The Cryo Hauler Thread

"A dream. It's perfect": Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America

 

Air Products has multiple team openings at different locations. But as I see the trucks alot. I dont get how two people could get along in such a tiny truck. The bed is right behind the seats. And there isn't enough storage room in the sleeper area. The trucks don't even have cabinets to hang uniforms in. And those freightliners have a short wheel base. So you will fell every bump in the road.

But Linde runs full size sleepers so at least the bunk is a step away from the seats. And you have more storage space. Possibly even space for a fridge.

I understand why AP has small trucks and aluminum frames. All they think about is hauling more payload. Not driver comfort. I just couldn't run teams in a truck like that. Or any truck at all. Im with no teaming and no slip seating. Just like to run solo in a truck that no one operates besides me. Because some drivers are nasty and don't clean up behind themselves.

 

This is FAN - TAS - TIC news....THNX MUCH for posting!!!

-- L

 

Argon is the cash cow, not helium..

Fake news is fake news.

\Nobody is running out of Noble gases, we just can't separate it enough where it's needed.

Takes energy to separate air into liquid, the gasses we haul, so you better have a nuke plant around where it's seperated. When you pump it onsite, thermal energy pressurizes it into a uselful product....Thermal transfer boys and women, that's all we do.

The air in Earth's atmosphere is made up of approximately 78 percent nitrogen and 21 percent oxygen. Air also has small amounts of other gases, too, such as carbon dioxide, neon, argon and hydrogen.

 

We've ratified a new contract w Linde here in MN.
All hourly w OT after 10.
39.55 per hour this year.

 

Portland just got theirs. $5.50 over 4 years. Plus the abiltiy to bank 40 hours of sick time up to 40 days, 320 hours max. Holiday hourly pay matching all hours worked. .05 an hour increase on pension contributions(Still dont understand that part) and if you give notice to leave the company, you can cash out your banked sick leave.
Pay increases are
04/04/2024 $2,25
04/07/2025 $$1.00
04/06/2026 $1.00
04/05/2027 $1.25
$29.50-35 per hour
Top out, I believe, will be $35.00

 

We got 48 hrs of pto..
Top out at just under 44

 

That's around what your guys up here get.
I'd have thought w the cost of living in Cal that it would be like 50 per hour.
Your guys like our bump since that's what they will base the raise on I guess