Hauling diesel tote questions...

Alright, I need all the input y'all will give....here is the situation.

I work for a coil tubing company in south Texas. The double pump trucks we drive are carrying two 350 gallon totes of diesel (on road) that is used for the engines that power the pump...Engines (2) are seperate from the tractor...

Heres the problem... I dont think the guys in the office know what they are talking about when they told us this, but they stated that since the two totes are a fuel source for the two engines on the trailer, they ate not considered to be Hazardous Material. Even with saying that, I replied back with,.then why are they labeled with a placard of 1993.. They said its for of we get into a wreck someone can see what we are carrying....

Personally I think its just a way to get some of these guys that work here who don't have a hazmat endorsement to drive the trucks when they are in a bind...

So is this considered Hazmat Materials?

The company I work for now stated that if we get one hazmat violation then we will be terminated..

 

Btw the tractor and trailer do not have placards and the totes are hooked up by hoses that lead to fuel pumps.

 

yea...pretty crazy right....then they threaten us with our jobs on hazmat violations

 

another question... what abosut the pumps that have dieael tanks on them. are they ok? They are indeed mounted. But the totes are bolted just the same....

 

lol...yea... thanks. I have a feeling it will pose a big problem next meeting we have over violations, our the next tine I ask for placards for the truck....

 

I have my X endorsement already. and av co worker was cited for no tankers endorsement two months ago for hauling a 1000 gallon tank on a flatbed trailer for diesel