Fuel-Handling Vehicle

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3. filling fuel. 4. Avoid fueling equipment with the wrong fuel or hydraulic systems or cooling systems with the Maintain accurate records in a log documenting amounts of fuel issued, by equipment USN number. 5. Ensure fuel availability for contingency . readiness, daily transportation, and construction operations. 6. Maintain fire extinguishers on the tanker truck as set forth in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Safety and Health Requirements Manual, EM 385-1-1. 7. Be alert to avoid environmental pollution. Fuel spillage can be disastrous. 8. Daily communicate with the yard boss, dispatcher, and the transportation supervisor. 9. Be a qualified professional operator of the fuel truck. Fuel-Handling Vehicle Fuel-handling vehicles are classified as fuel tank trucks or fuel tank semitrailers. Each vehicle has distinguishing characteristics (model, size, and capacity). The purpose of fuel-handling vehicles is to load, haul, and discharge fuel to other vehicles, aircraft, or fuel depots. DESCRIPTION.— A typical fuel tank truck is equipped with a tank body divided into compartments. Each compartment has a manhole and filler cover assembly, bottom sump or well, and discharge valves with screen assemblies and drainpipes. The drainpipes end in a manifold in the equipment Compartment. The compartment (fig. 6-19) also houses a delivery pump, a discharge valve control assembly, a pump delivery line gate valve, an automatic dump valve, drain tube valves, a gravity line gate valve, a filter separator, a pressure gate, a meter, a water separator chamber, and a grounding cable. The delivery pump is powered by the power takeoff (PTO), which is controlled by the PTO lever located in the cab of the truck. The lever is moved backward to the ENGAGED position to engage the PTO which causes the pump to operate. The lever is moved forward to the DISENGAGED position to disengage the PTO and to stop the pump. The discharge valve control assembly levers control the discharge valves located at the bottom of each tank Figure 6-19.-Dispensing equipment compartment. 6-25

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