pneumatic tanker experience?

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  1. postmandav

    postmandav Medium Load Member

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    I worked for a food grade water hauling company for about 1 month a few years ago. All pumps that were used were not actually on the truck. How different is this from a vacuum tanker in the oilfield? I am wondering if I would be considered a complete newbie or experienced? 5.5 years of cdl a driving but only that short time hauling tanker.
     
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  3. HeWhoMustNotBeNamed

    HeWhoMustNotBeNamed Crusty Pogosticker!!

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    5 years experience is plenty to get a job. But a Vacuum tank is not a pneumatic, research it so you know what job you want. Both types carry onboard pumps on the Truck or Trailer.
     
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    I was wondering about the different kinds of pumps as well, I drove a tanker hauling whey and it just had a pump on the back fender, and oilfield friend said they referred to that type as a "junk pump" I think he said?? He drives a water tanker that sucks the air out of the tank drawing the water in, I believe he called it a "kinetic pump?" He also said that their is a third kind on another truck that he sometimes drives but didn't get into how that one worked, maybe this one was the "kinetic."
     
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    postmandav Medium Load Member

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    According to the quick research I did, *20 minutes^, pneaumatic trailers are used for dry bulk work. Would t be safe to say that the trailer I was pulling was just a foodgrade smoothbore trailer since it relied on pumps that were not hooked to the trailer itself?
     
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    HeWhoMustNotBeNamed Crusty Pogosticker!!

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    as far as I know. I haven't operated any tank except pneumatic.
     
  7. Powder Joints

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    This is not necessariy true, Some of the Dry Bulk Semi trailers are rated for pressure and vacuum, I pulled one for APEX back in the 90's that was both Dry Bulk Vacuum/Pnuematic used a PTO drive garner denver type blower.

    Liquid Vacuum is a different story, the compressor for this set up can be mounted on the front of the trailer or on the frame of the tractor, the garner denver can be used for either application but it is not a liquid pump.

    Food grade / Petroluem / Smooth Bores / normally use a liquid pump.

    At APEX my tractor had 2 pumps left was a dry garner denver, and the right was a liquid pump both were PTO drive. I also hauled liquid in the Dry Bulk pnuematic Semi ( also pulled doubles used the same ).

    Liquids were gravity unload mostly, except for long pushes.
     
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    Ezrider_48501 Road Train Member

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    i think he is talking about a vac trailer. liquid tanker pulls a air vacuum on the tank to suck liquid in pressurizes air in the trailer to push liquid out, very common in the oil fields. pumps can be mounted on the trailer or the truck and are powered off a pto.

    a pneumatic trailer is a dry bulk trailer, and are also used in the oil feilds to haul sand.
     
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    JPenn Road Train Member

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    EZ clarified the equipment part, so I'll be the jerk and pick on this :)

    Unless you have oilfield experience, you're a newbie. If you're only working with 1 month tanker experience, you're a newbie. Don't sweat that, everyone was once. Just don't carry on like you've got experience if you don't, because everyone else can spot it from a mile away, and it brings nothing but trouble.
     
  10. postmandav

    postmandav Medium Load Member

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    That was the exact answer I was looking for.
     
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    Yes, I was talking about a vacuum trailer.
     
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