TA Travel Center Denton, TX evacuated due to HazMat spill

You mean there are truckstops in america that ARENT filled by 7?

 

I'd just stay away until it's clear & go have another drink.


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That one at Rockwall was a total dump before they completely rebuilt it. That has been a few years now, so may be a dump again. lol

 

They should have had that tanker make circuits around the Denton lot and then struck a match. It might have burned off some of the baked in urine. You absolutely MUST idle in Denton unless you enjoy the smell. Heck, just hook a hose up to the tanker and run some of that juice into the building, too. It would do the place well to get the Indianapolis flying j treatment....

 

Of Course-
But I can Remeber being able to pull into a 76 or travelport at 10 pm and still have plenty of spots open....

Today-Forget about it- Its outta control

 

After dark i dont even try to get into truckstops. I find a ramp shoulder or vacant industrial lot on satelite view.

 

Wait a second...Aren't you that guy that had a weird neighbor that wanted you to drive his truck with a front end ready to come apart?

 

He is, but what has that got to do with the price of eggs in china. lol

 

My first year as a driver, I drove for Knight.

I was hauling motor oil in a van something like 20x 50 gallon drums.

I was halfway through my journey, woke up at a TA at a place that will remain undisclosed. While doing my Pre-Trip, I noticed that a had a large amount of oil leaking out the back of the trailer. 2 of the drums had sprung leaks.

I called into the safety debt to report the situation and I ended up sitting a day at that TA with oil spilling out while management decided what to do.

Now, the motor oil was exempt from hazmat regs as long it was in the drums (I had no placards or even a hazmat endorsement at the time). However since it was leaking, it was considered a Hazmat spill and no longer exempt from regs.

After sitting the day, management called me up and told me to just run it to the destination. They decided they didn't want the hassle of dealing with a hazmat spill situation. So my stupid self didn't put my foot down and I ran it when I should have refused, but I managed to make it through into California without anyone noticing the motor oil leaking out of my trailer.

I cringe thinking back on that situation and what would have happened if I had been inspected. I left a huge oil spill at a TA parking lot, and probably a bunch on the highway too. I kept my mouth shut to everyone except my company's safety department and nobody else was the wiser.

I wonder how big this spill at Denton was for someone to notice, most truckstops are such dumps that many spills would probably go unnoticed like my own 100 gallon oil spill.

 

lol, Im not sure how old you were at the time- But I hope you learned..(I dont blame you-You didn't know any better)
You got Lucky- If you would took out a group of bikers from your oil slicxk....Your career woulda been over before it even started.

I'd like to know who the person was that told you to... "Ah,Just run it"

They shoulda known better.......Idiots even back then