Indian River

Well trained on pump now. Doesn't seem hard at all. But trainer did mention that I'm missing somethings that Winter Haven should of given me. But was told it's getting overnighted to Bensalem.
Also trainer sounds like was possibly the Indian River truck I have seen in Maine in the past. Think he mentioned it was vegetable oil to some potato product plants in Maine.
They was going to have me deliver a load to Quebec that a driver is bringing up to Bensalem. But might not do that. Because it would be my only load this week.
It was going to be a air unload. Which trainer sort of explained to me. But without both of us being on top of the tank. I'm 50/50 on that. But was told receiver can help with it.

 

Be careful Tanker_82. They are some real nasty fires in that area of the country.

 

Where I have it circled and red is where the petrol is and you can see north of there the nearest fire it’s in that general area, but you should be able to get to where you’re going… there’s an app I downloaded called Watch Duty.. actually has a live update to the fires in that area

 

Airing off is easy providing you have the right tools to complete the job. My last 20 years at my company, that was all I ever did. You need to know the maximum PSI of the trailer as well as the working pressure. Don't worry, It's all on the data plate on your trailer. Then you need an air regulator. Just set it for the working pressure of the trailer or if lower, whatever the customer tells you to air off at the PSI that they want.

 

I don't think our trailers have that stuff. All I remember is being told to do somethings with a valve on top of the trailer. Then once unloaded open something to vent it so it doesn't go boom

 

I have air unloaded tanks before and I don't have a pump truck or pump training. The customer provided the air (I think it's actually nitrogen as the product was hazmat flammable). You grab the customer air hose and attach it to the fitting (it's called a crows foot or bayonet fitting) on top of the tank, open the valve and pressurize the tank. It's not much, only about 10 or 15 psi and the customer supplied regulated air so I didn't have to adjust anything.

Once tank was pressurized you open the valve at the outlet hose and that's it. This particular product/customer takes about 2-3 hours to unload. Once empty, close the outlet and the air valve on top then disconnect the air hose. After that I open the air valve and release the pressure. Just be prepared as it's very loud so don't get startled and fall off the ladder. It takes ages to bleed off pressure too. It's low psi but massive volume so you will be making noise for a while.

I'm at home now so if you want any additional help take a picture of the top of the tank and I can markup the fittings etc.

 

They actually gave that load to someone else. Because otherwise it would be my only paid load this week. Because of hometime on Friday.
For some reason that load they count as a pump load.

 

Not trying to insert myself into this thread but one piece of advice I’d give while doing an air off would be to open your valve and check for leaks before adding air. That way if you have a leak you can handle it before it’s under pressure. I know it’s food grade and not chemicals, but might be handy

 

I don't receive pump pay because I am not in the payroll system as a pump driver, but all those pump loads I did were dropped at Bensalem and I hauled it the last 50ish miles to the customer in NJ. Those are called shag loads so I got paid hourly from the time I picked it up until I got empty. It was CPM to bring the empty back to Bensalem.