liquid tanker job

[airgasbob]

any info on these companies? Praxair, Air Products, or Linde. Pay scale or shifts available. Willing to relocate.

[Sheepdancer]

We (JB Hunt) recently have been hired by Praxair to recruit for them. Right now I have nothing open in Mass. The closest would be Memphis. But I fully expect more places to open up for hiring
Payscale. Depends on the area. But for a single driver running local you are looking at 50-70k per year. A few areas run teams regionally, you are looking at 80k -85k per year. Pay is hourly and mileage.
Praxair has some insanely strict qualifications and they wont sway from them one bit. They only want the absolute best drivers with the cleanest records.
25 years of age
Hazmat and tanker endorcements
non smokers only
absolutely no tickets or accidents in the last 3 years
no unemployment in the last 3 years
No misdemeaners or felonies ever
No DWIs ever ( I recently had to turn a driver down whose only offense ever in his life was a dwi in 1969)

If you qualify, shoot me a PM and I will keep your info in case it ever opens in your area

[CaliTrucker]

no unemployment in the last 3 years

hey sheepdancer...just because i work construction right now and am usually laid off in the winter, i am unable to hire on with Praxair?

[Sheepdancer]

No, they wouldnt take you.
Sorrry, I dont work for Praxair. I dont make their hiring policies. Weve just been hired by them to recruit. I guess they feel its such a good high paying job, they can afford to be really picky. Its tough, but I am finding drivers for them. I usually have to weed through about 150 that want the job to find one that qualifies.
I guess I should have been more clear with that....they want 3 complete years of driving OTR in the last 3 years and they really want some of that to be tanker.
Heck, the other day I got a driver that drove for them 5 years, quit a few months ago and wanted to come back. They wouldnt take him back. Supposedly they dont even do rehires.

[robertt]

Mr. Sheepdancer, I don't have the 50 posts so I can't PM you. If you could, would you please e-mail at home with a # I can get ahold of you and give you some info and chat with you, my name is Bob,Thanks. thetayrien3@cox.net

[Sheepdancer]

Here is another example of how strict Praxair is. I had a driver who perfectly qualified, absolutely perfect driving record, everything checked out, way more than enough experience. We OK'd him and sent him to the praxair interview. Basically they didnt like the way he was dressed for the interview. I think he was wearing a bathing suit... Anyway, he didnt get the job.
I have to add that to the list of my qualifications...this should be a no brainer, but DRESS PROFESSIONALLY FOR THE INTERVIEW.

[Truck Driver Dave]

I was looking at praxair, but sheesh, I dont think I can get on with them.. I only have 2.5 yrs driving. So I guess im out too.. Dang it!

[Kurbski]

Sheepdancer wrote: DRESS PROFESSIONALLY FOR THE INTERVIEW.

So..one guy wears a bathing suit and everyone is an idiot? Better reset your relief valve there Sheepdancer

[Cluggy619]

Sheepdancer wrote: DRESS PROFESSIONALLY FOR THE INTERVIEW.

So..one guy wears a bathing suit and everyone is an idiot? Better reset your relief valve there Sheepdancer

Hey pal. I'll have you know that the dances with the farm animals has always treated drivers that way.........

What do you expect from someone in a office who has never driven a truck?

Just do a search out his post....... :wink:

[Sheepdancer]

Sheepdancer wrote: DRESS PROFESSIONALLY FOR THE INTERVIEW.

So..one guy wears a bathing suit and everyone is an idiot? Better reset your relief valve there Sheepdancer

I dont see anywhere in my post where I said everyone, Skippy.
Im sure more drivers when going for an interview for an 80k+ year job would dress professionally. He didnt, and lost out.

[Sheepdancer]

Hey pal. I'll have you know that the dances with the farm animals has always treated drivers that way.........

What do you expect from someone in a office who has never driven a truck?

I dont treat all drivers bad, I treat most of them with respect. This is known by many people on this board who have talked to be off this board.
The only people I treat with disrespect are people like you cluggy. You have done nothing to earn my respect.

I havent ever been a Chef either, but i know bad food when I taste it.
For the record, I have driven a truck and made money at it....just not legally :wink: I have a buddy who owns a manufacturing company in dallas. Many many years ago he had a load that went from dallas to Del Rio. His driver didnt like making long runs because he had testicular cancer. So he would pay me 900 bucks to run the load on the back roads down to del rio. I did this run about once a month for a year. Knowing what I know about the industry today, I would never do anything so stupid like drive a truck without a CDL. But when you are in your 20s and a stuggling college student, when someone offers you 900 bucks for about 24 hours of easy work...you take it.

[Cluggy619]

Hey pal. I'll have you know that the dances with the farm animals has always treated drivers that way.........

What do you expect from someone in a office who has never driven a truck?

I dont treat all drivers bad, I treat most of them with respect. This is known by many people on this board who have talked to be off this board.
The only people I treat with disrespect are people like you cluggy. You have done nothing to earn my respect.

I havent ever been a Chef either, but i know bad food when I taste it.
For the record, I have driven a truck and made money at it....just not legally :wink: I have a buddy who owns a manufacturing company in dallas. Many many years ago he had a load that went from dallas to Del Rio. His driver didnt like making long runs because he had testicular cancer. So he would pay me 900 bucks to run the load on the back roads down to del rio. I did this run about once a month for a year. Knowing what I know about the industry today, I would never do anything so stupid like drive a truck without a CDL. But when you are in your 20s and a stuggling college student, when someone offers you 900 bucks for about 24 hours of easy work...you take it.

Ahh, you mean people who don't agree with you, or your company. Well, for the record, I don't need your respect. And your posting on this board will speak louder than I ever could.

Oh yea, as to your simple attempt of identifying yourself with the drivers on this board. You would have done better not to mention anything. A real driver of today would look at your experience as patheticly lacking. Go pass that BS off on someone else. If you can't verify it, it never happened. But if you want to go with that to state your qualifications as a driver, I worked as a hospital corpsman many years ago, but it doesn't make me a doctor. As most would say, I am missing much of the real world experience along with years of training.

And I would say the same to you as to your "driving experience".

[Sheepdancer]

Ive never tried to indentify myself with drivers on this board, other than we are in the same industry.
You said I have never driven a truck, I just pointed out that I have.
Who cares if its verifyable...its not like I would need it on my resume' for anything.

[Cluggy619]

Ive never tried to indentify myself with drivers on this board, other than we are in the same industry.
You said I have never driven a truck, I just pointed out that I have.
Who cares if its verifyable...its not like I would need it on my resume' for anything.

A laughable responce, at best.

By the way, you should indentify yourself with the janitor. At least he tries to keep things clean. Oh wait....you picked up that paper not too long ago. I guess we can call you a janitor as well.

[Sheepdancer]

I have no problem picking up trash or doing anything else for the corporation I work for. Ive always given my employers 100% and go beyond what they ask of me. This is one of the keys to success in any job someone might have. You would NEVER hear me say to any employer I might have the words, "THAT IS NOT WHAT I WAS HIRED TO DO" or " IM NOT DOING THAT FOR FREE"

how old are you cluggy? 8?

[Kurbski]

Whatever Sheepdander. You Wrote:

I have to add that to the list of my qualifications...this should be a no brainer, but DRESS PROFESSIONALLY FOR THE INTERVIEW.

Your closing remarks are in caps on public forum reiterating a point to the entire forum..not addressing a single individual.
Your words not mine, but I will be happy to call you Craig if you prefer.
OK Sheila?

Skippy

[Sheepdancer]

Again, Corky....I was addressing and explaining the one driver who was stupid enough to wear a bathing suit to a 85K a year job interview...And once again, I wasnt refering to drivers as a group. And DAMN RIGHT from now on anyone I send to an interview for that job I am going to tell them to dress professionally. His non professionalism cost me a lot of money and time. NOW PAY ATTENTION...IM GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN FOR YOU SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEANT. YOU SHOULDNT HAVE TO REMIND ANYONE IN ANY INDUSTRY THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO AN INTERVIEW FOR A HIGH PAYING JOB TO DRESS PROFESSIONALLY.
AGAIN...I wasnt commenting on truck drivers in general.

Sheesh......Are you dating cluggy or something?

[Kurbski]

Like I said Craig, your words not mine. Nope, im not dating Cluggy. Richard Cranium. I mean Sheepdander. Your just full of Praxair and yourself. btw your caps are stuck on again...

Skippy Corky

[BobMack]

I don't know why you guys are ripping on SheepD. He's just telling it like it is. I didn't see in his post that he was pointing fingers at anyone. I'm a supervisor where i work and I do the hiring there also. You'll be surprised what some people would wear for an interview. Anyone with a high school education knows to wear proper clothing for a job interview. If someone showed up wearing a bathing suit for a interview, he doesn't deserve to work for McDonald's as far as I'm concerned.