What slows down you gas haulers

You can get loaded in 15-20 minutes if everything works out right. Most hang ups are lines at the rack or getting load numbers that don’t work.

 

I get paid by the hour and really don't care what slows me down, honestly, but I'm probably the exception. Lose the most time at the loading racks for sure though. Have books and Netflix to pass the time. Traffic is never really that bad here in St Louis but imagine that could be a hindrance in a place like Chicago or the northeast

 

It all depends. If you have to use 3 different load numbers for different products and have to card In and out after every product you’ll be there awhile. If you have a straight load of diesel and one load number, it goes really quick. I always kept a notepad with each compartment numbered and how many gallons I was putting in that compartment

 

I can be in the rack and gate to gate under 20 minutes if I’m the only truck in there. Once you get into a station it takes anywhere from 30-45 to unload. If you have a full load of one product it’ll take the longest. I do a lot of wet hose work now so I only unload at a station what i don’t use at the end of my route.

 

Some times I have to wait a few minuets for a airplane to get fueled up and move out of the way.

 

Like its been said before the rack can slow you down. Once you get in to load should take no more than 30 mins to load. The first couple of months will be a learning curve just figuring out best ways in and out of gas stations and learning where the veeder root is and getting a strap chart. I also had a little note book of key details for each stop. Some id do daily but others i may only haul once a month so it was handy. And if you load from several racks it may take 2 months to get carded and always remember your TWIC pin number.