Experience Question

Great info guys. Much much appreciated. Reason I want to pursue tankers is because I come from a tanker background (jet fuel and liquid oxygen/nitrogen), though the largest amount on a tractor trailer was 12-15k being prior Air Force (flightline refueling and cryo production). I'm not ENTIRELY new to it, I've only dealt in hazmat and the tanks always had baffles for front to rear slosh, however, overturning one from turning to fast was still very easy to do. Not sure if food grade tankers have baffled AT ALL.

I'd hate to give off the impression of a know it all, surely I don't, but I'm not all the way green in tankers haha. For the past 12 years I've been moving hazmat via vehicle, pipeline, and tank transfers. Just not in the capacity of "commercial driving". For that, as much as I 'think' I know, I know I have wayyyyyy MORE to learn to be seasoned on the road.

Your experience will certainly help, no doubt about it. To answer your question, food grade tanks are smooth bore. They do not have any baffles at all. They look exactly like the inside of a thermos bottle - polished and smooth and wide open.

I pulled food grade tanker for a year and loved it. I would highly recommend that over Hazmat. You'll make just as much money hauling honey, cream, and orange juice as you will sulfuric acid or hydrogen peroxide in Hazmat tankers. Everyone assumes because it's Hazmat it must pay more but it really doesn't. Even if it did, would you rather spend your days watching safety films and wearing full protective gear in an apocalyptic looking chemical plant or would you rather relax, eat a sandwich, and enjoy the scenery waiting for them to load you at a dairy farm or an orange grove?

The chemical guys can keep their extra few bucks a day even if they did make a little more. It's not even close to being worth it.