Need dot consultant? Dot advice

BHW some of those trailers might be steel ones. I drive dry powder (hopper) trailers, and we have steel and aluminum. When we load all of our shippers load from the middle. Thing is we are already on a scale when getting loaded, so they know each time how heavy we are and can stop the loading process, when we get to the correct weight.. If your husband is a O/O and leasing his truck, smart idea would be to get his own trailer (if he plans on doing that for a long time) but get a aluminum one with a gauge on it to know exactly how much is being loaded on the air bags..

 

A KYU number is a tax license number issued for the Kentucky Weight Distance Tax, and if I understand it correctly its not even mandated to be on the side of the truck because it can be crossed referenced by the DOT numbers, so its a Kentucky thing

 

I would like to thank you for some of the advise that you had given to me. Now that I have seen the SAP and have done what he's asked me to do and have complied 101% and more, he's doing the return to duty status report for me ( i guess to SWIFT and to Dept of Transportation) I am guessing i'll be set to return to work after 2 yrs out of a bigrig. can you please explain why a company )locally or OTR) would deter to hire me even if i've never touched a drug in my life. I'm going to answer all questions on an application truthfully, what advise would you give a guy trying to explain what went wrong between himnself and the company that had it out for him,,,, thanks for your time

 

You should tell the motor carrier that you violated the random rules as we explained in your other posts and didn't report to the collection facility immediately as required.

 

In my State we write it all to the driver. Our laws do not allow us to write a citation to a company. In my State you are responsible for what you drive.

 

We're a kinder gentler state police agency

But on a side note we do get a lot of drivers that tells us they are still going to have to pay the fine even if its written to the company.

 

For some reason, our new recruits are going through the kinder, gentler State Police Academy. I, too, hear that. I see a ton of driver's who seem to get suspended through New York and Virginia because the company does not pay the citation(s). When I shut them down for 391.15 (a), I hear all kinds of stories on who, what, why and how a company screwed them and never paid a ticket.

 

LOL Y'all stole the guys thunder! He posted saying he would help out, a question
was posted which others answered and now this guy never shows again.

Just an observation.

 

Question: when haz mat is loaded onto a trailer at a terminal does it have to be placarded at that point, or can it wait untill a later time and be placarded by the driver when it is actually going to be pulled from the dock and transported on public roadways? I guess to simplify, my question is does it *legally* have to be placarded while sitting on terminal property? I understand it would be foolish not to have it placarded because in the case of a fire, the responding FD would know there is a haz mat aboard the trailer.... I'm just wondering the legal status of this and if a federal law may exist to cover the scenario. Thanks.