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Originally Posted by LightsChromeHorsepower
Thanks Skywalker.
I seem to be doing fine with the sucrose, I just need to get the timing on the syrup down.
After a quick 1600 miles with a van I was almost home when my lovely dispatcher calls & asks- "I've got your tank pre-loaded in the yard, can you run it up north & deliver it tonight? They're really looking for you."
So, back under the tank & off I went. I knew the product had been in the trailer for 12 hours & adjusted accordingly. No thumps, bumps or anything. One of our local big straps passed me just before the first gnarly 2 lane. He had a load of super soil on a flat & I stayed right with him, smooth as could be, til we got back on the 4 lane & hit the first big hill. It's almost like getting away from it for a couple of days made it easier. Sort of reminds me of some relationships I've been in.
Has anyone ever noticed haw different dispatchers ask for things or try to push you? When mine says "They're looking for you" it means we have a problem. "They're really looking for you" means it's a cluster bomb, please save my posterior.
Keep something in mind..... If you are pulling tanker for a company that even only once in a while pulls a placarded load..... They will possibly look closer at you than they will others. Bottom line: Keep it right, keep it legal, and if the dispatcher got his butt in a bind, a crisis on his or her part is meaningless to you..... Its your logbook and your fines, not theirs...... I've seemed to gotten more logbook checks and such when I'm pulling a clean tank than a loaded one....and if this happens to you..and the tank has already been washed....make darned sure that you have the washout ticket with you...in your possession or on the tank.....you gotta have it or there will be problems. If you are hauling a "dirty tank"....make certain you have at least one copy of the BOL for the previous product that was loaded....even if not hazmat....gotta have it also.
Just remember....if the beast climbs the wall, and it exceeds 18 degrees tilt.....you're in deep trouble....
Be safe out there!! Take care and keep all the round rubber things on the road!!