Jet fuel hauling pay

I have hauled fuel for a couple years and have hauled lots of JP8 and JET-A same thing just one has additives. It has never paid one single penny more than hauling diesel fuel or gasoline, at least in Alaska that is.

 

No extra pay in the New England area either. It all comes from the same racks where we get all other fuels. It could be based on his company perhaps but I have never heard of it

 

Our tankers haul a variety of products. The drivers make the same wage no matter what they're hauling.

 

Same in CA. It didn't pay differently. To check for contaminants you put a little fuel in a ceramic lined bucket from each tank. If you're required to do this bring an extra pair of clothes. Sooner or later it will get you.

 

IMO the rates are low, at least in the northeast going to the military bases.

 

Yup, rates suck. The companies have low bid the rates into the ground. Lowest bidder gets the work....

And anything steady to a civilian airport is even worse.....

 

Airlines are always doing everything they can to cut costs, and that includes the price of fuel and getting it hauled. Civilian jet-A paid the same rate as auto gas back when I was fuel-hauling.

Also, the rates for military JP-8 really do suck. You'd think it would pay well, considering how much money the govt (over)spends on everything else. The only possible exception to that may be that special stuff they use for jets like the U2 that fly at very, very high altitudes.

 

They dont have to do much to cut costs here but sit back and watch the half dozen or so companies duke it out in the race to the bottom. Then cross there fingers and hope they get there loads.