Tanker Newbie

Discussion in 'Tanker, Bulk and Dump Trucking Forum' started by TakinItEasy, Jan 16, 2017.

  1. wis bang

    wis bang Road Train Member

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    3137 gal = 45,000# of H2SO4....

    Try TIO2 [Titanium dioxide slurry] a white pigment powder dissolved in water, 22lb/gal

    we used to load 2250 gal in a 5000 [tight fill latex tank] and it can really rock and roll
     
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  3. Roberts450

    Roberts450 Road Train Member

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    Holly carp that would kick your back side. The worse part about mine is its in a 2 comp trailer and not loaded equally.
     
  4. TakinItEasy

    TakinItEasy Medium Load Member

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    Day 3 down. Learned all about the pumps, metered loads, and blowing off a load. pretty cool stuff. Definitely liking it so far. Tomorrow have a half day and fly to get truck.
     
  5. TakinItEasy

    TakinItEasy Medium Load Member

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    Got my truck! Its an older long nose pete with a 13sp cat engine. I'm stuck in a hotel for 2 days being paid while waiting on new plates and cab card for truck. Can't wait for my first load!
     
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  6. moloko

    moloko Road Train Member

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    It doesn't feel like you got hit by a car my man. A car weighs much less than the entire load of liquid slamming against you. If someone rear-ended you when you're loaded, you wouldn't even feel it as much. Do you know how hard core that makes a smoothbore tanker driver? You have to be a crazy man. A man of few words. An intimidating balls-of-steel type of dude. You have to be the kind of dude who cuts apples with a buck knife, and eats the apple directly off the knife.
     
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  7. Cali kid

    Cali kid Road Train Member

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    Now that's a bad mothertrucker, ya dig. Lol
     
  8. moloko

    moloko Road Train Member

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    You gotta be the kind of guy who smokes over the counter stimulants, and peels off that unnecessary layer of skin from his face. You gotta be that kind of guy who has six domestic violence felonies. The kind of guy who goes to prison every week. The kind of guy who parks in the handicapped zone, and he has neither a handicap nor a placard indicating such. The kind of guy who sleeps with your wife when you're away at work? This is going too far...
     
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  9. Speed_Drums

    Speed_Drums Road Train Member

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    A Chuck Norris trucker!
     
  10. ChicagoJohn

    ChicagoJohn Road Train Member

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  11. Powder Joints

    Powder Joints Subjective Prognosticator

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    Good luck be safe. Ride the surge.
     
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