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Gas tanks on a Gasoline Tanker Truck ?
Seems ironic and redundant to have a tanker truck that ultimately hauls tens of thousands of gallons of GASOLINE equipped with its own gas tanks . Certainly, gasoline is part of the cost of operating the truck , and it's source could be built into( and cost lowered) by using gasoline from the load itself . ,
The truck could have a residual capacity that remains in the main tank even AFTER a load has been emptied , so the truck ultimately always has a full tank . This could be factored into the delivery/ cost System itself .
9 Answers
- dtstellwagenLv 73 years ago
The trucks that deliver are owned by a delivery company, it may be owned by the same parent company, but they are separate legal entities.
- PoppyLv 73 years ago
Here in the US tanker trucks are powered with Diesel engines, not gasoline. The loads are sold by the gallon, so using some in transit is using the selling product.
- M.Lv 73 years ago
Large tanker trucks that haul gasoline are powered by diesel tractors.
Tanker trailers would need some kind of high quality flexible fuel line to feed the tractor. I can't imagine the legal "can of worms" that might be.
Why don't you go ponder a perpetual motion scheme?
- ?Lv 73 years ago
First of all if the customer buys 3000 gallons of fuel he wants 3000 gallons, not 2800 after deduction of the truck's usage. Secondly, how do you propose the truck runs when the tank is empty? Third, if it's a diesel truck delivering gasoline how would that work?
- Anonymous3 years ago
And how exactly would the truck run when it is not loaded with fuel?
It will be a funny conversation at every gas station.
"Hey leave me some 50 gallons will you".
"What do you mean leave you with 50 gallons"
"I dont have my own fuel tank"
"You dont have a what"
"A fuel tank"
"Where the hell would you get your fuel"
"From my load"
"Who the hell would design a truck like that"
"How the hell do you gas up when you are out of fuel"
"Dont ask me. I dont friggin know"
"What do you do if you have to carry unleaded"
"I cant carry unleaded"
"Who the hell carries unleaded"
"The unleaded truck guy"
"Unleaded truck? Who friggin makes unleaded trucks"
"What happens if his truck is broke"
"Dont ask me"
The short answer. There are no unleaded trucks. Nobody makes them. They are all diesels. And the oil companies transact business in the billions of dollars a year. They are smarter than you.
