Empty placarded trailer on shipper's property.

Discussion in 'Hazmat Trucking Forum' started by JReding, May 18, 2020.

  1. bigguns

    bigguns Road Train Member

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  3. freebeertomorrow

    freebeertomorrow Heavy Load Member

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    they have adhesive on the back of them, they’re essentially stickers. peel off the wax paper and stick em on.

    i hate those things and they are a last resort. ill put them in the holder with shims and whatever i can find to hold them in long before sticking them to the trailer.
     
  4. Ridgeline

    Ridgeline Road Train Member

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    You are overthinking all of this, no one cares until it is hooked to a truck. Then it is the drivers problem to make sure it is placard with the right ones.

    No regulations that cover the issue, even if it was loaded and parked in the corner with the wrong placards.

    The state has a limited amount of power to do anything about under dot regs, but fire laws are different.
     
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  5. JReding

    JReding Road Train Member

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    I was informed by a friend who's a trainer of the same thing: a fire marshal wouldn't be too happy about it, but otherwise nothing specific in the regs, as you said.
     
  6. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    I’ve never had one of those stay in the holder.
     
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  7. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    My company supplied all of the drivers with placard sized plexiglas sheets to put over the placards. Never had another problem with them. Even collected some more as some guys forget to take the plexis off when they drop the trailer.
     
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  8. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Now that idea would certainly work, but we never had those.
     
  9. AM14

    AM14 Road Train Member

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    I did that for a while but they scratched and fogged too easily becoming almost useless. What I do now is keep a random stack of thick, glossy placards and just peel and stick the crummy sticker placards on top.

    While we're on the subject.. with all of the regulations we have to deal with for HM, it boggles my mind that it is even legal for shippers to supply us those worthless decal placards or even the super thin paper ones. One gray cloud in the sky, and we are already destined for failure.

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  10. skellr

    skellr Road Train Member

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    Tankers need to be placarded untill they are washed out don't they?

    Vans? Who would know...
     
  11. AM14

    AM14 Road Train Member

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    Correct.
     
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