Turning right with fuel tanker

Must be an extremely light product those tanks are hauling?
The reason chemical tankers are normally 43-46 feet and no more than 7500 gallons is due to the weight of the product and controlling the surge.

 

Yeah. I don't know how you'd fit 7000 gallons on a short wheel bridge.

My 48 was 6000 gallons but it had the axles and so did the truck. Good for 97k I believe it was. Which filled that trailer to the lids.

 

Curb vs Tanker.

 

Around here most gas trailers are 11,500 or 12000 gallons . 5 compartments, tri-axle ,45 feet long…….

 

Sulfuric acid is over 15#/gal. we did a titanium dioxide slurry 22.5 #/gal. ran it in a 5000 gal 'latex tight fill' but only 2300 gal...like hauling a bowling ball.

 

eliptical aluminum DOT406 fuel tanks usually have close to a full length frame supporting the pipelines so they can be longer than DOT407 round barrels where the kingpin, landing gear and running are each separate sub frames this limits the length you can support with just the barrel.

 

I had to do a load of that titanium in a 7000 gallon circle c trailer ….from that place in eastern OH to TX…..