There’s a big difference between having driving experience but no tanker experience and not having driving experience and no tanker experience. I think you glossed over that. If you’re new to driving, the only company I know of that will train for tanker is Schneider. Now if you have driving experience that’s a whole different story. A clean driving record helps especially if you want to do hazmat tanker work. TWIC card is also helpful to have. If you go in already prepared that shows initiative and interest and most companies will be willing to train you. The last thing I’d say is pretend you’re hauling tanker and drive like it. That means things like looking way further ahead than you probably are when pulling a van or skateboard. Slowing down more for curves and corners. Ultra smooth shifting and acceleration and braking. Habits developed now will most certainly carry over and follow you. I did smooth bore doubles and I absolutely loved tanker work, but it’s not for everyone. It sharpened my driving skills to a whole new level. Just know there is some tanker work where you don’t get second chances and the margin for error is slim to none.

@TruckingwithDev

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback bud but I will have to say you are correct to an extent there is plenty of companies desperate for drivers and they’ll train you for either or. It’s just all about applying yourself🤘🏽

@MantimeHustle

10 ай бұрын

Spot on man I’m switching from skateboarding OTR for the past few years and I’m going local. Needless to say I know I need to slow it down and drive like a grandpa for now on bc this outfit I’ll be pulling crude oil for is said to not give second chances 🤷🏾‍♂️

@paulhernandez8697

Ай бұрын

I'm tryna become a fuel hauler to be at home more and still make good money I'm from California do you know how the hazmat process is and how to go about it?

@Unduplicatable

28 күн бұрын

If you move the right hazmat, you don't have to worry about whether they offer second chances or not because chances are you'll be dead anyway.

@goxyeagle8446

28 күн бұрын

I totally disagree. I have 12 years of experience and no tanker experience resulting no company willing to hire me.

thanks for the video, I got some kind of of idea on where to start

Dev the man, I tried reaching out to you via email twice and no response. The ambition I have within me to be a tanker driver is unique and like no other. Safety is the most important thing to me and that is one thing I don’t play with. Add that to my strong work ethic to get the job done, ambition to get a tanker job and succeed in that role, and dependability to get the job done, you got yourself a hell of a driver. You said you’d help me get a tanker job with no experience, is that offer still up?

@sappy4happy448, you hit the nail right on the head. You're dead on & I love the last part. No second chances and the margin for error; "slim to none." There was a driver I remembered who worked for P hauling fuel. Unfortunately, it went BAD as he tried to over correct when someone cut him off. The tanker he was driving hit the guard railing as tried to avoid them. Long story short, whenever diesel ignite it's like lava from an volcano. He crashed and his load of It burned down most a bridge. It was somewhere near in Tampa, but I want to say Tampa. This was like over 20+ years ago.

I’ve got 38 years driving experience, 15 as an owner operator. Pulled everything but a tanker. Got hazmat, tanker, Twic etc and NOT ONE company I’ve talked to will take you without TANKER experience. I’m NOT selling my truck and trailer to apply for Prime or Schneider to pull a fricken tanker. This video is rattling BS. 👎

@trctay6213

Ай бұрын

Checkout Penn Tanks the have a few owners. However, KAG which is Kenan Advantage Group have plenty owners. When I ran for Pilot I sold my truck a few months after I started. If I knew, what I knew now then, before I sold my truck I could've put two drivers in it. There was a Kenan driver I met back in the day had like 10 trucks. Live and learn. 😅

@goxyeagle8446

28 күн бұрын

Absolutely right. I have 12 years of experience and they don't wanna hire me.

I received my licenses through a school ---- two weeks. Took the test and passed 1 time. I am fully endorsed EXCEPT for triple and doubles. Lately, applying but getting turned down for opportunities. drove school bus for 10 years and upgraded my license to A. Did driveaway for 6 years OTR - Bobtail of commercial vehicles deliveries (no trailer). Just tryna get in without having to go OTR. thank you for sharing information.

@DecrepitBiden

7 күн бұрын

Try LTL delivery & pickup, like Saia, Estes, R+L. Deliver groceries for ALDI (Sharp Transit pays $26/hr), Publix, Kroger. Haul postal mail for USPS (Postal Fleet Services, Pat Salmon), or UPS, FedEx. You don't really go OTR with postal mail, maybe out 3-4 days as team. I ran team from Memphis to SLC & back. Stay in my motel for 3 days, repeat. Cryogenic probably won't take you (Linde, Air Products, Airgas, Air Liquide).

I drove public transit for a few years then left to get my class A after my bus got shot up a couple times. I was able to get a get a class A postilion hauling fuel

@Love11904

15 күн бұрын

Did you like bus driving besides that part

@BornYooper

14 күн бұрын

@@Love11904 It was fine until covid hit... I left after my bus got shot up for the 2nd time.

@Love11904

14 күн бұрын

@@BornYooper Wow…well I’m glad everything worked out for you

Ive had my tanker hazmat clean background no tickets for 2yrs 😢 i havnt found a company that will take me yet 😢 i will keep looking 😊

@DreScope

8 ай бұрын

What state you live in ?

@eliz9574

8 ай бұрын

Texas

@DreScope

8 ай бұрын

@@eliz9574 try Andrews Logistics

@Luis-iw7om

8 ай бұрын

Bro where are you looking i literally started driving vacuum truck at 19 in south texas im 21 now and looking to be an owner op soon

@Nor_CALi

7 ай бұрын

@@Luis-iw7omI thought you had to be 21 to drive a class A

Bro said a whole bunch of nothing

@tymon3y

3 ай бұрын

These ppl are weird just want attention instead of helping ppl. A lot of gatekeeping.

Help me out. Class a with x,t Endorsement no restrictions. I only have 5 months straight truck experience. I want to find a job as a oilfield cdl driver.

Company's saying no to new cdl holders with all endorsement

Do one about Hazmat disqualifications Brotha, I am testing for my hazmat tomorrow, the TSA FBi background check is worry some part with my past felonies in the past 9 years ago but it still worries me 😬

@TruckingwithDev

13 күн бұрын

No doubt will do brotha and the best of luck to you on your test 🙏🏾😎 Email-TruckingwithDev@gmail.com

Hey man i got a question thats been on my mind for some time. so, ive been a class a driver for a year and a half and ive been applying to all hazmat tanker jobs that i met the minimum qualifications. i have all my endorsements and twic. i was wondering if i were to get a class b fuel tanker job driving a bobtail for 6 months or a year then going back to class a jobs, would that increase my chances of landing a class a tanker job or should i stay pulling 53ft refer trailers and waiting? any advice?

@TruckingwithDev

9 ай бұрын

That will give you some sort of tanker experience yes sir I would go for it🤘🏽

Trucking experience in general or just tanker experience? Two completely different concepts. If you don't have trucking experience at all, go to a driving school or get on with a major carrier that will do the training in house and put in your time as an over the road driver. It sucks, but it's the only sure fire way if you have no other way to break into the industry. I don't recommend tanker as a first job because there are too many other things to learn that you don't need to be worrying about when you're still learning to drive. Any tanker job is going to come with a LOT of product specific knowledge required. Learn to drive the truck first, then worry about that. After a couple of years of driving experience, the easiest way into tanker work is hauling fuel. They're always hiring and mostly your only competition is from other fuel drivers in the area moving around between companies. If your record is clean and you've got the proper endorsements, someone will hire you.

Nowadays they want experience before the pandemic you didn’t need any. No point of hauling tankers or fuel if you not doing it local. Unless you want to work for low paying job that pays 25-29 dollars an hour. And a lot of these companies make you sign a no competition contract if you quit you can’t go to another fuel hauling company. I wouldn’t haul anything under 34 dollars an hour. Especially minimum wage here in Cali is already $20 and you want me to haul a bomb for $25-29 ??? Especially what’s at stake with all the other stress and complications of truck driving has. Hell to the no !

@drzebra

2 ай бұрын

Huh? I hauled fuel for 10 years for four companies and never signed a non-compete or heard of anyone else signing one. It's extremely common for drivers to move around between companies.

I have one year experience driving local van but no experience with tankers I have hazmat, tanker and doubles and triples where can I apply in Chattanooga TN?

@Roaddog223

6 ай бұрын

Eagle transport or pilot

@Roaddog223

6 ай бұрын

Eagle transport is hiring rn on indeed if you went to a truck driving school call and have them reach out to the job for you after you apply

@saullopez3544

6 ай бұрын

Thanks I will apply

Get to the point!!!!!

@TruckingwithDev

Жыл бұрын

I’m getting there hold on… lol

@Badagendas

Жыл бұрын

Lmao

@ProdNapoleon

11 ай бұрын

Don’t get your cdl you’d be a dangerous driver if you’re impatient over a video that’s less than 10 mins 😂

@whyworkwhenicanrap6830

10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@whyworkwhenicanrap6830

10 ай бұрын

@@ProdNapoleonyea that’s true shit I’m waiting now

Living in Texas I can get the endorsement but they require applied skills besides written test I'm not sure how to get tanker but I want tanker endorsement

@danthonydavis24

4 ай бұрын

I live in Texas too Houston, and I just passed my tanker yesterday bro it’s easy it’s an $11 computer test at dps no eldt test needed and it’s a 20 question pretty easy test

Do you enjoy the job also is it easy?? I’m a noob I’m trying to get my class a right now

@TruckingwithDev

9 ай бұрын

It all depends on what your looking to get out of it🤘🏽

I'm from Nigeria and I need a tanker driver job, how do I go about it

@TruckingwithDev

10 ай бұрын

Regular tanker job or hazmat? And what area you looking to run in?

@kelechinwadigo3260

10 ай бұрын

NY

@kelechinwadigo3260

10 ай бұрын

Tanker and hazmat

@whyworkwhenicanrap6830

10 ай бұрын

@@TruckingwithDevI’m in Texas

@paulc652

8 ай бұрын

@@whyworkwhenicanrap6830 OMG the irony of that name while inquiring about driving job tips, got me grinning ear to ear lol

without a year of semi experience you won't get a tanker job, unless you go through Schnieder or Prime .

What’s up bro? Do you any companies that don’t pull hair?

@Roaddog223

6 ай бұрын

Aye man stop doing drugs for 3 months and apply if you can’t then don’t get hazmat or tanker jobs

How do I get a class a tanker job with no class a experience? I have a year + of 4500-4700g tank wagon experience, twic, (tanker, hazmat, doubles and triples endorsements), clean record, carded for motiva, Valero, and citgo, port id etc. Not sure how to get out of the pigeon hole. Any recommendation? Would prefer not over the road.

@Lonewolf_1776

6 ай бұрын

Get your hazmat and move to TX, UT or ND and no auto restriction

@drzebra

2 ай бұрын

If your current employer runs both class a and tank wagons, I'd think that they'd be your easiest path.

whats the name of the company you work for?

@jayb2026

2 ай бұрын

That part lol… bruh he never said the company did he lol…. It’s alright I know you trying to sound like you know but… you have video evidence (KZread) that you don’t but thanks for the great words 😂

@edwardcastillo8414

2 ай бұрын

@@jayb2026 ?

I have been driving for 2 year and half years. I have my 3 endorsements that is needed. I also wamt to get my TWIC card. I really want to work for a petroleum company. Im in the Florida area and want to work local amd use my endorsements. If you know anyone of anything to help it would be a blessing because I'm not working... thank you

@c.j.primeaux3531

5 ай бұрын

Get the TWIC, don’t procrastinate just get it. I’m in Florida as well and just hit one year of class A experience this month and I was just offered a tanker job with Eagle Transport. I have no Tanker experience.

@popclutch_100

5 ай бұрын

@@c.j.primeaux3531 where in florida are you and is Eagle Eagle hiring?

@c.j.primeaux3531

5 ай бұрын

@@popclutch_100 I’m in central Florida just outside of Orlando. They are hiring but you need the TWIC.

@popclutch_100

5 ай бұрын

@@c.j.primeaux3531 I'm in Jacksonville FL. Thank you for telling me that. I'll definitely check out to get my TWIC card buddy.

@popclutch_100

5 ай бұрын

@@c.j.primeaux3531 thank you for telling me about Eagle distribution website. If you know any other companies please let me know sir!

What truck school you went to????

@TruckingwithDev

11 ай бұрын

No truck school self taught 🤜🏽🤛🏽

@MantimeHustle

10 ай бұрын

@@TruckingwithDev last of a dying breed 💯💪🏾✌🏾

What’s the name of your company? I’m out here in west Texas

@AP-ck3li

11 ай бұрын

He’s dead driving the tanker

@TruckingwithDev

11 ай бұрын

@@AP-ck3li negative

@TruckingwithDev

11 ай бұрын

Email me

@MantimeHustle

10 ай бұрын

I live in central Texas San Antonio area there’s a few local crude oil company’s that always hire in the area but only one will train you with no tanker experience. Still need two years of Cdl A driving exp tho and acceptable mvr. I know cause I just got on ✌🏾

So what’s the tip? Video full of BS. I got 38 years experience, 15 as owner operator, twice, hazmat, tanker, pulled everything but a tanker, and absolutely NO company I’ve talked to will hire to pull tankers without TANKER experience. And I’m NOT selling my truck and applying for PRIME or Schneider to get to pull a fricken tank. 👎

@TruckingwithDev Dev im still ambitious about being a tanker driver, lmk what you got!