I shift on the tide, like milk from heaven. 375 degree will kill me, if I don't treat it right. Good Incentive. Asphalt don't look good on me.
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To fast on off and on ramps, and hitting the brakes when you know you are already going too fast, is almost a guarantee to flip over the truck. I pulled Sodium Hypochlorite (bleach) in a smooth bore, and gas in a baffled tank. Each for about a year. Driving through the core of a storm in a dry van in the mid west seemed to be more of a problem for me than tank surge.
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Surge annoys me sure, but it doesn't scare me, never has. I brake it pushes me a bit, I go uphill it hits the back, I stop on a hill it slams me but I don't think it is dangerous. It just is. If you drive safe then how is surge a safety issue or any more dangerous? Most of the time I don't even realize it's moving, why because I am used to it.
But what kills me is when other drivers go "Good God!!!! Surge is deadly"!!! Not in my opinion. Just my thoughts, new guys can read this thread and form their own opinions.Last edited by a moderator: May 9, 2015
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ethos said: ↑shredfit1 said: ↑Twicebit said: ↑Yep, its an annoyance, now you are getting it. By the way did you pull over and wait with the cops to determine what caused that tanker to roll? I like to pull over when the roads get icy, seems to help. Ice on the roads is deadly for everyone, tankers are not special. Again, I have never had a problem, how are you driving? Surge is surge, it doesn't kill, bad driving does.Click to expand...
Not all accidents are preventable through good driving. Claiming people only get killed through bad driving is another mistake on your behalf. I'll say it again ... you're extremely lucky with such a cavalier attitude regarding issues that are proven dangers. May God be with you and those sharing the road around you.Click to expand...Click to expand...mje Thanks this. -
ethos said: ↑<snip>
If you drive safe then how is surge a safety issue or any more dangerous?
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900 said: ↑Twicebit said: ↑shredfit1 said: ↑You are a fool
Well there ya' have it. HAZMAT BULK is very different than surge from liquid. I agree 100 percent with the other driver who "-knows- what he is doing" in as much that surge, especially from liquid, can be deadly and the icy road example is but one of many. Responding to it in any manner is much different than negating it which is what was done. You're arguing semantics here regarding the term "fear." Negating the risk factor of surge is worse than fearing it. Ask any (other) tanker/truck driver who has actual experience.Click to expand...
"there ya have it" he says, like he just solved the game of Clue. Hazmat bulk, which can be many forms one of which is liquid, surges differently from other liquid,,,,,,right..... Let's ask the other tanker drivers, the ones with "actual experience" if hazmat doesn't surge, let's see if that is a rule.Click to expand...Click to expand...mje Thanks this. -
900 said: ↑Ice (where trucks most certainly HAVE been pushed into intersections due to surge), emergency braking and/or evasive action, oil (or any other slick substance on the road), ... you know, those things you can't control. And these are just a few examples coming to mind off the bat. There are many more.Click to expand...mje Thanks this.
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