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01-01-2008, 04:17 AM

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01-02-2008, 03:29 AM

Double R

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Originally Posted by Orangetxguy

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Originally Posted by Jackrabbit379

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Originally Posted by Double R

You Haul OMD. We haul the same to our customers. Your safe as long as the weight is under 1,000 LBS. Most of the time in Foodservice, you will never exceed 1,000 lbs.

Yeah, that's right. Under 1,000 lbs. Although, sometimes I wonder if it's over 1,000 lbs. Some routes have lots of chemicals.

HAZMAT isn't something you want on your truck, without knowing all of the pertinant information. Plaqards are required under 2 circumstances, with small quantities of hazardous materials. Over 1000 pounds or any reportable quantity. 2 gallons of some chemicals, are reportable quantities. Usually..those types of chemicals, you are forbidden from hauling with any consumable items. Clothing qualifies as a consumable item.

Fines get big quick with hazardous materials. You can be fined bigtime for not having a hazmat bol on top of the manifest or flagged for distinction. You can also be fined for failing to have your bol's on the drivers seat or in the door pouch, when you are away from the truck. One wrong bol can cost the driver, the shipper and the carrier $1,500.00 EACH, just for an uncaught misprint.
And yes...there are plenty of "Local" dot officers, that are going around looking in truck windows, checking for paperwork placement. As more and more municipalities get their officers certified on dot regulations, more and more municipalities are using those officers for revenue generation.

In october I was parked at the Petro in Glendale KY. Came back to the truck after showering, to find a deputy sheriff standing on the steps of the truck..he was looking for my paperwork, which was on the seat, because I had UN1247 placards on the trailer. LOL..he was shocked when I informed him that I also had a copy of the BOL and msds in the trailer mailbox, as a just in case!

The Hazmat that I was taking about is consumer quainties. Stuff like bleach, oven clearner, glass cleaner that restuarnts use. Those can be hauled in the same trailer as food(ie. foodservice).
I know what you mean by the Hazmat BOL being on top. I use to pick up Vanilla Extrac. It is rated as a Class 3 Flammable. Although I picked up less then 1000 lbs(usally 300lbs), I still was given a Hazmat BOL and was required to keep that BOL on top of all my other paper work.