Talk:Tank truck

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Deleted this stupid sentence : "hi, im bob and im gonna tell you about tank trucks. they are ver kool and can hold about 300 big dogs in it" Mundialecter (talk) 08:35, 28 December 2009 (UTC) Mundialecter

hello sir , can you explain me about road oil tanker hazards .which is drvine on the road . and how to minimise these Shabbirahmad431 (talk) 06:18, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Irrelvecnce?

I know it's a little late, but is the "In Popular culture" really completely Irrelevant? (though it could stand a trimming) Just putting it out there.--The Navigators (talk)-May British Rail Rest in Peace. 05:17, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Movie References

I removed the reference to the Transformers movies. I believe it is irrelevant and completely out of place, unless you are going to start listing every movie that has had a tanker truck in it. --205.132.119.9 (talk) 23:30, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

What is 'vat'?

It is not explained in the article. Would be helpful for people whose mother tongue isn't english! 95.119.218.182 (talk) 05:06, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

I'm a native speaker of English, and I have no idea what it means. Unless someone comes along to explain, we can certainly just rephrase. Qwyrxian (talk) 14:15, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

wikipedia is a good place to look up "Vat" (not "VAT"). It says, "A type of container such as a barrel, storage tank, or tub, often constructed of welded sheet stainless (corrosion resistant) steel, and used for holding, storing, and processing liquids such as milk, wine, and beer" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.245.14.103 (talk) 19:07, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I know what a "vat" is, but not how it applies to this article. I've never once heard the term "vatmobile"; it's either a non-American word (which is fine, and if someone could verify that, we could keep it) or it's vandalism. I've removed it until we get evidence of it's actual usage. Qwyrxian (talk) 21:52, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Not moved. Several editors cite their own personal knowledge, which probably is not the best reason for doing the move. Consider proposing this move again if appropriate references can be found and if they show 'tanker' being more widely used. I'm a US resident and the phrase 'tank truck' sounds funny to me too. My own fiddling with Google suggests that both phrases are in wide use, even in the US. Check out http://tanktruck.org, apparently a serious US trade association called 'National Tank Trunk Carriers, Inc.' EdJohnston (talk) 02:43, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

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Tank truck → Tanker truck – Apparently, this is the U.S. name for a tanker truck. I disagree. I'm not a good source of information in every single situation, but I can say this--this American would never call a tanker truck a "tank truck" and definitely doesn't think most Americans do either. "Tank trucks", umm, I dunno, carry tanks? Red Slash 02:29, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

• No argument from MN user here. Dad was an over the road truck driver. I'll admit that he didn't do much driving in tankers, but I've never heard of a tank truck before. The article doesn't seem to have a single source for anything. --Onorem♠Dil 02:35, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
• Support I'ven't seen CNN ever call it a tank truck either, or any US newspaper I've read, or US-English fiction book. -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 03:11, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
• Comment perhaps someone was confused with the tank itself? (truck tank) -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 03:12, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
• Oppose - It's officialese but all the same, tank truck is 10x more common in Google Books. In ictu oculi (talk) 04:48, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Not recently. Red Slash 01:17, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

• Oppose. These are just called Tankers. Water tank trucks are called tankers, fire trucks that are tankers are called tank trucks, tankers, fire tankers, or tanker trucks, oil tankers are called oil tankers. Milk tank trucks are called milk tankers. Train tank cars are called tank cars. It is interesting that tanker truck started becoming more popular around 1975, and exceeded tank truck around 2002.[1] Apteva (talk) 02:32, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Okay, so they're called "tankers". But tanker is a disambiguation page so WP:NATURAL applies. Which is a better natural disambiguation target, tank truck or tanker truck? Given that your ngram shows that tanker truck has been more popular for 10+ years, I don't understand your oppose !vote, Apteva. Red Slash 01:16, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

WP:Recentism. It is only barely more popular recently, and has been hugely less popular for a long time. The vast majority of all books available favor tank truck. Apteva (talk) 03:38, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

• Mild support. The article says that the word "tanker" is used in the UK and "tanker truck" is used in the US. Apteva's ngram example does not, and cannot show for technical reasons, the usage of simply the word "tanker", which I believe would be the best title had "tanker" not been a disambiguation page; the example only compares "tank truck" with "tanker truck", so I don't think it makes a valid point. Also, WP:Recentism appears to me to have been created with writing and editing articles in mind, not titling, so I don't think it would oppose using the most modern or recent title for an article. MarshallKe (talk) 15:18, 19 May 2013 (UTC)