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  1. Jan 22, 2017 #11
    tjane73

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    I pull dry..I can wait till may then get a job with my sister which pulls flatbed hauling steel coils. Home everyday and off weekends. But no insurance..I'm just stuck here, my bills pulling up with no way out..lol..never felt so dang depressed in my life
     
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  3. Jan 22, 2017 #12
    tjane73

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    You forget it on sometimes..
     
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  4. Jan 22, 2017 #13
    Chinatown

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    Go with a tanker company then. Most tanker drivers take home over a thousand a week. There's drivers with Trimac Transportation, that run coast to coast, making over $100K per year.
     
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  5. Jan 22, 2017 #14
    street beater

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    Im gonna bow out now. Best of luck.
     
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  7. Jan 22, 2017 #15
    tjane73

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    They seem to want experience but if no one will train u..what are ya gonna do? I'm not going back to Prime to get experience in tankers..lol
     
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  8. Jan 22, 2017 #16
    Chinatown

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    You need driving experience, not tanker experience. Tanker outfits will take reefer, flatbed, van, etc. drivers then you learn tankers during orientation/tanker training. You get paid for all that also.
    Beelman is big in your area.Don't know how big their paychecks are.The good money is hazmat.
    Trimac Transportation
    Girton Propane Service
    Continental Carbonic - liquid dry ice
    Schilli Corporation
    Praxair
    Air Liquide
    Loves Travel Centers - tankers hauling DEF or diesel to their truck stops. Must apply online.
    Plenty more; maybe some other drivers will contribute.
     
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    Chinatown, Jan 22, 2017
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  9. Jan 22, 2017 #17
    tjane73

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    Really? Thank u..actually just pulled their website up. I've gotten a few people telling me what I need to do but I've taken their advise and it generally end up failing for me. Being 43yrs old you'd think I'd know better..lol. but starting all over again, needing to start retirement accounts won't happen on what little I get paid right now..I would stay out but for $400- $600 a week is not worth not being able to go visit my children and grandbaby. I can't even afford to go see them..thank you
     
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  10. Jan 22, 2017 #18
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    If his truck is set up like mine, I can set the cruise and it has the jakes kick on at either 3mph or 6mph above the cruise setting. It's always held the speed I want on most grades, give or take a couple mph. If it climbs too high, I stab brake to slow it down and switch to manual jake control. As a side note, I'm not flying down hills doing 70, I'm typically doing right around the recommended speed.
     
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  11. Jan 22, 2017 #19
    Chinatown

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    Get a TWIC ID Card. Most tanker companies require this. Some want you to already have it when they hire you and some will pay for it after hiring. TWIC is for entry to chemical plants, military bases, rail yards, sea ports. Google for nearest TWIC office.
     
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  12. Jan 22, 2017 #20
    tjane73

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    Well, that exactly what I do..mine usually will hit about 67 to 68 with the cruise on of course depending what the grade and what I weigh..but like I say..and if someone says they've never done it is lying..you look down, notice you're going a little too fast and tap the break to knock off the cruise...it don't matter about that company anyway..it didn't leave with anything bad on my report..never have with anywhere I've worked.
     
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