a "walking" post
hazmat loads
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We haul hazmat if it is under 1000#'s. ( no log or scales) Because we are in a van without a bulk head, we only take paint, lithium batteries, etc. We have hauled placarded hazmat a few times if needed but the rate must be really good, or it is going to a great area. We always hold out for a great rate. The last one was 388 miles at $2.00 a mile. Sometimes you just can't say no. I have heard that Ohio is really cracking down on placarded loads but I don't know it that is true. It probably doesn't matter, as long as you follow all of the rules.
Just out of curiosity, what difference does a bulkhead make?
It's a safety thing. there are just some things you don't want in your lap. Without a sealed bulk head any inhailation hazard or anything that eats you face off might be unwise. You never know when you might have to bury the brake peddle or pick Volkswagen parts out of you grill. Those sudden stops get more interesting with 1500 pounds of corrosives trying to join you. Call me funny that way.
Even a sealed bulkhead isn't legal when hauling something that is an inhalation hazard.
I have a walk-through bulkhead. It isn't designed to stop heavy objects from entering the cab. That's what straps and blocking are for. It's there to protect me from small loose objects like the open bulk bin of metal stampings and unpalletized boxes.
I've had some inhalation hazards walk past me in the truck stop.
Yup, poisons, inhalation hazards, if you read the full descriptions of each hazard class and division you'll see where a few of them state you cannot haul those in the cab of the truck. Sealed bulkhead or no, the entire cargo van is the cab of the truck.
Why would you want to take that risk?
Because some don't realize the risks involved and/or are money hungry.
Tennesseahawk
Veteran Expediter
Hope we are still around in 2020 for it's next resurrection.
It looks like it'll be all van drivers on EO by then.
It will only be the foreign drivers running this site in a different language.
it comes back to life every five years...
That's why we just haul paint and etc.... Nothing bad cuz it's not
Worth the liability. We have friends that do AA&E in a van. They haul explosives. Not sure the bulkhead will help but the end should come quickly for them if there is a criticality. Stay out of Phoenix. They r shooting at cars on I-10.
Worth the liability. We have friends that do AA&E in a van. They haul explosives. Not sure the bulkhead will help but the end should come quickly for them if there is a criticality. Stay out of Phoenix. They r shooting at cars on I-10.
What ever it takes to buy food at the drive through.
The only haz-mat I've hauled has been lubricants inside some kind of auto-part. Barely 100 lbs of haz-mat, no placarding. Just messy if it ever got loose.
Way back when I worked at a factory as receiving, I received some nasty stuff. Hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid, that sort of thing. Sometimes one of the barrels had a leak, it had to be packed in an oversize drum and sent back. Ain't no way I want to mess with that stuff again--- the memories from back then don't go away easy.
Way back when I worked at a factory as receiving, I received some nasty stuff. Hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid, that sort of thing. Sometimes one of the barrels had a leak, it had to be packed in an oversize drum and sent back. Ain't no way I want to mess with that stuff again--- the memories from back then don't go away easy.
