What is a tanker truck?

2022/07/20 14:34

A tanker truck or tanker is a truck or trailer designed to hold bulk beverages or gases at the road. They are available in  bodily configurations:

  • The tank is attached to the chassis of the truck or trailer

  • The tank is attached through ISO locks to a flat deck or skeletal trailer or truck and may be eliminated for intermodal delivery (e.g. loaded onto a deliver or train)

tanker truck

Tank connected to skeletal trailer.

The tanks themselves are available in exceptional configurations relying on what’s being carried, for example:

  • Insulated vs non-insulated

  • Pressurised vs non-pressurised

  • Compartmentalised vs unmarried product load

  • The maximum not unusualplace sort of tanker is a gas tanker – they delivery gas from most important hubs out to character petrol stations.