Have you ever thought: Why fuel tanker trailer are such a common sight on the road but rarely leads to accidents? That is because the tankers are kind of a result of an array of technologies that prevents spillage and bigger catastrophe may happened.
What make a fuel tanker trailer safer and less accident？
Baffle
A fuel tanker trailer is not hollow entirely; instead, it is compartmentalized with use of baffles, which help dissipate the force of liquid evenly in cases of acceleration and braking. A truck would rollover easily without baffle, as the momentum of truck would vary from the fuel contained. The baffle design approach makes the fuel tanker trailer a lot safer to drive.
Safety valves
Fuel tanker trailer equipping a multitude of safety valves fixed at the bottom to drain the tanker safely.If any vehicle goes under the body, which happen quite often. It may seem like a small safety arrangement; however, it has helped avoid many accidents.
Brake assist and Low center of gravity
A fuel container trailer for sale nowadays comes with braking assisting system, which ensure in cases of heavy braking, the tanker does not roll over or a driver does not lose control of the steering, even in windy and slippery conditions. Moreover, the lower center of gravity stops tank trailer to overturn.
Special Manhole
Such lids let tank breath in cases of accidents, overturns, and fire. Manhole lets pressure or vapors accumulated in the tank to escape without significant loss to the fuel contained. Manhole is the reason tanker in cases of fire does not explode at first, instead burn uniformly, giving time to fire brigade to control fire.
So a fuel tanker trailers are a lot more sophisticated carrier than you realize.
(45000 liters Fuel tanker trailer with ADR standard, very popular in Burkina Faso and other West Africa countries)
