What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  2. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

    57,783
    396,338
    May 4, 2015
    0
    When the water starts flowing out the top..................it's full.
     
  3. Cowboyrich

    Cowboyrich Road Train Member

    3,060
    28,798
    Dec 11, 2017
    Dayton, Washington
    0
     
  4. JolliRoger

    JolliRoger Road Train Member

    17,536
    146,092
    May 8, 2007
    Mississippi
    0
    Voice of experience here it sounds like, lets all heed.... Didn't have all those distractions back in late 56; but a scale load of eggs on an old L195 IH kinda set your pace. RISS out of KC with the cabover Jimmy 950's was prevalent, look L or R or back, there was a RISS.
     
  5. okiedokie

    okiedokie Road Train Member

    12,688
    96,218
    Jun 13, 2011
    PNWET
    0
    So what are your thoughts on a dude standing on top of the tank? Safe or stupid.
     
  6. JolliRoger

    JolliRoger Road Train Member

    17,536
    146,092
    May 8, 2007
    Mississippi
    0
    Well; ya could cut you a bean pole. Stick it it in the tank. Mark the wet ending. Time another 10 minutes of the water fill running, dip it again, withdraw and mark. Calculate how much rise you are getting per minute. Measure from where it is then to the top level you want to stop at.
    Seem rate per minute rise divided into the inches left to fill would tell you what to set your alarm for in minutes.
    This would only require two trips up on the tank.

    Could blow up a kids balloon, tie it to a stick long enough to stick above the filler. Paint, scratch, peel bark for a length from the balloon end; up to equal where you want the distance to stop filling. Chunk it in and sit and watch for the marked portion to appear. Be close.
    Just one trip up that way....

    Tell him these, but do you know what he has to do so important he can't take a lawn chair up there and sit with one bare foot in the opening.

    Now there is another of these solutions ref a man ,woman, duck, and an anvil. It gets complicated.
     
  7. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

    57,783
    396,338
    May 4, 2015
    0
    Depends how much trouble it is for him to get up and down the ladder.
     
  8. Opus

    Opus Road Train Member

    19,598
    124,025
    Dec 18, 2011
    South GA
    0
    Wet
     
  9. okiedokie

    okiedokie Road Train Member

    12,688
    96,218
    Jun 13, 2011
    PNWET
    0
    Here's the deal. The outfits I drove for you didn't stand up on the tanks. That's how you end up in the hospital. I'm training a guy that refused to abide by safety guidelines. Now he's unemployed. Too stupid to learn.
     
  10. JolliRoger

    JolliRoger Road Train Member

    17,536
    146,092
    May 8, 2007
    Mississippi
    0
    Good policy is to go no higher than pulling corn and no lower than digging potatoes,
     
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.