road tanker transport

The big Magnum is an impressive truck, Renault continued it for a long time. This last version with its slightly raised roof was without a doubt the best. Its already incorporated many Volvo parts without losing its typical French character.

A Dutch five axled Ginaf 10 x 4 concrete mixer running empty. Trucks like this are allowed to run at the maximum goss vehilce wieght of 50 ton in Holland. A widespread steered tandem as this Ginaf has is then necessary. 

Kube & Kubenz is an old German name in the road tanker transport business. This picture is showing one of its road tanker combos heading east on the Dutch A1 motorway near Deventer. The company headquarters is located in Hamburg.

Elliptical can tankers are well known in France and southern Europe. Manufacturers in the northern part of Europe discovered quite soon the additional safety and the extra loading capacity of a cylindrical tank shape. Only for fuel transport the truck and elliptical shape stayed in use to some extent.

A six axled manure hauling combo. The transport of manure is a big business in Holland. The extensive farms are producing a lot of manure. Its transported to areas with less production of it. The actual spreading over the fields is of course done with special injection equipment

One of the few running H&S road tankers, most of the work is done with tank containers nowadays. The number of Dutch registered trucks is also minimized, international competition in road tanker transport is very harsh.