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KEEPING THEM RUNNING
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with Ron Cater
Not even the most elaborate maintenance set-up will enable a fleet to be kept running successfully if the original specification of vehicles in it is inadequate. Nowhere is this more true than within the realms of the bulk liquid transport field where actual mechanical troubles are a minor problem compared with a leaking tank or one that contaminates cargoes. One morning last week. my "in tray" contained a booklet sent by the Stainless Steel Development Association entitled Stainless Steel Road Tankers. It is available free of charge on request from the association at 7 Old Park Lane, London, W1, and it contains much useful information about the uses to which the material can be put. Although perhaps the majority of tanker operators are familiar with stainless steel, there are many advantages to be had from its use that are not always apparent. For instance, besides producing considerable savings in tank cleaning-time between cargoes, it can also, when properly applied, result in considerable savings in unladen weight. In America, light-gauge reinforced stressed-skin construction is permitting payload-to-unladenweight ratios of above 6 to 1 in single-compartment tanks. In search for efficiency, operators must leave no stone unturned in securing every bit of information possible, and in its particular field this booklet is more than worth the time it takes to read.