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I built that one!!!!!!

I was there before vapor recovery--also only 2 grades of gasoline-Super and Regular-9000 gallons would drop in about 15 minutes if the truck was one product and the trailer another!

Frank

Yea! And always somebody asking to fill up their car....
"This hose drops about 450 gallons per minute....how big is your gas tank?"

Lets not forget hauling Leaded Gas too.

Any of you remember Top Loading a gas truck?
There was a Mobil terminal down by Seymour Indiana that was still a top loader in the early 1980's.

When I started, about half our stations didn't have Vapor Recovery. I think my best drop time was 8500 gallons in 14 minutes, three products from a 5 hole trailer, with three hoses.

Most Reminisent delivery I ever made was to a dealer in Kokomo. Every year they have what they call the Haynes Apperson Festival. Named after the car that was built there. We had a dealer (he is retired now, his son runs the station) that would bolt an old Visable pump over the top of his LEADED gas tank for the "Old Guys" to bring their antique cars in and FILL UP.
Was a big hit. That pump is in a museum now.
Chuck

Oh yes! Remember the "dead man" switches?When they first elimintaed top loading in Central FL, they put in a computerized system with a grounding cord that never worked. The rack would shut down, and you couldn`t load if the truck wasn`t grounded. So a lot of drivers figured out which 2 holes to put a paper clip into on the cord socket, to fool the computer into letting you load!