Endorsment question

Don't large loads of margarine fit in this catagory as well? I remeber a huge tunnel fire in Europe that was fueled by a truck load of margarine.

LB

 

Any chemical that is listed as hazmat with it's own number is going to be a hazmat load if the hardourdous material is mixed into something else or not. The bottom line with hazmat is the cost to the driver I am a firm beliver that if a company wants you to haul hazmat then they should pay or at minimum help pay for the cost of the endorsement (I understand it is a tax right off, that's not the point) the companies want it then they can help. It comes down to a new driver if they can afford to get it and they may or may not need it then they need to continue paying for it until they might need it.

 

since when did the goverment listen to commom sense!

 

While you're there, you might as well get the whole card filled....get your cycle endorsement too....

 

It isn't that she wasn't listening, it is just that she has been drinking the kool-aid too long.

 

Make money hauling loads for the Government???
Really!
Of ALL the loads I have hauled, the Military loads paid far less than a comparable civilian load, especially HazMat loads.

 

One thing to consider if you are just starting out, that extra $80-$120 that you will spend to get your Hazmat will open alot of doors for you as a new driver and afford you more opportunities for finding employment. Some of the seasoned and experienced can afford to not have their's because they have a broader choice as to who will hire them. Just because you have the endorsement does not mean you will haul anything that needs placards. Whats an extra $100 if it can make you an extra $1000 at the end of the year, not by hauling the hazmat load, but just by being employed by someone who requires it for you to be employed there.