I think you are talking about common sense, which obviously a lot of people lack. You can also call it plain stupidity. I learned on a curtainside trailer, which is basically a flatbed. I will not argue with you, but anyone can start anywhere and make it a career in trucking. Just like ethos said. If I am provided with the necessary training I will make it. It's not rocket science, it's trucking.
Tankers the Schneider way
Discussion in 'Tanker, Bulk and Dump Trucking Forum' started by Tardis, Dec 8, 2011.
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As of right now my student and I are at the J in Casper,WY heading to Blaine, WA, so that is pretty far west and north.
I do have a respirator and the fit is checked every year. Not sure how hard one needs to train with a respirator, if you need it you just put it on. Not all that complicated.
Actually only 30% of our loads are hazmat, national average. As far as a neutralizing agent I have no idea what you are talking about and I doubt any other driver to include yourself carried enough neutralizing agent around to help them all that much. You can't be prepared for everything. What I do is just not spill and so far it has been working.
I think you said something about securing a load and I agree that is why I teach my students to make sure the valves are closed, wash out caps tight and the dome lid secured. Seems to be working.
As far as every driver needing to drive a straight and then a combination and so on. That is a fantasy land that honesty doesn't even need to happen. I train brand new out of school drivers to pull a tanker and I do it without fear. -
But I have done OSHA training before and without my vivid imagination and schizophrenia I might have been bored to death. Other than yes it saved my life and all. -
You also need to examine your safety statistics. The most dangerous time for a new driver is from years 3-10 after they lose that initial fear and become comfortable driving large trucks. Most rollovers happen to experienced drivers not rookies. The rookie is more likely to back into another truck in the truck stop but the guy with 5+ years experience is more likely to have the catastrophic wreck. -
And just how much training does one get in a few short weeks driving a van let alone a live load? -
I did it the old school way... Non cdl straight truck to bobtail to dump truck/transfers to full blown gasoline truck and trailers
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As for the experience in vans picking up bad habits.. Gee I guess those bad habits that I picked up vanished when I started doing 14 ft wide, 15'8" high , 110 long loads.and over 160,000 lb loads. If when I was being trained if I expressed any aggressive driving, I would have got the crap knocked out of me, and tossed out the window by my trainer. But then they taught you how to drive truck.. And we had fun doing it. Are you having fun? Doubt it.Last edited: Sep 12, 2013
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There is nothing special about delivering hazmat, you put on your proper PPE and get it done. It's not all that different from any other delivery. Making it sound harder than it is doesn't make it so. Safety is common sense. Which can be lacking.
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