(Newswire.net — November 20, 2019) — A water or fuel bowser can make an extremely useful addition to your project, whether you’re running an outdoor event, having a large party, or you’re overseeing a construction project.
With a range of affordable fuel and water bowser hire options available, what benefits can you expect?
What is a bowser?
The first thing to understand is what a bowser actually is, which can be complex as “bowser” is a generic term given to several different pieces of equipment. A bowser, generally, can be thought quite simply as a tank in which you can safely store a liquid. That liquid can be anything, but it most often will be petrol, diesel, oil, or water.
There are many different types of bowser, depending on your needs. You can have a simple bowser, for example, which is just basically a fluid storage tank. You can also get bowsers complete with specialist pumps and lines, to allow them to fuel or supply certain equipment directly. There are also mobile bowsers, which can be towed behind a vehicle for maximum mobility.
The bowser gets its name from Sylvanus Bowser, an American inventor who many credit with developing the first fuel pump.
What are the benefits of a bowser?
A bowser can have many benefits, depending on the nature of your project. Here are just a few.
Keeping fuel onsite
When you need a steady supply of fuel, a bowser will allow you to keep that fuel in a strategic location on your site. That means when machines and equipment need refuelling, they don’t have to leave the site to do it.
Ultimately that means your machines spend less time in the refuelling process, and more time actually working as they’re intended, so a bowser can drastically improve the efficiency of your workflow. This becomes especially useful if you’re running a larger-scale project with a larger fleet of machines.
Direct fuel supply
Depending on the bowser you choose, you have the option to directly connect one or more pieces of equipment. With the FuelCube, for example, you can attach a diesel-powered piece of equipment, and still leave the pump open for fuelling simultaneously. Again, this dramatically increases the efficiency of your operation. This means a piece of equipment doesn’t have to stop when it needs to refuel, it just gets a constant supply. As long as the bowser is properly refilled there’s no reason it couldn’t run twenty-four hours a day.
Increased security
Fuel is always a valuable resource, which makes it a prime target for fuel thieves. Make sure you hire a bowser that has anti-tampering measures and that is fully lockable. Not only is fuel theft expensive for you in terms of the actual fuel that has been lost, but it also risks delaying your project while you wait for a fresh supply to be delivered.
A bowser is also mobile, which means you can further reduce the risk of it being tampered with or siphoned by strategically placing it somewhere on your site that thieves couldn’t reasonably access.
Which is the right bowser for you?
There are a number of factors to take into account before you can determine the right bowser for your needs. First, you need to know what you’re going to use it for – fuel or water, etc. Then you need to know how big you need it to be, by estimating how much fuel or water you’re going to use. After that, you have to think about how mobile you need it to be, depending on the accessibility of your site.
If you have any doubts, you should seek advice from a specialist.