Hazmat on city P&D loads--how bad of risk?

RoadSideDown · Nov 20, 2021

jgarciajr40 said: ↑

Just make sure you’re placard, have your hazmat strapped, and you’ll probably never be bothered- speaking for Florida
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Thx! Definitely going to asks a lot of HM questions of my driving trainer after I get started on a route.

MACK E-6 · Nov 20, 2021

RoadSideDown said: ↑

Thx for the great details. Securement is something I think I’ll need to be vigilant about after seeing conditions on the dock. Perhaps the city drivers secure their hazmat loads themselves (ourselves) but I never saw forklift guys doing that specifically.
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Ours USUALLY do, but we always have to go behind them and check.

You’ll be pretty much SOL though if you have hazmat in the nose behind something too big to climb over.

RoadSideDown · Nov 21, 2021

MACK E-6 said: ↑

Ours USUALLY do, but we always have to go behind them and check.

You’ll be pretty much SOL though if you have hazmat in the nose behind something too big to climb over.
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Yeah that is my main concern. I’ll definitely be checking the BOLs carefully and trying to find each HM pallet to be sure it is secured. Ought to be interesting!

feldsforever · Nov 29, 2021

EuropeanTrucker said: ↑

I don’t do P&D but linehaul. I had my first Hazmat inspection on turnpike in Indiana about a month ago.

State trooper pulled me over right before service plaza. He specifically said I did nothing wrong and he is doing Hazmat inspection.

He checked for the following:
License
Medical Card
Truck and Trailer registration
ERG
Insurance
Hazmat insurance ( or hazmat registration forgot what it was)
BOL
Hazmat BOL
Extra set of Paperlogs
Instruction manual for ELD
And I think instructions how to send HOS to law enforcement through email or Bluetooth.

Then he told me to send my HOS to his computer through my ELD. He then asked me to step outside, break the seal and open the trailer door while everything is being recorded ( him and another trooper were parked directly behind me). He actually went inside the trailer and checked if freight was secured.

( I might have missed something)

He got me for my tandems being too far back. Just a warning but still goes on my record and I get points. So yea make sure you have everything in order.
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I didn't think IN, had a 40 foot rule?

feldsforever · Nov 29, 2021

RoadSideDown said: ↑

Yeah that is my main concern. I’ll definitely be checking the BOLs carefully and trying to find each HM pallet to be sure it is secured. Ought to be interesting!
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After a while it will become second nature. Thats when you really need to pay attention. Random inspections are for the guy who gets complacnent. Talking form experiance. But I don't know anything about l&p

Lazer · Nov 29, 2021

Air Cooled said: ↑

You’ll be fine. The DOT tends to get really excited when they see inhalation hazard placards. I’ve been randomly pulled over many times just to ask where I was going and how I’m going to get there.
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I never had an inspector open the trailer when inhalation hazard placards were displayed. If you were paid an inspector’s salary, would you open that door?

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