Entering the world of tankers

Never become complacent. That was told to me by a seasoned fuel hauler when I first started hauling fuel and I have never forgotten that. IMO it was one of the simplest yet best pieces of advice I have received in this industry.

 

i did the same thing, only it was gasoline...that woke me up!

 

Follow the same steps for each delivery, try and build a 'habit' that you follow every time.

Almost every spill and every driver I've seen who was sprayed w/ something corrosive were the result of some sort of a 'short cut' which did not follow the rules or failed to wear their personal protective equipment [PPE]...

Every piece of safety gear is there to protect the driver and get his butt out of a jam...It can't help you if it is in the side compartment.

I used to teach groups of new drivers after they went to our school [a 2nd trip thru driving school pulling a tanker 1/3rd full of water]. I always asked them what the in cab fire extinguisher was for...

Not for 4 wheelers on fire, not for truck tires on fire. It is for the driver to put out any post accident fire inside the cab b/4 using the MT extinguisher to bust out the windshield to get the driver's butt out of the cab...

 

Not for 4 wheelers on fire, not for truck tires on fire. It is for the driver to put out any post accident fire inside the cab b/4 using the MT extinguisher to bust out the windshield to get the driver's butt out of the cab...

Well said....10's and 15's are only going to get you in trouble if you try to be a highway hero. They buy time and not much of that either.......

 

Sound advice all around, thanks guys.

 

Hey Voyager 1968, whatever you decide good luck brother.

 

Yeah, I think we have all done it... It happened to me with gasoline too, was pulling another drivers trailer and I saw the hose jump and thought the compartment was empty(turns out it need much more time to drain through the baffles on this particular trailer... so I quickly walked the hose up to move it to another compartment... soon as uncam the hose and move it over about 50-75 gallons of gas decided to come out into my little 4 gal bucket... LOL quickly set the main valve, been not without being bathed in gas.

Needless to say, I wasn't happy.

 

had a seal go out on an anhydrous tanker.

Unfortunately, it was on the wrong side of the fire valve attached AT the main tank.