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2000 litres all over the deck whilst tipping fuel. Surrounding area evacuated.
Can any tanker drivers on here enlighten us how this might have happened?
rob22888:
enlighten us how this might have happened?
Overfilled tanks, faulty valves, defective tanker, left unattended mid flow, who knows…
It must be DHL & they are some of the best trained in the game (apparently) so maybe the driver help prevent something worse happening, it’s going to be an expensive clean up though:shock:
Putting the fuel in the wrong (full) tank
Pimpdaddy:
rob22888:
enlighten us how this might have happened?Overfilled tanks, faulty valves, defective tanker, left unattended mid flow, who knows…
It must be DHL & they are some of the best trained in the game (apparently) so maybe the driver help prevent something worse happening, it’s going to be an expensive clean up though:shock:
Could even have been some knob jockey running over his pipes… who knows 
In my day we could unload with three or four hoses but I think they are restricted to two nowadays to reduce the risk of mishaps. The easiest way for a spill was to get four pipes on the ground and connect one end to the lorry and the other to the tank and turn the fuel on to find it was two different hoses and the fuel gushed out of the open ended pipe. You can always open a valve with no pipe connected but what ever is happening you can hit the red button to shut everything down and run with the modern tankers.
Overfilling the tank should not cause a spill it just means the delivery hose is full as well and can not be removed until enough fuel has been sold from that tank to drain the pipe out
I waited ages at a small country garage for them to sell some fuel and the first thing to come in was a moped for his usual half a gallon.
Thought it was a load of LPG that was spilled.
Stefluc:
Thought it was a load of LPG that was spilled.
that wouldnt take much cleaning up, it boils into vapour almost instantly.
Stefluc:
Thought it was a load of LPG that was spilled.
Nope news reports defiantly claim it was petrol…
Why hasn’t anybody enquires if the driver is ok? He must be devastated, a spill of that size is no small event.
So far it is only speculation what actually happened and what circumstances led up to the event. It may not even be his fault at all.
And as for the thread title P45 for this tanker driver… This is a bit premature, chances are he will get a warning and poss re-training to re-evaluate his drills as part of his PDP.
As I have said before this industry is he easiest to to but also the easiest to ■■■■ up in and it usually costs a lot of money to put right.
Agency Driver
tango boy:
Agency Driver
Is the driver ok
It comes out around 1000 litres a minute, it doesn’t take 2 minutes to hit the red button unless it was left unattended. …
bigears:
Is the driver ok
No he bought a diesel car last week.
The driver could have been the other side of the trailer stowing a used hose away . If it is chucking it down it is quite common to get the hoses connected and turn the valves on and then sit in the cab for five minutes in the dry. Not to bad if you sit in the passenger seat as you can see the hoses in the mirror and they usually kick a little when the compartment empties.
You could just sit and watch the crumpet filling up their cars instead, not so good.
A workmate of mine fell asleep in the cab when the tanker was filling with crude tar. The lorry was surrounded by a sea of the stuff before it was noticed and he had to be rescued by laying down a trail of pallets.
From the link supplied in the OP we seem to have some doubt as to what exactly was spilled…
The main headline says this
Fuel tanker spills 2,000 litres of petrol …
Whilst near the bottom of the report, we see this:
A Morrisons spokesman said: "We apologise to shoppers and local residents for any inconvenience that has been caused. This morning, a quantity of LPG fuel leaked from a faulty valve on one of the small tanks on the forecourt.
"As a precautionary measure the forecourt was immediately closed and the Fire Service called. The faulty tank was drained and made safe.
“The Fire Service has confirmed our site is now safe and the forecourt has now re-opened. LPG will be unavailable for the time being.”
Although some of the loading/unloading precautions and procedures for petrol and LPG bear some similarities, they are both easily flammable in conditions of spillage. However, the report seems to be somewhat confusing because petrol and LPG are completely different substances.
Interesting we scoff at anothers potential misfortune!
Muckaway:
bigears:
Is the driver okNo he bought a diesel car last week.
:lol::lol:
Numbum:
The driver could have been the other side of the trailer stowing a used hose away . If it is chucking it down it is quite common to get the hoses connected and turn the valves on and then sit in the cab for five minutes in the dry.
Is this allowed/legal ‘dieseldave’…?
Swampey2418:
Stefluc:
Thought it was a load of LPG that was spilled.Nope news reports defiantly claim it was petrol…
Well the report linked in the OP “defiantly” says it was LPG. A fire service spokesman also says (in another report) that they later handed the scene over to Calor, which seems a strange thing to do if it was indeed a petrol spillage.