Hi, I'm new to this group but, I've read several posts and I'm already impressed. This is a great resource for this industry. I'm looking for experienced...
Hi my name is Billy. I just wanted to introduce myself. I work for Scott Petroleum in Mississippi. I have been in the propane business for about 12 years now....
Welcome to the group it is nice to see someone move'n up the food chain well done,i'm just a humble driver looking to get out of these 110+ temps goodluck and...
Welcome Billy. It is a good industry and has been good to me. I have been around like you for about 35 years. Glad to see you have plyed your talents and...
Hi there.. I am a newbie in the Propane Biz. I am enployed by Synergy Gas in Rison , AR, for almost 2 yrs now. I am a CSR, and have my license to fill grill...
Welcome Billy! Petrolane,Suburban,Empire Gas,Irving,Foster,Southern States Combined 18 years of working in the Propane world! I now own my own business. I have...
We did ok. We lost power for about 3 days and had a tree fall at the bulk plant. The tree landed in the cradle where a 18,000 tank was sitting about a month...
Hi all, Hope everyone's doing well. We have multiple positions available. We are in Springerville, AZ. A lot of people perceive Arizona as a desert state. This...
One of the newscasts showed a propane bulk plant underwater and what looked like maybe 50+ 500 gallon tanks pilled up where the water had started to recede. It...
Finding good drivers is becoming a chore! With all the new laws and background checks to find good drivers you have to pay $16.00 to $17.00 dollars and hour...
Bob, I know many other drivers who are having second thoughts about remaining in the trucking industry. Not many of us wish to submit to the draconian...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the propane_gas_workers_group group: I have seen quite a few posts about how much Bobtail drivers make,...
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WOW, Very well said i cant even think of a responce. Bob ... remaining in the trucking industry. Not many of us wish to submit to the draconian regulations...
It is nice to see new people join us! new post are always welcome!! I believe we have a good group, Sometimes we hit dry spells on posting but the spurts come...
Loren, Valid points, each and every one, but along with them come multifaceted questions. I too question the new CDL Hazmat requirements, but not to the point...
Drivers are the backbone of any propane company yet paid the least,I would think if you paid a really good wage they would stay paying 10 or 11 dollars an hour...
I have worked for the same family owned propane company for over 15 years here in Michigan. I started out as a bulk driver @ $8.00 an hour in 1990 and was...
I agree with this totally, but the big problem I see with the companies paying more is they start out the new hires (unexperienced) people at a higher or equal...
Okay got a question for the group. Our other service got called out the other day for a customer saying low gas pressure in the house. What he found was a...
I'm speaking for my husband who has been in the fuel oil and propane and service ends of the business. He has worked for the same company till there was a buy...
The younger applicants seem to want it all NOW! Top of the line pay & Benifits! Do not want to work for it! Can't teach them anything without offending Them! I...
That is so true! I wish someone would tell that to my manager! She has some very good and experienced employees that she just pushes to the limit. She said we...
mwil, I believe Pope John Paul the Great's reasoning was based in part -- or at least dovetailed -- on G. K. Chesterton's thinking. Chesterton was a ...
Well don't know if this is the right answer but i beleave it is carbon build up We had the same problem here and went from 1/4 copper pigtails to 3/8" copper...
When an LP driver is making a delivery. He may not be in site of his bobtail. Now, some companys have a remote cut off. But, the truck can still be taken. ...
Bobby, Our company was full of old timers on 9-11. I was the know-nothing. Now the face of the business has changed with only a few stragglers left. But ...