Over heard two truckers ( we know most truckers are full of it) discussing supposely a new law that will take effect soon.
I think they said July 8, 2014
They was saying that the new law was if you haul anything more than 119 gallons of anything you will be require to have a CDL tanker endorsement. This would apply to regulated and unregulated loads.
Anyone else heard anything about this? Any truth to it? Or just a Rumor?
As usual, the "two truckers" kinda sorta got it right, but not really.
The transport of intermediate bulk containers (IBC’s, or totes) can require the driver to have the tanker endorsement on their CDL. The definition of a “Tank Vehicle” was changed to this:
“Tank vehicle means any commercial motor vehicle that is designed to transport any liquid or gaseous materials within a tank or tanks having an individual rated capacity of more than 119 gallons
and an aggregate rated capacity of 1,000 gallons or more that is either permanently or temporarily attached to the vehicle or the chassis. A commercial motor vehicle transporting an empty storage container tank, not designed for transportation, with a rated capacity of 1,000 gallons or more that is temporarily attached to a flatbed trailer is not considered a tank vehicle.”
Most of those large cubed totes are 250 gallons. So, if you haul 4 of them you need a tanker endorsement, because 4 of them would be an aggregate rated capacity of 1000 gallons. If you haul 1 or 2 of them, you don't.
How many gallons you are actually hauling doesn't matter, it's the total rated capacity of the tanks that matter.
If the totes you are hauling have a capacity of less-than 119 gallons, the regulation doesn't apply, no matter how many of them you are hauling.
