Tanker drivers: How did you get into pulling tankers?

Discussion in 'Tanker, Bulk and Dump Trucking Forum' started by superpet39, Apr 2, 2013.

  1. GasHauler

    GasHauler Master FMCSA Interpreter

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    I started riding in gasoline tankers when I was 4 years old. My Father started as a driver and worked his way up to a safety engineer. With all the people I knew for the company it wasn't hard to find a spot. I did have experience and came off of triples when an opening came along. It was the best job I ever had and it's made a good living for my family. But just like the old saying goes " the more you make the more you spend".
     
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    Hauled a belly dump and end dump for company I'm at now...got my hazmat...then helped with our tank drivers here when they were behind sometimes...then one quit , and I got his spot. Voila.
     
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    Well I just called Schneider.
     
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    To resign?
     
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    Haha, nice!!!
     
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    Right out of CDL school, I started with a local gig driving a 10 wheeler roll off (w/transfer trailer) and a 2000 gallon straight vacuum truck pumping concrete wash out . A few years later I found my current company and started running HazMat end dumps and roll offs. They acquired a tanker and had someone else running it, hauling various types of HazMat liquid waste. He moved on to another company and I was fortunate to be entrusted in filling the vacancy since I had previous vacuum experience. Been running almost non stop since. Nothing but Haz waste. Very little waiting to load, but many hours of paid stand-by waiting for the lab sample/analysis before unloading
     
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    Hazmat tanks since day one only person in CDL school to want it right off. But it payed off ,year and change later Im a lot more likely to get a gig over my Swift and CRST counterparts. And I feel Im a better driver for it, surge does strange things to ya. Good Luck!
     
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    Logan76 Crusty In Training

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    started off with hauling well water, flowback, freshwater, and produced water...then I moved to hazmat tanks and now I haul food grade liquid sweetners.
     
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    Try Dupre, if you have a decent record they will pick you up with no tanker exp
     
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    How are they? I see you guys on I90 all the time