Tanks on a flatbed

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by sawmill, Dec 17, 2016.

  1. sawmill

    sawmill Road Train Member

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    A friend of mine called this afternoon and told me one of his trucks was waiting for highway patrol and fire dept. to show up. Apparently he's got this flatbed set up with tanks on it, sort of permanently mounted. They use this setup regularly to deliver an ag product, no placards required. His customer usually orders two varieties of product to one place.

    Anyway today in the extreme cold the rear tank split open and spilled about 3000 gallons of product.

    So I'm guessing they'll call it unsecured load. Maybe something else? I can't say doing it this way is something I would have been comfortable doing. Compared to whatever this FUBAR might cost a two compartment tanker would have been cheaper. Anybody here see something like this before?
     
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  3. TripleSix

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    Uhoh. Did his driver have his tanker endorsement?
     
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  4. cnsper

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    They use those all the time up here to deliver the DEF fluid. He may have the wrong type of plastic tank. Some are more brittle than others in the cold weather. Don't go cheap on them.
     
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    Common in agriculture.
     
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  6. x1Heavy

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    There are tanks for shipping fish where we are. Not far from 40 there are very large fish farms. Flat bad, tanker and then oxygen etc. for them.

    Even if you had a van trailer with chemical tubs in cages you are now a tanker and so on.

    A proper tanker might have been excessively expensive, large and unnecessary for much more than 3000 gallons. It's a nice load. Sometimes flatbedding it better for a variety of reasons. Esepcially if you have to have support equiptment to keep the fish alive.
     
  7. sawmill

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    Driver has tanker endorsement. I know this particular driver isn't exactly known for his attention to detail.

    I think the way they got into this stuff was a result of boredom. Normal high margin business slowed down. So they turned to a thin margin side project and went with the flatbed thing. It would have been cheaper to not get involved in the new "opportunity"
     
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  8. PeteyFixAll

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    We see a fair amount of it in our area, for a limited portion of the year.
    Yes usually Ag. And mostly limited to ? Probably 2 suppliers. But also some construction.
    In our area two reasons make it the way to go, other required support equipment and multiple products, not always all liquid. And amount of or limited amount use throughout the year, they can then use the flat for other work, either general freight, or chain the gravity bins to it to move grain or seed or???? Very versatile, yes still need endorsements, and the better tanks are pretty tough, usually seem to hold up well??
     
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  9. Jumbo

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    I have seen these before. Around here they are usually a short flatbed. The one I saw last week looked like it used to be part of a set of doubles with the pintle hitch and air valves on the back.
     
  10. stayinback

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    What is this AG product?

    Obviously, Its not harmful....Hoping it wasn't a chemical like liquid that would "Eat" away when it splashed on stuff.....

    If it was like water, Heck I woulda just picked up the broken pieces and Drove away- No harm No Foul
     
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  11. sawmill

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    in this case it was liquid cow feed. Makes me wonder how many deer will now be attracted to that spot on the shoulder of the road.
     
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