• 1.-DRIVING TANKS & TERMINALS

  Hydrotest failure?

  Posted by dfleck on August 1, 2025 at 9:28 am

  I’ve usually quipped that I’m not aware of any tank failing a hydrotest, but this may be one such case. Cross posting it here from LinkedIn in case you didn’t see it there and because I don’t think I can embed videos in this forum. I should have brought this up as the safety moment during our meeting.

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  I'm curious on how this failure occurred. | Daniel Fleck, PE

  I'm curious on how this failure occurred. There is a lot of speculation in the comments, but not much actual information. It looks like this particular security footage was shared on TicTok and other social media and I've been able … Continue reading

  Rafael Rengifo replied 2 weeks, 1 day ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Rafael Rengifo

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  August 6, 2025 at 6:25 pm

  It seems to me a vertical weld failure, now the why is difficult to determine without more information.

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