Any advice when hauling HazMat for a BCO?

I know in the money grab as of late, there are some really questionable shippers doing hazmat.

So anyone REALLY better pay attention to what's going on back there.

Guarantee 100% you go "Ah F it." Close the doors, you're gonna get stopped. And then you're gonna be a blip on some radar screens you don't wanna be on.

Discretion on what to take from some of these agents should be used.

 

Holy crap. My boss, well at least the guy I'm going to start working for a very soon told me one of the loads he wanted me to pull to get out to the Midwest was a load of batteries from Woburn...

 

Ranger.

So they load 20 pallets or 20 totes, there needs to be a load bar or straps keeping it from moving forward and backward and also over head to keep them from bouncing?

One strap over the top of each tote or pallet?

 

Two straps across the back is all I ever use.

 

Yea but ur an antinomian so since when did u ever care about the rules?

 

Why "Holy crap"? A load's a load. I've hauled robots for Amazon out of Woburn several times. The batteries in them are lithium ion so the loads require class 8 bulk placards. I did get inspected once, but that can happen on any trip

 

I see what you did there.

 

NM Gov Martinez deleted DOT officers, all NMSP are DOT peeps.

 

just a coincidence.

if its the same battery load...

reading thru the regs... definitely bulk packaging seems easier.... division 1,2,3 or radioactive/infectious anything seems like a mess...

 

I've been hauling hazmat for a number of years.
Best advice is
#1 Attitude is everything.
#2 Know the law.
#3 Follow the law.

I've been inspected many times where the Trooper could have given me a citation, but didn't
...because it was clear that I knew what what I was doing, and doing everything reasonable to be safe and compliant.
FYI: most shippers do not like to load you in accordance with federal guidelines because it costs more money to do so. It's up to you the driver to make sure they are loading you properly, and BOL meets DOT guidelines. Landstar also has a hazmat team to help you if you need them. I call them frequently.