So apparently we now have more tanker drivers than we do tankers.
After cancelling some holidays and putting in some overtime, fuel companies are now leasing some of the reserve fleet from the government, and putting their own drivers in them.
You’ve gotta question the old “we’re 100k drivers short and need a visa program”
About time the reserve tanker fleet is used - it has sat idle for long enough
whisperingsmith:
About time the reserve tanker fleet is used - it has sat idle for long enough
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Just need to get Carryfast ADR certified
Only the Brits could win a contest for using the most drivers and trucks to haul the least load.
Don’t need any of that this is an emergency.The Jag needs some fuel or at least it will by next Summer unless Boris has got his all EV revolution up and running by then and banned it.
whisperingsmith:
About time the reserve tanker fleet is used - it has sat idle for long enough
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Just need to get Carryfast ADR certified
He knows more than the trainer!!!
There is still hope for you to get off the sofa and back on the road CF
discoman:
whisperingsmith:
About time the reserve tanker fleet is used - it has sat idle for long enough
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Just need to get Carryfast ADR certifiedHe knows more than the trainer!!!
ADR.If it catches fire run that’s it done.
But some say an empty one will make a bigger bang than a full one but I don’t buy it.
fridger:
So apparently we now have more tanker drivers than we do tankers.
After cancelling some holidays and putting in some overtime, fuel companies are now leasing some of the reserve fleet from the government, and putting their own drivers in them.You’ve gotta question the old “we’re 100k drivers short and need a visa program”
How many tanker drivers tho? 10? 20? long way off 100,000 isnt it
Now “in house” tankers are few and far between,its a choice of which is the best to work for Wincanton,DHL,Hoyer or Stobart if the opinion of many is the same as their general haulage operations its a hard choice.
Carryfast:
ADR.If it catches fire run that’s it done.
But some say an empty one will make a bigger bang than a full one but I don’t buy it.
As I remember it from working in garages in the late 80s and 90s, after a delivery the tanker compartments that contained petrol, still had vapour in them. Which as I recall would make a bigger bang.
It may sound daft, but petrol doesn’t burn.
At room temperature petrol remains in a liquid state. When petrol burns, it isn’t the liquid that burns, but the flammable vapours that are dispersed from the flammable liquid.
Santa:
It may sound daft, but petrol doesn’t burn.At room temperature petrol remains in a liquid state. When petrol burns, it isn’t the liquid that burns, but the flammable vapours that are dispersed from the flammable liquid.
The amount of vapour is directly proportional to the amount of liquid that’s creating it.
When the tank ruptures the air supply will look after itself.Aircraft fire fighting rule number 1 and it’s why Buncefield made such a big bang not because the tanks that went up were empty and it’s why a teakoff air crash is usually much worse than a landing crash.
Santa:
It may sound daft, but petrol doesn’t burn.At room temperature petrol remains in a liquid state. When petrol burns, it isn’t the liquid that burns, but the flammable vapours that are dispersed from the flammable liquid.
Seen a match thrown onto an open dish of petrol in an open place. No surprise, there’s flames, but no explosion.
But let it burn a while, extinguish flames, and the match was retrieved almost intact.
I wouldn’t expect the same result from a match in an “empty” tanker. As said that enclosed “empty” space is full of petrol vapour, and oxygen containing air.
Also note effects of containing combustion: a Nov 5th banger makes an explosion because the small amount of gunpowder is contained in the cardboard tube. The same amount of gunpowder tipped out into the open just makes a flash. A “genie”.
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Do Not Try Any Of This At Home!
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Franglais:
enclosed “empty” space is full of petrol vapour, and oxygen containing air
Full fuel tank exposed to heat, ignition and as much air as it wants when the tank ruptures, says hold my beer.Virtually instantaneous ignition/vapourisation/explosion chain reaction of the whole contents.
youtube.com/watch?v=NuPVEsQaGB0
Deffo not empty.
youtube.com/watch?v=_d9QPjYp3uw
