Does anyone have any experience of working with fuel tankers, with respect to maintenance and breakdown work on these vehicles, and if you do, would you be willing to help me. I'm trying to determine where the need for a specific DGSA starts and stops with regard to the above activities. Do you absolutely need this qualification to designate working conditions when regular vehicle maintenance or breakdown which could include full vehicles. Or does this qualification only cover the actual carriage( incl start and end destinations)? ADR seems to understand emergency situations may require changes of destinations etc and that some activities by others which the transport of fuel is not their main business may be exempt. But if someone has first-hand knowledge and would be willing to help I would appreciate it ( yes I'm still trying to determine if this aspect is outside of my competence etc) Obviously, when in the workshop, things like Isolation of electrics, hot works, security, vapour release, repairs to ADR standards ( Wiring etc), incident management need to be considered, but pointers to any other guidance etc would be appreciated. Thanks Chris

Thanks phargreaves04 No we don't contract to carry fuel, but may need to move and work on full vehicles. Yes we have a number of ADR certified drivers. However I'm still trying to get to the bottom of what we can and should not do. I don't think I need to be or need to employ a DGSA with the qualification that goes with it. I just need (he says) to go through every repair process we may want to do and decide if it could be carried out while the vehicle is not empty, including recovery of the vehicle (depending on what has happened to it). Again thanks for your input. If anyone knows of any informative reading matter on this somewhat specialist subject, I would be grateful to be pointed in the right direction. Chris

If a tanker has broken down then the recovery vehicle does not come under the provisions of ADR. There is a specific exemption under ADR 1.1.3.1 pm me if you want, I am a DGSA and work closely with our vehicle commercial side, who regularly repair fuel/bitumen tankers etc.