Filling up your car while the tanker is refilling the tanks?

[mph101]

Originally Posted by corydon

Oh yes... There is a dirty little secret, most folks do not know. These tanker trucks are often used in the weekends to pick up cow manure. Or milk. Wich ever tank is full at the dairy.

They do this early in the morning, or late in the evening. It ain't pretty. In rural areas cars emit this horrible smell after fueling more than 15 gallons.

LOL thats funny. A hazmat compartment tank used as a food grade or agricultural use hauler. I call bs, I've driven for BP, Shell, & Citgo as a company, (not common carrier) driver.

[jbgusa]

Originally Posted by mph101

I call bs....

That's a sexist remark. He said it was cow manure, which might have been from cows or bulls. You can't prove it comes from bulls.

[Slowpoke_TX]

Do y'all not remember the "hot fuel" debate a few years ago?

Liquids expand as they get warmer, and contract as they get cooler.

When a gas station sells you fuel, you're buying it at whatever temperature it happens to be at as it comes through the nozzle - there is no temperature correction.

By contrast, when the gas station buys fuel, the volume and temperature of the fuel is recorded as it is loaded into the tanker. The quantity of fuel lifted is then computer-corrected to 60°F, which is the basis for the billing. The gross (actual gallons loaded), net (gallons corrected to 60°F), and temperature are all reflected on the shipping papers.

In a nutshell: If you live in an area where the fuel coming out of the dispenser is warmer than 60°F, the lack of temperature correction favors the gas station. If you live in a cold climate where the fuel coming out of the dispenser is colder than 60°F, the lack of temperature correction is in your favor.