What are the green lights on the back of petrol tanker cabs for? Only ever seen them on petrol tankers. I assume it’s some sort of safety beacon …
its the electical cutoff light, they have to cut all electrics when discharging, light off batteries are isolated 
wildfire:
its the electical cutoff light, they have to cut all electrics when discharging, light off batteries are isolated
i am a tanker driver this is correct
JJ192:
wildfire:
its the electical cutoff light, they have to cut all electrics when discharging, light off batteries are isolatedi am a tanker driver this is correct
Fair play to you, you wouldnt get me behind the wheel of a tanker with anything highly flammable for love nor money.
Saaamon:
JJ192:
wildfire:
its the electical cutoff light, they have to cut all electrics when discharging, light off batteries are isolatedi am a tanker driver this is correct
Fair play to you, you wouldnt get me behind the wheel of a tanker with anything highly flammable for love nor money.
Where’s your sense of adventure ? Come and spend a few days over here hauling liquified Oxygen on the snow and ice in the middle of a blizzard , you’ll soon get used to it 
Saaamon:
JJ192:
wildfire:
its the electical cutoff light, they have to cut all electrics when discharging, light off batteries are isolatedi am a tanker driver this is correct
Fair play to you, you wouldnt get me behind the wheel of a tanker with anything highly flammable for love nor money.
Yet you’ll quite happily drive your car with a fuel tank containing 10 or more gallons of fuel under your back seat! A crispy critter looks just as crispy with 5 or 5000 gallons of fuel over him! 
JJ192:
wildfire:
its the electical cutoff light, they have to cut all electrics when discharging, light off batteries are isolatedi am a tanker driver this is correct
if your a smoker do you smoke in your cab while driving down the road? or do you know tanker drivers that do? seen a few flicking ■■■ ends out the window at night time, just wondered if tanker drivers like to live on the edge??
the maoster:
Saaamon:
JJ192:
wildfire:
its the electical cutoff light, they have to cut all electrics when discharging, light off batteries are isolatedi am a tanker driver this is correct
Fair play to you, you wouldnt get me behind the wheel of a tanker with anything highly flammable for love nor money.
Yet you’ll quite happily drive your car with a fuel tank containing 10 or more gallons of fuel under your back seat! A crispy critter looks just as crispy with 5 or 5000 gallons of fuel over him!
You do make a good point, but i just dont like the idea of it. If you rolled it say, is the tank likely to split open?
Saaamon:
the maoster:
Saaamon:
JJ192:
wildfire:
its the electical cutoff light, they have to cut all electrics when discharging, light off batteries are isolatedi am a tanker driver this is correct
Fair play to you, you wouldnt get me behind the wheel of a tanker with anything highly flammable for love nor money.
Yet you’ll quite happily drive your car with a fuel tank containing 10 or more gallons of fuel under your back seat! A crispy critter looks just as crispy with 5 or 5000 gallons of fuel over him!
You do make a good point, but i just dont like the idea of it. If you rolled it say, is the tank likely to split open?
I did 20 years on tanks and saw the results of a fair few roll overs, and you’re correct in your question in that invariably there was some spillage. Maybe not the full load, but certainly enough to spoil your day! I reckon that it’s just one of them things where you just accept the risks that go with the job. I for one have carried sheet steel and the thought of that coming through the headboard gave me more pause for thought than carrying a tanker full of nastyMcnasty.
As an aside, we used to carry lots of acids and a mate of mine summed it up perfectly when he said “it’s like a Tiger, if it gets out it’s gonna kill you” . Fair point.
Squiddy:
What are the green lights on the back of petrol tanker cabs for? Only ever seen them on petrol tankers. I assume it’s some sort of safety beacon …
You may also notice the cab top marker lights are on, if you want to ■■■■ a driver off, wake him up in the middle of the night to tell him 
You can make a mess with any tanker, not just a hazardous load, the idea is to keep the liquid inside the vessel and to transfer it to the correct storage tank. Leaks are not acceptable with any product
Fish do not like milk!
flat to the mat:
Come and spend a few days over here hauling liquified Oxygen on the snow and ice in the middle of a blizzard
I used LoX daily in the RAF, it’s very volatile.
IIRC the training course said it had an expansion rate of 740 litres:1
Thats some explosion!
cieranc:
flat to the mat:
Come and spend a few days over here hauling liquified Oxygen on the snow and ice in the middle of a blizzardI used LoX daily in the RAF, it’s very volatile.
IIRC the training course said it had an expansion rate of 740 litres:1Thats some explosion!
It may be even bigger. I think Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Hydrogen have an expansion ratio of around 850 - 860 litres to 1
Bikini Atoll 1954
Cruise Control:
JJ192:
wildfire:
its the electical cutoff light, they have to cut all electrics when discharging, light off batteries are isolatedi am a tanker driver this is correct
if your a smoker do you smoke in your cab while driving down the road? or do you know tanker drivers that do? seen a few flicking ■■■ ends out the window at night time, just wondered if tanker drivers like to live on the edge??
i do not smoke and yes i know 2 who do and in the cab every job has its risks i dont agree smoking in the vehicles but thats another story
So, if all the power is isolated, does this affect the tacho, clocks, radio etc?
thelorryist:
So, if all the power is isolated, does this affect the tacho, clocks, radio etc?
No, it is wired separately and they use what is called an intrinsically safe recording unit
JJ192:
wildfire:
its the electical cutoff light, they have to cut all electrics when discharging, light off batteries are isolatedi am a tanker driver this is correct
i am not as stupid as i look them, at least i got something right
cieranc:
flat to the mat:
Come and spend a few days over here hauling liquified Oxygen on the snow and ice in the middle of a blizzardI used LoX daily in the RAF, it’s very volatile.
IIRC the training course said it had an expansion rate of 740 litres:1Thats some explosion!
Considering we breathe the stuff it’s very nasty ,always makes me smile when the MSDS sheets say " vigorously accelerates combustion" , you’re bloody right it does
Wheel Nut:
Squiddy:
What are the green lights on the back of petrol tanker cabs for? Only ever seen them on petrol tankers. I assume it’s some sort of safety beacon …You may also notice the cab top marker lights are on, if you want to ■■■■ a driver off, wake him up in the middle of the night to tell him
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Seen that before myself, always wondered what it was for (but was answered in the thread about parking lights a couple of days ago)
wildfire:
JJ192:
wildfire:
its the electical cutoff light, they have to cut all electrics when discharging, light off batteries are isolatedi am a tanker driver this is correct
i am not as stupid as i look them, at least i got something right
lol
What’s the money, and where are the jobs at? 