Big truck had to learn the hard way.

[BIGNASTY]

BEEN ON SEVERAL DRAIN-OUTS FROM STUPID MANEUVERS FROM A ROOKIE DRIVER. When training someone the FIRST THING I TOLD THEM IS DONT YOU EVER SWERVE TO MISS HITTING ANYTHING

 

[Ozymandias]

or are you talking about on the rear trailer bulkhead where they would bore holes in the tank with a Bronze drill bit to drain them incase of a rollover

Maybe they used that here, thats quite clever to have drain hole spots already marked.
On my way in the great Salt Lake, definitely no wind here, just straight for miles amd miles.

 

[Ozymandias]

Double

 

[mwilson]

I think that they are scored on a Heil so they can be knocked out...Specs on a Heil tanker I found..

 

[mwilson]

Duplicate post, TDR server is having a head fit...

 

[Ozymandias]

Oh n Mike, glad to see you here in the Forum.
Some off time from the Job.

 

[Ozymandias]

Same here, some topes in the forums road.

 

[BIGNASTY]

I one time was heading out to El Centro Dark as hell in the desert some one had dropped a wheelbarrow I crowned a high side of a dip in the road on 111 and THERE IT WAS!! I held it straight as it went under the tractor and hit the plumbing under the trailer ripping off the plumbing leading to the loading / unloading heads theres about 20 gallons of fuel in the lines between the Internal valve and the load head. It lit that gas up!! looking in the side view it looked like the movie Back to the future when the delorean lit the road on fire

 

[BIGNASTY]

Maybe they used that here, thats quite clever to have drain hole spots already marked.
On my way in the great Salt Lake, definitely no wind here, just straight for miles amd miles.
View attachment 118053

That possibly a smooth bore ONE BIG TANK those are dangerous

 

[BIGNASTY]

Maybe they used that here, thats quite clever to have drain hole spots already marked.
On my way in the great Salt Lake, definitely no wind here, just straight for miles amd miles.
View attachment 118053

That possibly a smooth bore ONE BIG TANK those are dangerous

 

[Ozymandias]

Whoa

 

[BIGNASTY]

I followed a Milk tanker off the hwy he slammed on the brakes to avoid running the light DIDNT WORK HE RAN THE LIGHT WITH THE TIRE SMOKING TRYING TO STOP He grabbed a gear and went right back on the hwy like nothing ever happened it was a smooth bore some products require them for easy cleaning.

 

[BIGNASTY]

GOD I MISS DRIVING TRUCKS!!!

 

[Ozymandias]

They are bad, i remember how they tended to jump 3' forward after coming to rest.
The wave inside runs for and back, 5 seconds after a full stop the truck wants to move with great force.
Always stayed heavy on the brake in this situation.

 

[Ozymandias]

GOD I MISS DRIVING TRUCKS!!!

I'm with you, i feel the same.
The RAM is nice but in now way a replacement for an 18 wheeler.

 

[Ozymandias]

Dp

 

[BIGNASTY]

Thats why we have Square shaped tanker over at Home. Way less dangerous for the swell.

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Ozy on the picture I can see the environment hazard placard & Flammable Products placard where is the Product type placard? is it the Red 30 over 1202? I was under the impression that the world had chanced to a common placard system maybe it was for shipping internationally? Ours is 1203 Gas 1993 Diesel, !987 Ethanol, in a diamond shape placard. We use to run 1202 of a load mixed gas & diesel it designated it to First responders that it was loaded with both

 

[BIGNASTY]

Thats why we have Square shaped tanker over at Home. Way less dangerous for the swell.

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Ozy on the picture I can see the environment hazard placard & Flammable Products placard where is the Product type placard? is it the Red 30 over 1202? I was under the impression that the world had changed to a common placard system maybe it was for shipping internationally? Ours is 1203 Gas, 1993 Diesel, 1987 Ethanol, in a diamond shape placard. We use to run 1202 of a load mixed gas & diesel it designated it to First responders that it was loaded with both products different compartments

 

[Ozymandias]

Thats complicated, especially to explain.
On that orange plate, the lower number is the UN number.
1202 is Diesel or Fuel oil, no difference there.
1203 is Gasoline.
The upper number is the classification, 30 is liquid flammable, 33 is liquid highly flammable.
999 would be an empty but uncleaned tank, only for chemicals.
On a vehicle that has more then one product in different chambers of the tank you have front and rear plain orange plates and then on each side of the tank according to the chamber a numbered plate.

For transport by road it is the ADR law.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADR_(treaty)

 

[AHutson]

Here's something similar to trailer I pulled behind a Western Star when I was a crude oil hauler. Single compartment, small baffles, 48 ft. Most of the oil around here that I hauled was low gravity so it wasn't near as prone to surge waves. Especially in -30 to -40. You defiantly learn to be a smooth operator when you pull tanker, or bad things happen as some find out the hard way. I was more worried about any accident empty because the tiny bit of leftover oil in the very bottom that doesn't get sucked out at unload will release natural gas, on a warm day the empty trailer would get kind of gassy heading to the well for another load. Higher gravity oil was much more prone to doing this, could launch the cap off the load line up to 20 feet if you didn't release it gently.

Ozymandias: Looks like a water wagon is what you saw laid over just seeing the size of the barrel (Tank). Most of the guys I encountered driving those were not ones that should pry be on an inhabited road. They don't share, they shift rough and jerk the thing around. I got to where I saw them coming I found a nice wide spot to wait for them to go by if possible.