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Designing a MultiTool for Oilfield Truckers

Discussion in 'Oilfield Trucking Forum' started by PVK, May 24, 2013.

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  1. Jun 4, 2013 #11
    PVK

    PVK Bobtail Member

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    I did. thanks very much, they are very helpful. By any chance could you also send along some pictures of those valve stems but also your pipe fittings where they meet the tank and where they meet the external container they either draw from or fill? that would be awesome! thanks for all the help so far
     
    PVK, Jun 4, 2013
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  3. Jun 5, 2013 #12
    RockinChair

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    Valves, pipe joints, and tank connections are usually made with threaded pipe, or occasionally, bolted flanges.

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    In instances were piping is temporary (frac, flowback, etc.), piping is joined by threaded fittings called "hammer unions" - an external ring with internal threads that joins two pipe ends together - the ring has metal "warts" on its outer perimeter that are struck with a sledgehammer to tighten the fitting.

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  4. Jun 7, 2013 #13
    PVK

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    interesting, a few follow up questions for you:

    Ever have call for a strap wrench, or if one were to work on flanged pipe fittings or six-sided fittings that exist on the end of the pipe, would you use it over a pipe wrench or other bulky tool?

    I understand most truckers keep a rubber mallet handy to determine how full the tank is, ever use it for clearing ice? if so, would you prefer a bulleted or sharp-cornered mallet?

    Last question, who are the big truck manufacturers in oilfield trucking?

    Thanks for the input, you have been super helpful. I hope that when we get to manufacturing we can send you one to test out on the road!
     
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  5. Jun 7, 2013 #14
    TLeaHeart

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    use a rubber mallet for clearing ice, mud and snow. Oil field trucking, same trucks as over the road, Peterbilt, kenworth, freightliner....
    Trailers by Heil, Polar, Stephens for crude
     
    TLeaHeart, Jun 7, 2013
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  7. Jun 8, 2013 #15
    Ben Gunn

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    There's an awful lot of Macs in west and south Texas.
     
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  8. Jun 10, 2013 #16
    nitrogen

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    if there is one thing I cannot stand its rubber mallets, they bounce back with very little control. Now on the other hand I have owned a rubber dead blow hammer for 25 years and if I want to whack something without leaving a mark it is superb.
     
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