QUESTION: What are the differences between a code and a non-code vacuum tank?Tad Boomer
Atlanta, Ga.ANSWER: Very good question. There is a fundamental difference between code and non-code tanks. A code tank can be used to vacuum hazardous materials, such as chemicals and liquids deemed to be hazardous by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Trucks carrying these tanks are often found in the oilfields sucking up various oils and chemicals. Then again, the code tank can be used for the liquids and materials that a non-code tank can pick up. The code tank is built to the ASME (American Society of
