I was told a little story by an ex Harold Wood driver who I worked with.
When you loaded a new product, you always got a gallon out of the back valve, then when you got home, you sniffed it, you poured a little on the concrete floor and you poured some on the garden. after all this you dropped a match in some product left on the floor
If it bubbled on concrete, you gave some to the wife to clean the kitchen floor
If it bubbled on the grass you used it in the greenhouse and allotment to kill weeds.
If it didnât bubble at all, you used it to clean your windscreen and mirrors
If it caught fire, you put it in your car and went to work for free all next week
There is no wonder Hazchem was invented
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I like that Malc. I used to take my eight-legger MK3 or MK5 home regular,just calling for a change of clothes,flask and snap and was always getting tapped for white spirit 'cos my neighbours thought that was the only product we carried. They soon changed their minds when I was carrying ethly acrylate or some other chemical like isophorone and undefronted crude benzole.
v7victor:
I retired from fuel delivery driving last may,after 35 years, just at the right time i think.
I retired 7 years ago and I tell you this, retirement beats the hell out of driving tankers. Just back from my walk and a pint at the local Wetherspoons. Long may it continue.
v7victor:
I retired from fuel delivery driving last may,after 35 years, just at the right time i think.
I retired 7 years ago and I tell you this, retirement beats the hell out of driving tankers. Just back from my walk and a pint at the local Wetherspoons. Long may it continue.
v7victor:
I retired from fuel delivery driving last may,after 35 years, just at the right time i think.
I retired 7 years ago and I tell you this, retirement beats the hell out of driving tankers. Just back from my walk and a pint at the local Wetherspoons. Long may it continue.
Hope you didânt have a spill!!!Vic
Not with tâale, but Iâve had one or two of the others. Best (or worst, depends how you look at it) was a full load of black oil to Hazelwood foods Selby, now the foreman there was âan unpleasant fellowâ, and as usual , âwhich tank do you want it inâ? He said âno. 2â. Are you sure, says I, âIâve b loody well just told you, No.2â.
WRONG . It was full before I started pumping.
Ee, thar wor primitive in Sheffield i tâord days, mind, afore that we had thatch onât barrel.
We used to vent taks running with tâlids resting on tâcatches and tâbottom valves oppen,used to get rid of tâsmell and evaporate what were left,then book a steam out.Can you still do that? We had an AEC MK3 written off when tâthatch caught fire Malc,mind thi it were an owd 'un.
Ee, thar wor primitive in Sheffield i tâord days, mind, afore that we had thatch onât barrel.
We used to vent taks running with tâlids resting on tâcatches and tâbottom valves oppen,used to get rid of tâsmell and evaporate what were left,then book a steam out.Can you still do that? We had an AEC MK3 written off when tâthatch caught fire Malc,mind thi it were an owd 'un.
That was another fiddle that got stopped Chris, the customers would only accept proper certificates and sealed tanks, we have had many a good do out of booking a self clean.
Best (or worst, depends how you look at it) was a full load of black oil to Hazelwood foods Selby, now the foreman there was âan unpleasant fellowâ, and as usual , âwhich tank do you want it inâ? He said âno. 2â. Are you sure, says I, âIâve b loody well just told you, No.2â.
. It was full before I started pumping.