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<p>[QUOTE="671islandboy, post: 2998482, member: 103844"]Yes, you can use a vac truck to haul crude. The thing is with vac trailers, capacity is 5,040 gallons or so. 120 bbls vs the 150 bbl or so the crude tanks can carry. So the efficiency and productivity is out the door. Another thing is vac trailers dont usually have drilock connections so loading from an arm is out of the question. You would have to load from rear using facility pump and dome must be opened for loading just so you have a visual of the load capacity. The problem with opening the dome is now you have vapors in the air. Pray that no one is doing hotwork by you. </p><p>My company just finished doing a job for a refinery in Bakersfield and they hired a crap load of companies to haul crude to the chevron tanks 20 miles away. I was the only vac truck there. Thats how I know this. Imo, it was a funny thing to be the only vac truck there. I felt special[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="671islandboy, post: 2998482, member: 103844"]Yes, you can use a vac truck to haul crude. The thing is with vac trailers, capacity is 5,040 gallons or so. 120 bbls vs the 150 bbl or so the crude tanks can carry. So the efficiency and productivity is out the door. Another thing is vac trailers dont usually have drilock connections so loading from an arm is out of the question. You would have to load from rear using facility pump and dome must be opened for loading just so you have a visual of the load capacity. The problem with opening the dome is now you have vapors in the air. Pray that no one is doing hotwork by you. My company just finished doing a job for a refinery in Bakersfield and they hired a crap load of companies to haul crude to the chevron tanks 20 miles away. I was the only vac truck there. Thats how I know this. Imo, it was a funny thing to be the only vac truck there. I felt special[/QUOTE]
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