company thatll start opening up doors, look at small companies too. Tanks are a good gig, its interesting.

 

Don't let those signs that say 2 years experience required scare you off. Apply anyway....if you want tanker , try and research fuel companies that are local to you , then spend some time and shoe leather going to those terminals and talk to them.....IN PERSON....believe it or not the "old fashioned" way of getting hired still does work , talking to a man about what you are looking for , what you are prepared to do to learn the job , and what you can do for him. This thing about applying only on-line is just a way for them to weed folks out with-out facing them...I would much sooner hire a driver that not only takes the time and expends the effort to come to my place and talk about the job I have to offer , than sit and go through resumes on a screen....if I had to choose between 2 candidates..the one that came to talk to me would get the nod 1st. That local job is there ..all you need to is go ask for it. Good luck!

 

Another industry you might consider in your area is milk. (Yep....MILK) There are several companies in West Texas that transport milk from farms to plants or from plant to plant and they pay very well. You'll be home a lot more and have the option to run local (farm to plant) or long haul (plant to plant) and usually stay in Texas all the time. Try these companies.
Ruan Transport
Western Dairy Transport
Great Wide
Lone Star Milk Transport
There are tons of small companies out there, most based in Dallas/Portales, NM as well.
Milk is 7 days a week/365 days a year so there is always plenty of work and not subject to lay offs or seasonality.

 

No experience and wanting to pull tankers locally. Hmm, try an environmental company or a septic pumping company. They will take you. Its about getting the experience right. Im tired of seeing people say go otr, thats the only way to get any kind of experience. Thats bs. If you dont live in bfe out in the middle of nowhere, im sure there are local companies that will hire a licensed driver. Just try applying. Some companies will hire you and train you the way they want you to do things. Thats a plus for hiring an amateur.

 

Have you thought of hauling raw milk? I have been doing it for 8 years and love it! I work holidays and weekends but that just comes with the job.. Home every night and good pay.. just a thought for ya