We are often asked "what’s the difference between a bowser and a static tank?” A Bowser is simply a tank on wheels. There are various types of bowsers but the main distinction is either site bowsers or highway bowsers. Site bowsers range from 250 litres to 5000 litres they are not road going and generally are not for holding drinking water hence why we do not hold stocks for hire.Wherever possible we tow our bowsers empty to reduce the fuel consumption of the vehicle keeping the carbon footprint to the minimum. Once we are close to the point of discharge we will fill at the closest possible designated urban filling point that our abstraction licence will permit. The same applies for our Tankers.
Typical bowser usages are replenishments of our hired tanks, filling and replenishing of pillow tanks in remote areas where larger trucks do not have access for example cleaning of radio masts situated on mountains or big hills.
We also use bowsers for soakaway tests for geotechnical companies, film sets where the location is never static for longer than a day or so. Areas where a static tank cannot be deployed because there is no access for a mobile crane of all terrain forklift.
Bowsers offer a flexible and portable solution to drinking water supply please contact us to discuss your requirements.
