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Thanks for responding. That helps a lot!

 

Cider is pretty thin so will beat you up more than heavy cream or concentrated fruit juice.

 

@Redtwin I thought your guy’s type of freight would be kinda light so the tanks would be mostly full so you wouldn’t get much surge compared to the hazmat chemicals I pull.

 

Really depends on the viscosity or density of the liquid. Sure something thin like fruit juice doesn't weigh as much so they can fit more volume in, but its never enough to completely fill the tank if they are trying to stay below 80K.

The best to haul that I have found is frozen concentrate. Its so thick that even a 3/4 tank doesn't move around unless you do silly stuff like stomping on the brake etc.

 

Nice. All my liquid’s are 10.5 to 15.7 pounds per gallon and as fluid as water so we are only ever 2/3rd’s full at most.

 

Don't you guys have baffles though?. Never pulled a baffled tanker but it has to better than smooth bore.

 

No baffles but a lot of 2 compartment trailers but that can make it worse as the compartments are loaded differently because of the weights. We haul 57-62,000 pounds of product gross between 97-105,000 on 7-8 axles. From my understanding there are no baffles in chemical trailers for the same reason as in food grade. The baffles are hard to clean around.

 

Food-grade tankers are always smoothbore, for sanitation purposes.