What's this combination called?

It's a fuel truck. It weighs next to nothing empty. On wetted pavement? A good bean blow will scoot it over!

 

just not the sort of practice that would be acceptable over here is all. everyone would look at the driver and call him rough.

 

It's clearly obviously you do not understand the concept if you think it applies that kind of stess. The amount of so called stress is about equal to pulling forward and checking your trailer brakes. Plus the description I explained does not give you the luxury of just backing out. Maybe there's a tant test that's needs the product and if you wait you'll for them to clear out for you to back you'll be a couple hours behind. There's hundreds of scenarios that pop up while you're in a tight spot at the station. Sometimes limiting yourself to just the new ways only offers you a narrow knowledge of what your truck will do. With safety to be considered I'll take an ole timers way since most of those that stuck with the top companies are million milers with clean safe records. They must be doing something right being out there all this time in the city going into and out of stations all day long. I'll match our companies safestat with anyones.

 

One of the reasons I love delivering to truck stops instead of C-Stores GasHauler.....plenty of run to maneuver LOL.

 

We had a couple of drops like that and you're right it is very nice just to pull in and not worry about cars in your way or people walking around your area. Then the other side we had some drops where the fills were very close to the pumps and we would have to drive through the lane to get to them.

 

Do you have cross overs on those units? Or are they tapered tanks with discharges on one side only?

 

i drove them for 10 yrs was a good job

 

One side with no pumps.

 

Cross overs are nice to have, I'm surprised they don't have them on those units..

 

We only load and un-load from the right side. Our stations are set up where we have no problem unloading. Without the crossovers you'd be surpised how easy it it to keep things in order. The trucks are set-up to have downspouts for each compartment with separate fittings for un-loading and loading. The top fitting is only adapted for the loading head at the rack and fitted with an air valve to set the brakes when the head is attached. The piping is split with the bottom valve adapted for the 4inch product hose including the sight glass. Each compartment has air valves to open and close the compartment. The vapor hose is only 3 inchs and is also set-up with an air valve to set the brakes. The only problem we had was we wanted the company to go to 4 inch vapor line with a dry break fitting. That's the way Chevron had it and it works really great when the temperature changes and condensate builds up so you don't have liquid dump on you when you take the cap off. It's kind of hard to explain but it's much easier when you only deliver to your own station and no where else. All the trucks are set-up the same so you can go from one truck to another. They've made it as easiest as possible to load and unload so the driver is attentive to the job as possible.