Well 5000 to 15000 gallons would sure be more tempting than a few hundred bucks from the service station. Looks like we’re going back to the times of prohibition, when they were hijacking all those trucks of liquor and smuggling it in to the states. Might be in the reverse order on gas. I’ve always heard that’s how the head of the Kennedy clan came into his fortune, smuggling in liquor.

Tanker trailers can hold anywhere from 5,000 gallons to 15,000 gallons.  It just depends on how the tanker is set up to carry the fuel—Some have multiple tanks for different types and some of them hold only a single kind.  But before anyone goes out there and starts to hijack trucks.  They must first really understand what is in each type of tanker.  Otherwise they might wind up with a big tanker of milk or a haz-mat chemical that could kill a small town.

carl, if gas goes much higher i think tanker trucks would be smart to have armed guards kind of like brinks. i dont have a clue how much they can hold, but i see your point they are at risk its like hauling liquid gold. but i just cant see a crack house with pumps but to resale it to some crooked cstore owner or something that has happened before. its harder to do now, but a crook will always find a way .. have you seen the mass motorcycle and big rig protest in england because of fuel prices

Let me jump in here real quick and see if anyone knows how much gas a tanker truck can carry? me and ASDA were talking on another thread about the possibilities of hijacking these trucks and how much they could expect to make off each truck if they sold it for $2 to $3 a gallon.

i agree rosepetal. another crazy thing that is insane is that the price of crude per barrel has dropped steadily for the past 10 or so days. it even went from 135 to 126 a barrel. did gas drop when that happened? of course no, it stayed steady, not moving up or down. but since today this prick analyst predicts $150 a barrel gas on monday will probably be $4.50 a gallon. something doesn’t seem quite logical here?