The Fuel Hauler Thread

Yea we have a bunch of “Special” customers that. 1. Order to 100 Percent. 2. English isn’t their 1st language, or even a language they speak smh. 3. Park their cars on top of the fills and think I won’t drive off. 4. (My personal favorite) Puts a food truck right in front of the fills that I have to shut down and the owner can’t understand that fuel deliveries and dumbashes do not mix. 5.Lastly Half of them don’t know where/what box is/does and just expect me to wander and find it.
And speaking of special, the public has gotten especially short bus. Almost got into a fist fight on the 6th cause some idiot did a full 360 and ran my cones over and almost backed over to my fill and attempted to ignore me cause he needed air and was late for work. Took picture of my unit like I was the one that was crazy

 

Ashley is still here. She was promoted and now works as the boss of the other recruiters, or so I presume.

 

Ah, that's good to know. Lately I've decided to call in and inquire before putting in app. I'm still trapped in a non HAZMat area. So a move, plus divesting myself of non essentials would be first priority.


Strangely enough, haven't been finding any Loves/Gemini openings in Amarillo or Lubbock. Two places not so far from me to wear I can actually easily move to whilst not quitting the current job.

 

Don't know why you would call them without applying first, because the first question they're going to ask you as they did for me is if you have applied yet, shows you aren't serious if you haven't.

Texas is one of the most competitive markets, they're not going to spend time answering questions for non serious people when they're getting hundreds of applications for one job posting. If you have questions you can ask me or Taylor.

 

Biggest thing keeping me from applying is not finding housing in the respective area before moving out there. I've put apps in before, but I also don't want to have to refuse the offer due to not having found a place yet.

Of course the whole move/relocation thing is another issue that deserves its own thread.

That said, the whole food grade thing has gotten tiring and I just want to get back to sleeping in my own bed and playing with my trains everyday. Was local prior to 2020 and want to get back to having some of life outside of work. New Mexico has gotten on my last nerve as well.

 

Why would I waste my time applying if I don’t know anything about the job yet?

 

To be frank, since you don't have fuel hauling experience in such a competitive market, your best bet to to spend time at a loves until you can meet a driver, introduce yourself, get to know him, and get a referral to his regional manager. Anything short of that is most likely a waste of time, you're at the bottom of a barrel of applicants without a referral or experience.

 

Because the internet can tell you more or less everything about such a large nationwide company if you put in the effort to do research and ask questions to current employees before you apply?

Pretty dumb at this day and age to take everything any recruiter from any company as gospel.

 

Did talk to a loves driver at the Loves in Clovis. Thought I had it down. Then he left me in the lurch.


No way to get experience unless I go out and get it from some place else I suppose(Coastal, Groendyke, United Petroleum). 12 years of food grade tanking seems like time wasted now. Not discounting what you're saying. But it's definitely a gut buster to the whole "getting more out of this line of work".


But first and foremost, got to get out of this town and don't look back. Luckily I'm kind of a hermit here. So won't be noticed.

 

Don't get me wrong, tanker experience is helpful. But you're only above the dryvan/non tanker applicants. Thats it. If you're willing to move anywhere to get your foot in the door of Gemini that will also help, as well as being open to the idea of taking DEF or regional freight positions.

Expressing both of the above to the recruiter will set you apart. The reality is that country wide the fuel hauling market is much harder to get into vs 3/4 years ago.