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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: ian1965 on April 09, 2012, 09:47:39 am

Title: upright or flat tank?
Post by: ian1965 on April 09, 2012, 09:47:39 am: Does it make any differance to the handling of your van?
Title: Re: upright or flat tank?
Post by: Alex Gardiner on April 09, 2012, 10:01:50 am: Quote from: ian1965 on April 09, 2012, 09:47:39 am
Does it make any differance to the handling of your van?

Yes it does particularly if 400 litres or over. You will notice this when cornering and stopping. The flat tank has a much lower centre of gravity and is inherently safer.

When we were developing a crash test system we noticed that the more upright the tank the harder it was to restrain as the leverage it could exert under force was so much greater.
Title: Re: upright or flat tank?
Post by: Window Washers on April 09, 2012, 10:06:02 am: flat tanks of any large size make you feel like your in a boat, and waste load space
Title: Re: upright or flat tank?
Post by: d s windowcleaning on April 09, 2012, 11:01:30 am: Quote from: Window Washers on April 09, 2012, 10:06:02 am
flat tanks of any large size make you feel like your in a boat, and waste load space
what do you call large size ian ? mines 400 ltr flat and dont even notice it being in the van , ive allso boarded the tank over so still got plenty of load space .
Title: Re: upright or flat tank?
Post by: ian1965 on April 09, 2012, 02:22:21 pm: thanks for the replies - its a expert van
Title: Re: upright or flat tank?
Post by: d s windowcleaning on April 09, 2012, 06:30:58 pm: Quote from: ian1965 on April 09, 2012, 02:22:21 pm
thanks for the replies - its a expert van
same as mine and dont even notice theres anything in when driving .
Title: Re: upright or flat tank?
Post by: David Kent @ KentKleen on April 09, 2012, 09:03:28 pm: I have a 1100 ltr flat (ish) tank! van handles like a dream. The tank IS fitted correctly, baffled, the van payload is correct to take the weight, and known as the 'yellow submarine' among local window cleaners to me!
;D
Title: Re: upright or flat tank?
Post by: David Kent @ KentKleen on April 09, 2012, 09:08:28 pm: (http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1334002102_359.jpg)
Picture from about 2 years ago! :)
Title: Re: upright or flat tank?
Post by: dazmond on April 09, 2012, 09:10:42 pm: bloody hell kentclean thats a seriously BIG TANK!!what van is that? :o :o :o :o
Title: Re: upright or flat tank?
Post by: David Kent @ KentKleen on April 09, 2012, 09:29:08 pm: movano 3.5 tonne! the beast daz the beast!!!!!! you dont worry about running out of water with this beast! ;D
Title: Re: upright or flat tank?
Post by: Window Washers on April 09, 2012, 11:51:10 pm: that looks like a submarine ;D

Can you guess what song it bought to mind ?
Title: Re: upright or flat tank?
Post by: G Griffin on April 10, 2012, 12:29:51 am: Quote from: Window Washers on April 09, 2012, 11:51:10 pm
that looks like a submarine ;D

Can you guess what song it bought to mind ?

Yellow by Coldplay?
Mellow Yellow by Donovan?