Tanker owner operators

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I pull gas tankers in nv I think I make good money running under someone else's numbers I'm mt 1/2 the time so the round trip fuel mileage is good

spring summer and fall I'm home everyday in the winter time I'll see ya when I see ya

Not all companies are the same but where I'm at it's a smaller less known company that pays 84% we run on a schedule I've got the same 2 days off every week so the family can make plans

The biggest downside to being a tanker driver for a very long time is when I look at other places to put my truck my expectations are to high

 

I think this is true for all tanker drivers, o/o or a company man. Lol

 

Im a company tanker yanker and just bought a truck to lease onto here and it will be hard going elsewhere if I have to. Tankers pay pretty decent and 90% of the time the customer is happy to see you and you dont get jerked around to unload or load.

 

Do you mind sharing with us the numbers of revenues and Expenses?

 

I will be running 68% of gross revenue of the freight charges plus 100% FSC and detention charges. I run both dry bulk and chemical tankers so the numbers bounce around a lot. Also my truck is spec'd different then my company truck so expense will be a little different. So I dont have any real set numbers but it all looks good on paper and Ive been trying to figure out why it wont be profitable for almost 2 years now so just pulled the trigger in July and the truck should be shipping from Denton Tx this week.

 

I just completed one year with the company I'm leased to and I have enjoyed it thus far. I hauled propane and herbicide the majority of the time and the pay can vary. We are paid on percentage up to 68-69 if I remember right. Herbicide is longer haul in the spring and summer. I've never had a problem with customers. Hauling propane you rarely talk to customers because you unload into bulk tanks, drop your paperwork, and leave. For us the propane is mainly fall into winter, but some companies will haul lpg exclusively. I think a company like Ferrellgas would be a good company to try to lease to if you are interested in Lp.

Home time where I'm at just depends on preference. I just got back from a five week stint hauling a high percentage butane product, but I will start hauling propane around home tomorrow for corn drying. There are ag exemptions too for propane and nh3 that allows us to throw hos out the window during certain times of the year. I'm not sure whether that is actually a pro or con haha.



Cons: Propane is seasonal for me. Herbicide can be extremely busy in the spring and summer then just drop off completely.

 

I'll use oct as an example
There will be 23 days worked this month I make percentage but I'll gross pretty close to 1150 a day

Gross 26450
Expenses
fuel 5000
Def 300
Insurance 1550
Trailer rent 900
Truck payment 2650
Sales tax 235
Oil changes 425
Truck washes 240
Meals and entertainment 300
Cell phone 90
Leaves me 15260 for all the other crap I didn't list

 

Do they hire drivers? If so, out of Vegas or no? I have tanker experience in the Oilfields (water) but no hazmat yet. Would like to get my foot in the door for hazmat tanker before I even decide to be lease op to a company. I see Tanker being one way of owning my dream truck one day (pete 389) lol. Although the volvo 780 isn't too shabby.