The dreaded placard removal. Stuck on, how do you remove?

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  1. lilillill

    lilillill Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast

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    Probably because jokers like to flip out the radioactive placard in the truck stops while you’re sleeping.
     
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  3. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    We had a semi on our 67 freeway (Us highway actually...) covered with the metal empty placard holders. Im assuming that it's either a boxed stack of placards covering every possibility in that cab. Dangerous combined with flammable combined with something else. Makes for a interesting load.

    I considered hazmat from the view of law to be a very intellectually stimulating exercise however dispatchers in my experience have fought against me when I insisted on complying with bypass etc.

    As far as painting over hazmat not applying to a load, I don't know if it's legal or not in the law. But as far as I am concerned a spray paint can usually defaces or removes the message provided by the diamond.
     
  4. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    Yea. And the yelling hasnt stopped on the last one that got flipped... The law was called in on that one. Poor driver. All his stress and sputtering words trying to explain...
     
  5. sdaniel

    sdaniel Road Train Member

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    Use the force , Luke ...
     
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  6. misterG

    misterG Road Train Member

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    I apologize, I should have clarified.
    I've used sticky placards. But I usually have hard cards in the cab, that I put the sticky ones on the back of, then put in the holder or tape to the trailer.
    That way I don't have to peel them nasty buggers off or worry about them flying out of the holder.
     
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  7. aussiejosh

    aussiejosh Road Train Member

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    Lots and lots of hot water should heat up the glue and make easier to remove otherwise try some paint remover or a sand blaster for really stubborn ones.
     
  8. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Nice. That’s a good idea. :)
     
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  9. terryt

    terryt Heavy Load Member

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    tape is illegal on any placard nothing can cover any part of the placard thus the reason for stick on. The holder must have a one inch broader all the way around. Illinois has written thousands of tickets for taped on placards.
     
  10. scottied67

    scottied67 Road Train Member

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    I agree, the placard is so many x millimeters across and the tape makes it an illegal placard.
     
  11. misterG

    misterG Road Train Member

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    Explain that to the DOT that I pass regularly.
    They have let me pass through multiple states and several inspections. Taped to the trailer.
     
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