Hauling Tankers
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Mr. EastCoast, Jun 17, 2021.
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Slosh is dependent on the product viscosity, the size of the tank and how full it is and how smooth the driver is.
A medium density product 75% full isn't much to worry about.
We did a TIO2 slurry around 22.5 #/gal so we loaded around 2300 gal in a 5000 gal tank.
Morning traffic on the BQE and it felt like the boulder from Indiana Jones was rolling around back there.
7500 gal of something really light like Acetone in a tall 8000 gal skin tank and it jiggles like a bowl full of jello going down the road. You have to let it rock and roll; fighting it WILL put you in the ditch.
2.5 years training drivers and I only had one chicken out due to the slop.
You have to respect it.
You always know the moment you cross the top of the bridge.
Any time you dis-respect it you get a smack in the back as a reminder.
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One thing to remember about tankers is that you drive the load as much as you drive the truck.
@wis bang explained it real well but I'll add a little. We used to haul a liquid fertilizer that was thick. We'd only load about fifteen hundred gallons because it was so heavy. It didn't slosh back and forth much but if you layed into a corner too hard it would run up on the inside of the tank and stay there even after you straightened out. We never turned one over but I had some pretty good drivers who said they came so close to turning over that they'd never haul that stuff again. That wasn't an idle threat. I tried one load of it and scared the crap out of myself. That stuff was evil. Eventually that particular type of mix went out of style and the hauling of it went away too. Nobody was sorry.scott180, slow.rider and tscottme Thank this. -
Tankers are the bees knees. Started on liquid, went to flatbed, then dry bulk. I was insanely happy to be dedicated to liquid again. Easy work, however, some of the facilities you deliver to were discovered by Christopher Columbus and require a decent skill set in backing. Generally nothing is rushed either. I have yet to talk to another tanker yanker that is scrambling to make appointments. As long as you find a company that is willing to pay for your detention time, you're set.
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Some tanks have baffles in em. The LPG tanks we used at my last gig all had baffles. Except for this one old tank they called Fireball, it was a smoothbore lol - apparently it caught on fire one time. Nobody got hurt and no explosion.
I pulled it for awhile. Didn’t care for it.Last edited: Jun 18, 2021
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Yeah many tanker customers have ancient facilities and I almost never did a blind-side back until I pulled tanks. With my customers, maybe 20% required something like a blind-side back. Visibility around the trailer is so much better in tanks and there is no tail-swing so backing is just easy compared to a 53 ft box.
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Part loads can be the worst.
A Film on roll overs shows a 90 degree hookup gone bad as the slop away from the tractor before the pin latched and you watch the trailer just roll away.
Somewhere in my 'stuff' is a front page from the Toronto Sun. Provost had a small amount of hot resin climb the side as the driver went up and over the overpass, flopped the whole rig right over.
Picture shows all 16 lanes of the 401, in the heart of Toronto, empty at noon; kinda like closing off every exit to Manhattan, a colossal nightmare traffic jam.
Shut down over about 1200 gal of flammable resin [HOT] in the center hole of a three compartment wagon.
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