this might be in the wrong place…
overtook a dhl tanker on the m1 on sunday and on the side of the plain metal tanker was a picture of a thermometer half filled in with red and a sign saying “highly flammable” with a white background and had red lines going through the picture.
just curious is all.
cheers
cc
something hot? 
Cruise Control:
this might be in the wrong place…overtook a dhl tanker on the m1 on sunday and on the side of the plain metal tanker was a picture of a thermometer half filled in with red and a sign saying “highly flammable” with a white background and had red lines going through the picture.
just curious is all.
cheers
cc
Hi CC,
Would the signs have looked something like these?? (Not to scale 
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The text on the Class 4 placard may say ‘highly flammable’ or ‘flammable solid,’ That would make no difference, because text is only optional on labels and placards.
For Class 4.1, the red and white stripes are mandatory as are the ‘flame’ symbol in the top half and the figure ‘4’ in the bottom half. The subdivision (the decimal number 4.1 ) is required to be shown on the load documentation, but not displayed on the vehicle.
In this case, the flammable solid would have been carried at a temperature exceeding 240 deg C, which triggers the need for the additional red triangle, which is called “the elevated temperature mark.”
As you’ll know from the other question you asked about tanker markings, I can’t tell you exactly what was in the tanker unless you can give me the four digit number that was in the middle-left orange part of the hazard warning panel.
yes they were the signs
sorry DD couldnt take a pic on my phone as was eating a pot noodle at the time 
I’m guessing bitumen.
it could be bitumen or hot cash stolen from the local rebuilding of the church spire funds, they always have one of them thermometers on the side
Cruise Control:
yes they were the signssorry DD couldnt take a pic on my phone as was eating a pot noodle at the time
call yourself a driver? You have 2 hands and 2 knees don’t you!
And if you had seen an accident, how would you have filmed it?
Did you have your seatbelt on?
Hiya … DHL have taken over the transport at Colas Warrington they carry hot bitumen (320 dig) they just had a black
and white striped sign with a number 9 and hot liquid when i was involved with colas at Chester depot (18 years)
It sounds to me thats your tank did it have a MAN tga pulling it.Colas used to run really smart Scanias out of Warrington
But the drivers was from Inverness depot.whitch all belongs to Colas France Huge outfit.
John
Cruise Control:
yes they were the signssorry DD couldnt take a pic on my phone as was eating a pot noodle at the time
Hi CC, Just the four-digit number would have done just fine mate, because that tells me what the ‘stuff’ is. 
3300John:
Hiya … DHL have taken over the transport at Colas Warrington they carry hot bitumen (320 dig) they just had a black
and white striped sign with a number 9 and hot liquid when i was involved with colas at Chester depot (18 years)
It sounds to me thats your tank did it have a MAN tga pulling it.Colas used to run really smart Scanias out of Warrington
But the drivers was from Inverness depot.whitch all belongs to Colas France Huge outfit.
John
Hi 3300John, Bitumen is still carried as class 9, but the ‘hot mark’ is more recent than when you mentioned.
mi13ke:
I’m guessing bitumen.
Hi mi13ke, That’s not a bad guess, but bitumen is actually in UN Class 9, because it’s not classified as a flammable solid.
It’s the high temperature that dictates that it’s in Class 9.
Here’s a piccy of a bitumen tanker on UK work: (ADR tanker markings are different to ours.)
dave:
hot cash stolen from the local rebuilding of the church spire funds, they always have one of them thermometers on the side
Thats the first thing i thought of 
dieseldave:
3300John:
Hiya … DHL have taken over the transport at Colas Warrington they carry hot bitumen (320 dig) they just had a black
and white striped sign with a number 9 and hot liquid when i was involved with colas at Chester depot (18 years)
It sounds to me thats your tank did it have a MAN tga pulling it.Colas used to run really smart Scanias out of Warrington
But the drivers was from Inverness depot.whitch all belongs to Colas France Huge outfit.
JohnHi 3300John, Bitumen is still carried as class 9, but the ‘hot mark’ is more recent than when you mentioned.
Hiya …agree when i was at colas it was not the HOT mark it just said Hot liquid in letters on a sticker on the tank.
John
zippy!:
And if you had seen an accident, how would you have filmed it?
Did you have your seatbelt on?
i know i hang my head in shame as i’ve dissapointed all truck drivers on here.
zippy!:
And if you had seen an accident, how would you have filmed it?
simple really, if i had seen an accident that the lads and lasses on tnet just had to see i would of put down my half completed balloon animal, steered with my knees, held my pot noodle between my teeth so i could still consume it and used one hand to use the camera and take a photo and with the other hand i’d be logging onto tnet on the dash mounted lap top 
zippy!:
Did you have your seatbelt on?
no, but when i saw flashing lights on the hard shoulder i quickly put it on, but when i saw it was only a HATO i took it off again.
If it was a yellow Man it may have been Sulphur.
Grumpygraeme:
If it was a yellow Man it may have been Sulphur.
it was a yellow man haulin (think he had applied to much fake tan ) a shiny silver tanker with no markings on it.
was on the m1 near northampton sunday morning at about 8am heading southbound - may be he’s on here
Grumpygraeme:
If it was a yellow Man it may have been Sulphur.
Hi Grumpygraeme, I can see the logic of your guess, because sulphur can be carried in molten form in a tanker, but the temperature of it during carriage is such that the ‘hot mark’ isn’t required.
Unless CC can give us the four-digit UN number that was on the hazard warning panel, everything posted will be complete guesswork.
dieseldave:
give me about 10 mins, i’ve just take the dust covers off my delorian
joking aside i honestly cant remeber the number, i remember looking at the number and thinking well its not petrol as the the numbers are different (from prev topic), it had a “Y” in it though
Cruise Control:
dieseldave:
give me about 10 mins, i’ve just take the dust covers off my delorian
joking aside i honestly cant remeber the number, i remember looking at the number and thinking well its not petrol as the the numbers are different (from prev topic), it had a “Y” in it though
Hi CC, I’m glad you remembered that you asked about a hazard warning panel in your other topic.
However, your other topic was about KEROSENE:
What do these letters/numbers stand for then? - THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE) - Trucknet UK
If you re-read that topic, you’ll see that the “Y” is part of the Emergency Action Code (EAC) for the particular substance being carried. Many substances have a “Y” as part of the EAC, so the “Y” is of no help at all in identifying the substance carried by the tanker you saw.
If you want to ask what’s in a tanker, the only piece of info really needed is the four-digit UN number, which tells me exactly what it’s carrying. From that, I can look up the name of the substance, the EAC and UN Class, so there’s no need to try to remember (or write) any other info from the hazard warning panel.
“Y” indicates that the substance has a danger of violent reaction or explosion and requires Breathing apparatus and Gloves when handling.(Remembered from last weeks ADR Course).