First time hauling liquid asphalt!

The ones I seen haul it. IT has to be easy, because they enjoyed it. And would not haul hot mix worth a cuss.But stuck with the tanker. It does involve a lot of waiting time. So hope its paying you by the hour.
Cousin of mine hauls it 6 days per week. And I have never seen him in anything other then boots and jeans. OOH he does have big rubber gloves.

 

@G13Tomcat hauls asphalt, I think.

 

If that trailer hasn't been used in 2 years make sure there's no water in it......

Park the trailer nose high and open that back valve ......slowly.....

 

Totally the best advice right there.... if that doesn't work, get them to pay for a wash out. We "supposedly" do it once a quarter (heh..) to dehumidify or de louse or whatever. A tank/trailer that's been sitting THAT long... will probably have water, and literally "STREET HEEL" within. If you will mix the same "breed" of 'phalt ... hot or sort of hot, it may work.. not sure. Cat's right, on draining the H2O no matter how you cut it.
Best of luck, man.

ps: Seems like you guys are just shuttling the product .. i've done that a time or few.

 

I haul hot mix.. 6122 and 3257... have to wear my "safety hi viz.." and yeah, boots, jeans and gloves. Hot mix isn't bad... I sweat an hour or less on the catwalks, at each stop.... about six total, load and un, 3 times. Worth the coin.

 

What you'll need is steeltoed boots you might be able to get away with just work boots though.Your company will furnish hard hat and goggles.Make sure to wear both when filling the tank.You'll need a safety vest.Many of the job sites require it.Getting trained isn't hard.Always wear long sleeves.See if your company furnishes uniforms or have a clothing allowance and see of they have a laundry services that washes you're work clothes.

 

yep, ALL true.... I've got a "uniform / code" ... and a stipend. Boss man pays for the boots, and we do NOT have to do steel toe, due to our customer's code... but they are HIGHLY recommended.. Vest, hat(s), goggles.. all furnished. Hazmat "geek" suit, also provided, tho I don't do but 1 a year anymore.

Superior Uniforms is who we work with.

 

I did it for a season about 10 years ago. Up here the refinery was big on safety the customers not so much. I had to add a face shield to my hard hat. Safety boots and safety glasses and long sleeve shirts and pants. Now the guys all wear flake retardent clothes l see. I would suggest dark coloured pants unless you like tar stains lol. We always had a spray bottle of diesel to spray on the valves and end of hoses, camlocks etc and a good heavy pair of rubber gloves. The diesel will cut the tar and clean your gloves also. I went througg a lot of rags. I kept a propane torch in the truck to help free up the valve in the morning. I used a chain vise grip and would lightly clamp the cam locks on the hose. The other guys would wire it on. We all had shims and extra rubber gaskets to tighten up the cam locks because they would have a tendency to leak a little otherwise. Generally we put a pail under it whether we needed to or not. X2 in checking the trailer for moisture! The bosses son blew out 2-3 thousand gallons of tar. It was hanging off the street light. Luckily he heard it turning/bubbling and pulled it out from under the rack. The consensus was that the trailer sat for the winter and moisture had collected inside and when the hot tar started going in it started a chain reaction. Just respect it and you'll be fine. I found that the surge was very heavy. I pulled tankers before and still found l had to be careful and drive extra smooth. Good luck.

 

I didn't have a hazmat suit when I hauled hazmat asphalt.