Doug Kratz

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@laffilmfest3759 Ай бұрын

Hello Doug...are u a trucker or a guy that likes working on trucks...or both?

@dougkratz5269 Ай бұрын

@@laffilmfest3759 both! Although I do more driving than working on rhem

@laffilmfest3759 Ай бұрын

I like the wave :)...mower is awsome!

@mystical3022 3 ай бұрын

Just perfect

@dougkratz5269 3 ай бұрын

@mystical3022 thank you!

@justindixon7441 6 ай бұрын

Oddly interesting. Thanks for sharing!

@Constantineopulos 6 ай бұрын

Are you a dedicated propane hauler or a general trucker? I spend a lot of time on the highway with my job and wonder about these things. I fix garage doors!

@dougkratz5269 6 ай бұрын

@@Constantineopulos I spend a lot of time on the highway thinking about a lot of things also. Lol! Thank you for fixing garage doors. Because I spend a lot of time of the road, I need you guys like you to do the stuff I'm not around to do. For a long time I was a "general" trucker, as you say, and a propane hauler in the winter. However now I am just hauling propane. It is a seasonal business, so most of my work is in the fall through spring. So for the first summer of my adult life, I am on vacation!!

@Constantineopulos 6 ай бұрын

@@dougkratz5269 Hah! Congrats! Do you get up to Scranton or down to Philly area at all?

@lithgowlights859 6 ай бұрын

Thanks. I never realised it was pumped, I sort of expected it to equalise pressure and that would be as much as they can receive in the tanks.

@dougkratz5269 6 ай бұрын

@@lithgowlights859 your welcome. I'm happy to share the info. Glad it helped you

@TheGosgosh 6 ай бұрын

That one king up on the hill recommended me this fine video here.

@tymekuzarczyk6021 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video! Have a good day too.

@ImSkye 6 ай бұрын

*Highly explosive liquid spraying out* Just a little bit of a leak, nothing to worry about.

@izzeww8487 6 ай бұрын

woah, she really does look brand new!

@michealthuringen 6 ай бұрын

People like you keep the lights runnin'

@bgmoss28 6 ай бұрын

What’s the methanol for?

@TomFromYoutube 6 ай бұрын

That pump sound wigs me out for some reason.

@dougkratz5269 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, they sound harsh, especially when you have a big pressure differential. Sometimes you'd swear it's going to grenade 😲

@Bubbleman2k 6 ай бұрын

Not sure why this was recommended to me but very interesting on a life I'd never otherwise get the chance to see. Thanks for walking through the process.

@dougkratz5269 6 ай бұрын

U bet!

@canadian_grower420 6 ай бұрын

Daym bro never witnessed a propane hauler do their thing. Love it and I loooovvveeee bigrigs😅 will be subscribing have a good week.

@dougkratz5269 6 ай бұрын

Thanks brother! Glad you liked it. It's kind of a pretty small niche in the trucking industry, a little off the standard dry van/ reefer track. Stay safe

@logical_evidence 6 ай бұрын

NEW SUB COOL

@2005llyduramax 6 ай бұрын

How long does it take to unload that much propane?

@dougkratz5269 6 ай бұрын

Average is around 40-45 minutes. Piping sizes,length,and number of elbows in the system affect those times +or-.

@dirtymat8240 6 ай бұрын

propane propane, time to start the flame

@electricbase1930 6 ай бұрын

Wait for explosion...

@antimitsu 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for showing how this all works! Pressurized chambers have always interested me.

@dougkratz5269 6 ай бұрын

You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it. I agree, I do it everyday, and it's still fascinates me

@noone3734 6 ай бұрын

Now that's a cool truck

@sheldons9518 6 ай бұрын

What's all the clicking about

@noone3734 6 ай бұрын

I'd love a job like this, but with a cooler truck and a B-double trailer

@dougkratz5269 6 ай бұрын

What??!! You're saying "Football Helmet" isn't cool?????😂😂😂😂 I know it isn't. It was a temporary I was driving while rebuilding a 2007 379. It served me well,for 20K

@noone3734 6 ай бұрын

@@dougkratz5269 Haha, yeah I can't stand how aero trucks look. I went to your channel and saw your 379, really cool truck. 379's are probably the coolest

@Mr_Toodles 6 ай бұрын

you got a sub from me. i always enjoy learning more about how the world works.

@LegateMalpais 6 ай бұрын

"Bobby, I've got propane in my urethra" - King of the Hill, via Simpsons

@dougkratz5269 6 ай бұрын

😂😂

@thelamb288 6 ай бұрын

Never seen a channel like yours before, but I found it interesting. Cheers.

@dougkratz5269 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Guds777 6 ай бұрын

What does the Methanol do in the pipeline, prevention of corrosion in pipelines and or working as a antifreeze...

@dougkratz5269 6 ай бұрын

Acts as an antifreeze

@nickkiosk5513 6 ай бұрын

seems like a good time for a cigarette

@Live2ride2live54321 7 ай бұрын

When you deliver the liquid propane and pumps it out does it draw a partial vacuum on your tank? Or because liquid propane is under so much pressure that it draws it until you’re left with residual gas and a somewhat neutral pressure?

@dougkratz5269 7 ай бұрын

Great question! You're on the right track with the second part, however, because of the pressures there's never any kind of vacuum only pressure differentials or equalization. Usually at the start of the unloading process, the transport tank has a higher pressure than the storage tank. We pump it, and the natural high pressure to low pressure helps as well. Somewhere through the delivery process, the pressures will equalize. And usually by the end of the delivery, the storage tank is at a higher pressure than the transport. The pumps are designed to overcome this pressure differential, but it's a good idea to minimize that differential by hooking up a vapor return hose. For repair and maintenance, we have compressors to actually pull every bit of propane liquid and vapor out of the tanks, and then put a slight vacuum on as well. This allows nitrogen to be sucked into purge the tank of any propane vapor for safety

@holyguitarist666 7 ай бұрын

I really really want to work for you. I used to have a CDL Class A and need to get it again. Man the hoops I have to jump through make me so depressed lol

@cranberrypanic 7 ай бұрын

Nice.

@BlenderRookie 7 ай бұрын

That's interesting. I have driven a truck for decades but never a tanker or a compressed gas tank. The airbag pressure was something I also used to gauge how heavy the freight was.

@Aviritius 7 ай бұрын

I am a lawyer and lately watch videos only about war in my country, interviews, army stuff etc etc. And I wounder why do algoritms give me videos like these! (Thanks a lot, it was really very interesting even if I will never see equipment like this in real life)

@willeatforfood69 7 ай бұрын

just under 38 Meters cubed for everyone else 😀

@Peteski-0 7 ай бұрын

Loved this. Who knew?

@milesbennett9656 7 ай бұрын

I hope its not gas your pumping.

@Stevexnycautomotive 7 ай бұрын

Why does it need a pump if its pressure?. Seems like a robbery or fruad. Nice truck.

@dougkratz5269 7 ай бұрын

You partially correct. When the tank we're delivering to has much lower pressure than the trailer tank, it will flow into that tank on it soon. But once the pressure equalizes or becomes greater in the bulk plant tank, you can't move it without a pump. Propane always gets transferred as a liquid. The vapor is just part of it.

@KP-sg9fm 7 ай бұрын

what is the purpose of putting 1 gallon of methanol in the hose first?

@kevsousa95 7 ай бұрын

the real question is how much destruction would an accident cause

@dougkratz5269 7 ай бұрын

Well, let's just go straight to worst case scenario,shall we?: all 10000 gallons in the trailer gets released,vaporizes,and slowly drifts over an area about 3-5 acres(or larger). Then,just at the moment the entire vapor cloud mixes with enough oxygen to bring it into propane's very small flammability window,a source of ignition is introduced and.........BOOM!! Everything in that 3-5 acres is leveled. It essentially becomes a thermo baric bomb. There are all kinds of scenarios,but the most destructive is a release that is allowed to form a giant vapor cloud over time. Let's hope none of us ever has to experience it

@tonydetwiler2624 7 ай бұрын

I know this is two years old but this is cool that you're in Pennsylvania I live in Shippensburg

@Immortal.. 7 ай бұрын

Does propane hauling pay by the mile, hourly or per delivery stop?

@djdj500dr 7 ай бұрын

Your phone is not intrinsically safe and is a violation of duties

@GlitchMonki 7 ай бұрын

IDK how i ended up here but pretty neat seeing how things get done

@SilaciousD 7 ай бұрын

Love seeing the propane flow through the sight glass. That's a nice touch that I think you should add to all your videos. Sometime othwerise mundane and viewed everyday by you, seeing the propane actually flow was very interesting. Thanks for the upload