Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

Not big on fireworks. I used to hate them cause of my time in Iraq. I've learned to live with the booms. But last year, we had a bit of an incident up one block in our HOA. It was actually a few days after on the 6th or 7th when someone let their teenage kids light off the stragglers. Kids don't know what the hell they are doing so the bottle rocket ended up wedging itself at near the overhang of their second story roof. Their entire house went up in flames and to make things worse, the houses are built so close together that our family friend had some heavy damage to their house as well. It also damaged the house on the adjacent side.

Our friend and his family had to live in a hotel for 3-4 months while their house was being fixed. To make things worse for them, they ended up in a three way lawsuit between their insurance, the property owners insurance, and the renters that caused all of this havoc. Not sure how it ended, but it was an entire new level of hell for them.

So come yesterday, the new neighbors that moved into the brand new house started shooting off fireworks and of course a bottle rocket got stuck on his side of the fence and almost caused a fire. He lost his #### and gave that family a thorough explanation on why they lived in a brand new house when everyone else's houses are 15 years old.

Not gonna lie, suburban life is not for me. Gonna try to find me a chunk of land where I can add my own emergency bunker and a range to go shooting on year around.

 

Too little information to give you a legal perspective. Cause some drums might have been one class while others are another. Then Dangerous is designed to cover a combination of mixed hazmat that exceeds 1,000 kg ( or 2205 lbs) of mixed hazmat if two or more materials don't meet their table requirements for individual placarding but exceed the previous stated weight.

There are like a thousand ways to #### this all up. Which why there is individual testing that is required for this endorsement. Ultimately, it's the shippers responsibility to correctly lable each shipping unit and ensure the paperwork reflects what they are shipping. Some FMCSR also states that they are supposed to give you placards if the hazmat shipment requires the UN to be shown.

In the end, it is on you on what you accept and move. You gotta see what is loaded and make sure the shipment is what they say it is. I've turned down two boxes of paint that had the flammable symbol printed on the side. Even though it wasn't reportable quantity, it was still hazmat and the BoL didn't reflect that portion.

Need some help from my fellow friends. I am positive I am conveying the most legit advice. But if you see something I got wrong, you should feel to be obligated to correct me on this post. Hazmat is so easy to #### up but can land you in a deep pool of issues if the wrong person catches you.

 

If I was in this position where I had an ounce of doubt that the BoL didn't match the shipment, I would write "SLC" and circle it somewhere on the BoL.

For all you rookies that are lurking, it is short for Shipper Load Count. It's literally a personal note in your handwriting on an official shipping document that states that you were not there when they loaded you and that the placards you put up reflect your BoL.

So if the BoL states 1,500 lbs of corrosives and you placard it as such, but the shipper snuck in another 500 lbs of Class 1.1 explosives going to the Number 1 nemesis of yours truly... Mr Wile E. Coyote (and Lord bless his heart), you now got some ammo to shoot back.

"I'm sorry Mr Law, they insisted I stayed in the truck while they loaded me, Covid and all. But I got myself a signed BoL that says the shipper counted and loaded his/her freight. Please be so kind sir and give them a quick jingle so I can be on my way"

That is serious advice. You think some shipping manager is going to pay a hazmat fine for you and take on some points? Once its on your trailer and leaves their property.. the moment your steer tire hrs public roads, it on you.