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Hey truckers...

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..got a question for you.. always wanted to know..

Bulk powder transporters. How do you get the powder out of those tankers? Aerate it then blow / suck it out or something?
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Right first time Tom...it's blown out but exactly how it works I don't know or worry about! Do know the truck has to be "earthed" to prevent static build up.
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I really want an HGV lisence.. I'm going to look that up right now.
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i drive a bulk flour tanker, and how that works Tom is the tanker builds up air pressure so it can blow the flour out, the tanker is connected to a silo by a hose/pipe, the silo sucks and the tanker blows, hence the flour moves from truck to silo, and like 340 truck says the truck is earthed to the silo, on our tanker we tip the back of it up to help the flour move better, go on lad go get ya HGV licence,
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and some of those air pumps are basically superchargers ;)
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