Tanker Terminology 101

You would be suprised.
Matlack had a shop foreman with a machinist background and he was constantly 'truing' Internal valve housings that came from the maker out of round. Spun off as a jobber providing this service to all and a few sons of Matlack maintenance people are running it today

 

Thats sort of scary , i really hard to trust mechanical components that are not made in, USA , western Eu and Japan . Maybe S. Korea . Bangladeshi seals lol ,1 of the poorest countrys on earth . India worse than china .

 

Tanker 6k potable water hauler 2014 Freightliner SD 122 DD 16 18spd w/four drop axles smooth bore ! We have terminology that’s company specific and driving a tanker can be a challenge when 3/4 full !