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JeffTheTerrible · Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 736

Nothing more I can really add. You already have driving experience, so you know how to operate the truck, and all. It's just not something I'd recommend for someone who has just started driving, when they'd still be in the process of getting the basics down.
Just keep in mind what you're pulling behind you at all times, and play it safe.
As for me, my first tanker experience was a 10 wheel straight truck, hauling water to job sites and spraying it to keep dust from being kicked up, and I'd occasionally have to drive the tack truck to get refilled (but the site foreman always did the actual tacking himself). From there, I moved to a 10 wheel dairy tanker, doing local runs, and then I moved up to doing regional food grade runs in an 18 wheeler. After that, the only other time I've driven a tank since was when I had to move a HEMMT refueling vehicle from the Defense Supply Center in Richmond to Fort Pickett (also in Virginia), because all the 88M personnel were either deployed to Irak, or else were E-1s fresh out of basic, and neither the Regular Army nor the National Guard had any personnel to send. That's also the only time I ever drove a chemical tank.

convoykris · Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 10 Location: denver

I pulled drybulk cement tankers in Utah and Colorado. 80% off road in snowy canyons, mountains, and cliffs, the rest was on long snowy roads to get to the offroad locations. barely a person around. negative 40 degrees everyday with wind.
mountain roads with less than 1 foot clearance on each side. mud, you name. it was fun stuff. i drove in convoys with other trucks. sometimes acid tankers, water trucks, mixers, etc.
i loved it off road. i just hated the company i worked for, and the labor i did.
but the driving in the snow was so much fun. to chain up and slide around. it was scary at times cause i knew if i made one mistake, it was a long way down and Id be dead. but it was the thrill of the ride that made it fun.
spent a lot of time creeping in low low gear, but also a lot of time hauling at about 35 mph around those snowy canyon passes.

i also drove a teeny bit in NYC dry bulk cement. city driving was easy but Im not a fan of the east coast.

any specific questions, feel free to ask.

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