Jet A1 Highway Bowser Wanted
 

Does anybody have a Jet A1 bowser no longer required? It needs to be bunded, a maximum of 1000 litres total capacity and have a stainless steel or lined inner tank.I can upgrade filters, hose etc.

Hi there I know you said 1000l but I have a stunning fuel proof 2000 litre pumped barely half a tank in its life been indoors all its life. I'm ready to sell and am looking for serious offers around 6k plus vat

Thanks for the offer
 

Thanks but I was trying to avoid ADR by going for 1000 litres or less.

ADR is only a 5 day course :yuk:

@ jettiejock

Even if you use a 2000 Ltr bowser you can avoid ADR if you only fill it with 999 Ltr:ok:(999,999.... because with 1000 you need ADR :})

And if your license allows you the weight of the car / truck and trailer combination, of course.

ADR
 

My understanding is that the need for ADR goes by actual capacity of the tank not the amount actually in it.

If your tank is over 1000l then you are in scope if it has any fuel in it, if I remember correctly.

Have you considered using an IBC and separate pump?

What's all this adr malarkey?? And in reality who is going to check?? Jobs for the boys all this beaurocracy.

Carriage of Dangerous Goods - How is a bowser defined for the purposes of the regulations and what exemptions apply?
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.g...0/auth1rev.pdf

ADR
 

Tank size is important, does not matter how much you carry. For instance if the 2000 litre tank is empty you are not allowed to tow it without an ADR licence unless the tank has a certificate of cleaning to say it is empty ! So basically no ADR licence you can only tow 999 litres of Jet A1 or 333 litres of Avgas
The licence lasts 5 years before you have to do a renewal

Why Avgas is different and just only 333 litres and not 999.9?

Plus in a previous life I was selling commercial vehicles to be transformed in road tankers. So I like to draw your attention to the fact there are ADR for the truck and the driver. The exemption is valid for the tanker but not for the driver.

Torque
If you read the second link I provided, paragraph 2..

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.g...0/auth1rev.pdf

It includes heating oil too, which is same as Jet A1.

R.I.S

I am sure the difference is volatility. On a good day a large pool of Jet A will just sit and smell, AVGAS will be a serious danger. I wouldn't want to be anywhere near a 300 litre spillage. I once walked into a mist spray of JetA without thinking to turn off a petrol driven pump after a hose split. If that had been AVGAS I would be toast!!!!!

Stringfellow,
I am a bit dissapointed in your reaction. Everybody confirms to all procedures and regulations when it comes to helicopter safety. When somebody apprently deviates he is grilled on pprune. When it comes to road safety this does no longer applies?

Rwy
I think the ADR requirements are 3-way:
1)The truck. When beyond the small load exemption the truck needs to be full ADR compliant. The bowser/IBC for which Chopjock might have found an exemption might be a solution. But beware you should still find some confirmation that Jet A1 UN1863 is allowed under the same exemption. Although the properties are almost the same as heating oil the alternative allowed UN numbers are not stated in Chopjocks link.Under small load exemptions there are some requirements for fire extinghuishers etc.

2)The load. The fuel may be transported under small load exemptions if Jet A1 is under 1000 litres,
or under 333 litres AvGas. The difference is in the flash point of the fuel. The smal load exemptions only have 3 classes: Max 20; max 333 and max 1000. AvGas happens to be in the middle category. So if the 3000 litre bowser might be allowed as IBC it should be possible to transport 999 litres under small load exemptions.

3) Driver, when under small loads exemption I believe there are no extra requirements. At least not for proffessional truck drivers. For private car drivers better check this.

Caution my knowledge is Dutch based any deviations towards UK ADR regulation are beyond my limited wisdom.

Cheers SLB

Jet A1 and Heating oil (Kero) have a similar flashpoint, as we all know.

I'm confused.
 

There seems to be confusion here. I believe that to avoid the full ADR regs a Jet A1 bowser needs to have a capacity of no more than 1000 litres. But some of you good people have said less it needs to be less than 1000. So, will a 1000 litre bowser require ADR to drive it or does it have to be over 1000 litres in capacity?

It´s nothing to do with how many Liters, really.

Without ADR you are allowed to transport Dg with a maximum of 999 Points.

Jet A1 1 point per Liter - AvGas 3 points per Liter. That´s why Jet 999 Liters allowed - AvGas 333 Liters allowed.

And in Europe you can use a bowser that has more capacity as long as you are certified to drive the car-trailer / truck combination with your driving license.

Jettiejock,

I would speak to the HSE directly about your questions. The ADR regs are slightly different in Europe to the UK.

Have a look at Carriage of Dangerous Goods on the HSE website

Carriage of Dangerous Goods - How is a bowser defined for the purposes of the regulations and what exemptions apply?

Hi Stringfellow
 

I would like to purchase your bowser if still available?

Hi there I note you are from Belfast, I bought it from a chap in northern Ireland who had it set up on avgas for a sweizer 300, it pumped 300l odd litres then he sold it to me. Its been indoors since. Il send you a pm.