Tanker trailers are more expensive to own and maintain than your average boxvan or open deck. Insurance and liability is exponentially more expensive as well. I don't know about the food grade side, but with hazmat tanker, a lot of customers require a certain level of guaranteed reliability in the means of dedicated pool trailers that a single truck can't provide. Most owner/ops will find a company they like with access to good freight and lease on. There are also tanker companies that are purely O/O.
It's not impossible to go it on your own, but it's not so much an uphill battle as it is a cliff face.
Tankers the way to go?
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Mohtrucker, Oct 22, 2019.
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Way to many variables and different loads to just have one trailer.Mohtrucker, tscottme and Crude Truckin' Thank this. -
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Does chemical tanker work slow down during this time of year? I know most work slows down around winter but I mean do you experience a drastic slowdown?
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For us it’s usually January and some of February. But there is still work.
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But out our yard we do a lot of deicer to both O'Hare and Midway airports.
We haul runway and wing deicer.
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