Liquid Totes And Tanker Endorsement

I've never had my license checked by any shippers in California or any scales in some of the western region.

I didn't even know about the new rules until I picked up my first load. I thought the office was full of crap.

I'm the only one that hauled the tote loads since I was the only driver to have any endorsements. Everyone else they've ever hired had just a plain cdl. No endorsements

 

Reefer with hazmat is a real bonus. Some loads need temperature protection as Hazmat.

I remember one in particular. Loaded a front half with hazmat and then put food in the back half with a bulkhead in between. Ive always wondered about that one.

I turned in my Hazmat endorsement one day when Dispatch would not stop pestering me about the precious time lost using legal and lawful hazmat route bypasses AROUND large cities. That shut em up.

 

I'm sure a lot has to do with tthe insurance required to haul hazmat. it's pretty expensive. Compared to standard freight insurance.

 

I picked up a load of class 3 combustible this week in totes
The shipper only asked me if had hazmat/tanker
Load is sloshing like crazy
Now I remember why I hated tanker.

 

Saw this on the new a few days ago. 50 gallon drum of liquid fertilizer in a dry van. Looks like the dryvan frame failed. http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/lo...g-highway-23-near-moorpark-expected/93133392/

 

I had to get my hazmat and tanker endorsements to carry plastic totes with different chemicals. The were square and always a full TL.

 

Wow. Just get the endorsement. All of the endorsements require a simple written test, with the exception of hazmat. Just do it.

If you don't have all the endorsements, then you're not a professional.

Except P. If you're younger than 65 and you don't have P, then you're OK.