Gas delivery basics

The main reason I used to cap my hoses was to prevent the drips from making a mess when I had diesel only loads. Gas evaporates very quickly unlike diesel.

 

Hey thanks guys! Having ten years of OTR doesn't mean I know everything, there is still a lot to learn out here. I am new to all of this line of work and I want to be doing it right and doing it safe. Thank you for the good and quick replies guys, this forum is a big help. I need to get a photo on here soon.

 

Sorry to get back late. I never capped my hoses. We hauled mostly gasoline and ever so often we have a small diesel load. We'd always unload the diesel first so the gasoline could wash the hoses out. If you company requires you to cap I would suggest that you do. Down in CA I know that it doesn't take much for a spill and if the wrong person is watching you then you might have a problem if you spill any amount onto the ground. It's not DOT that regulates spills and such. Most likely it's the city or county air quality board or EPA for the area that can really jam you up. So I suggest that you watch the old timers and the drivers that really know the game. Take their suggestions and form your own system for doing things. If you roll your hoses from the truck to the tank when empty you shouldn't have any spill anyway. Diesels another story and I can not really tell you how to keep clean like gasoline. Good luck.

 

Back in the day we shipped the fuel to a Union 76 from a pipeline terminal.. The regular diesel was just as it came from the rack. The 'super diesel' was 6000 gal of #2 loaded on top of 1000 gal #1 [kero] and a gal of additive from a drum on a little shed by the fills. Gas was helped too, we added two gals from a different drum to the high test before dropping the load.

 

I haul jetA and AvGas. Our hoses must be capped. Most airports use their own hoses and pumps but a lot of smaller airports we have to either pump off or ground drop using our hoses.

 

You capped because of all the restrictions with aviation fuel.