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Hazmat and planning ahead.

Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by MACK E-6, Dec 10, 2020.

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  1. Dec 10, 2020 #1
    MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Yesterday I almost got bitten by the 8800 lb and ID placards rule.

    The cover sheets that come wit our bills has a hazmat summary at the top with what placards you need. Problem is, most guys don't understand that this is only a suggestion. You should never trust someone else to tell you how to drive your truck.

    Now, mine said regular "corrosive" only, and I can pretty much guarantee that few if any drivers I've ever met would've thought about needing ID placards once the second to last delivery comes off, since my last stop was 11K lbs of batteries.

    The moral of the story is.... plan ahead guys.
     
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  3. Dec 10, 2020 #2
    otherhalftw

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    Automotive batteries? They exempted them from placards several years ago....as long as they are dry cell.
     
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  4. Dec 10, 2020 #3
    MACK E-6

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    No, these were wet cell, UN 2794.
     
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  5. Dec 10, 2020 #4
    Ronniev1262

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    Don't trust the person entering the information. Never have, never will.
     
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  7. Dec 10, 2020 #5
    truckdriver31

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    like car batteries
     
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  8. Dec 10, 2020 #6
    truckdriver31

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    east penn ships wet car batteries every day out of pa. ready to go car battery. no placard needed. so many truck drivers dont believe it. so they give you a copy of the reg with your bills
     
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  9. Dec 11, 2020 #7
    jmz

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    As soon as I started reading your post I immediately thought of car batteries. One of our terminals picks up full trailers from Interstate Batteries, and I noticed their linehaul drivers don’t seem to notice or care that they need the UN number if there’s nothing else on the trailer.
     
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  10. Dec 12, 2020 #8
    Jay5GS

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    there's a spot called evonik we pick up at and this hazmat is CORROSIVE + TOXIC but when gets into the terminal and goes out for a local delivery the DR says corrosive only......so now with all hazmat loads i always ask for the original BOL so i can see what i have, i do i when i cant see the hazmat also i make the Dock supervisor sign on the manifest shipper load and count since i dont know if the Hazmat is properly secure ....

    i always get suck with all the hazmat SNIT kinda sucks
     
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  11. Dec 12, 2020 #9
    Jay5GS

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    when you pick up those UN 2794 make sure they have the placards first cause we have an account where we pick and they don't have the placards
     
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  12. Dec 12, 2020 #10
    MACK E-6

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    You’re talking about subsidiary risk. Only the main risk category counts for placards, unless it’s uranium hexaflouride, and for that you need radioactive plus corrosive IIRC.
     
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