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Originally Posted by Snowman7
The other day when it was like -5 degrees out I drove by a fuel hauler dropping a load at a gas station and he didn't look too happy! So I was just wondering how long does it take at each stop and approx how many stops would you do in a shift?
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I run between 2 and 5 loads a night Snowman. I have some fairly long runs like Indy to Richmond, Indy to almost Kentucky, etc that take up some miles/hours. Average 3 nightly.
If I am dropping 8500 gallons of one particular product from my tanker at a station, I average between 23 and 27 minutes. If I have multiple products and can use two hoses, I can be out of there in 15 minutes.
Some of the Shell (Jet-Star) drivers run mostly inner-city and will usually pull between 5 and 7 for the night.
At some major truck stops, Pilot, T/A, Flying J.........the drivers don't even have to unload hoses as the hoses are left permanently hanging on a tree. They hook up to 3 hoses and can dump 7500 gallons of in around 10 minutes.
The real bummer in bad weather is a pump off. (pumping to an above ground tank). You have the time involved hooking up all of the various hoses, then you are at the mercy of the speed of the pump. Lastly, you have to tear it all down when your done. A pump off will run you normally about 45 minutes average. The commercial diesel pump off guys are usually the ones that are filthy dirty. LOL Been there!
Oh yeah, at the other end of things........I can load 8500 of gasoline in about 12 minutes...