Out of petrol

Is it too late to say: "Get a room, you two..."?

 

6 miles as the crow flies is a fucking difficult taxi ride in the peak
district.

 

Who said anything about taxis? BGN has a car.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ginge

http://www.adventure001.com/a1_vip_helicopters_sheffield.htm

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Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

6.7 miles west. I would rather stay 6.7 miles away than do the
camping thing again.

 

Er.... No, never mind.

 

I doubt they were running at 60 tonnes. A unit and trailer weigh in
at 14 tonnes unladen. So they have a carrying capacity of a legal 27
tonnes. For them to run to 60 tonnes, they'd have to carry 46 tonnes
- nearly twice as much as usual. It's a long time since I drove one,
but I'm fucking certain that the tanks are not half-full by capacity,
when the legal weight limit is reached.

I'm sure that what TOG says is mostly correct. I'm sure the Govt said
"don't worry about weight; no fuel tankers will be taken to a
weighbridge until supplies are re-stocked". But 60 tonnes? Nah.

 

I recommend this form of transport.

 

As long as you're footing the bill

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

ITYF the "you're" in the post referred to Blaney-of-Arabia.

YTC.

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and Ducati Race Engineer.

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Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

You're probably right.

 

More than that - an official dispensation was issued, and officially
repealed when it was sorted. I remember publishing the repeal notice (we
*had* to!).

'Swot I was told, but you're probably right. Now, what's the phrase to
use here? Ah yes: "You know how bad my memory is getting...."

I wonder how much a tanker weighs, fully laden, because my understanding
is that they do actually only run about hald full. Think of that that
cylinder *entriely* filled with fuel.

We need a maffematishun to kalkerlate. This will be difficult because
tankers are oval-shaped.

 

A petroleum tanker is up to 42,800 litres:

http://www.formulatankerrental.co.uk/pages/vehicles-rental.html

If it was water, that would be 42.8 tonnes payload. Petrol is slightly
lighter, so say approx 40 tonnes. Plus the weight of the trailer, tractor,
Yorkie-eating blob etc.

 

We could get close to 60 tonnes if we filled the tanker with water and the
cad with ukrmers.

I don't suppose this helps much.

 

I can probably think of a few that may be up to give the bounder a good
buggering.

 

What about an added trailer?

 

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Ya dig?

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Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Irritatingly, it doesn't say whether that's "allowable" capacity or
what.

But this

http://snipurl.com/hsn8

suggests that the maximum allowable capacity is about 40,000 litres, so
my guess is there's a lot of room to spare.

I tried contacting SWK at FTA today but he's on his hols.

 

On our recent visit to Carcassonne, we were confronted by the sight of
a 6x4 truck with a drawbar trailer attempting to do a full circuit of
a quite small roundabout. There was another waiting to attempt the
same manoeuvre.

I think the situation was not helped by the caravan attached to the
back of each trailer.

Yes, the circus was coming to town.
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