I'm not new to trucking but gonna be getting my CDL with tank endorsement when I turn 18 (July). I sorta got a prehire, the company is Shipman Elevator Company out of Shipman, Illinois. They said I would be hauling/pulling NH3 nurse tanks. The guy (Bart) told me I'd need all endorsements but said I couldn't get my hazmat until I'm 21. So I'm thinking they are gonna work with me, they said they hire people between 18 and under 21. My question is what exactly is a NH3 nurse tank? I looked it up online and I'm assuming it's some type of fertilizer? I don't know why but pulling a tanker really appeals to me, I'm a severe asthmatic with a lung condition so I guess it's the easy work that appeals to me.

If I remember correctly from my fertilizer days,N3 is a liquid non hazardous fertilizer that is sorta green in color and oily to the touch,I think if I recall it is mostly used on corn but not sure on that.A nurse tank is about a 1,000 gal tank used to ship small quantites to farmers and then they can hook the tank up to their tractor and pull it thru the field appling product.

I think that would be anhydrous ammonium.

anhydrous ammonia is Hazardous and he could not haul it at 18

I believe NH3 is liquid nitrogen not anhydrous. Farmers use it for spraying their crops or when planting. Ask the company if it's also called 28. As far as the nurse tanks what I used to pull was 1000 gal tanks to different farms or fields. The farmers then pumped the product into their own sprayers and applied it. The tanks may also be mounted on trucks as well and the company you work for may custom spray for farmers so you'll be hauling to the guys running the sprayers.

Thanks alot guys! Well the guy said NH3 so if it's in small enough quanity it's not considered hazmat right? I just thought about something, if it's from the elevator to farms, would this make me exempt from needing a CDL??? A friend told me anything under 1,001lbs wasn't considered hazmat but since 9/11 things have changed so what would it be now? I never planned on getting my hazmat because of the background checks so I never really cared about it too much. I was browsing through the Illinois DOT site and came upon this: http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/...10000220R.html

How old was Tim McViegh when he hauled that load of anhydrous ammonia down to Oklahoma City?

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Tim McViegh hauled ammonium nitrate and diesel in a u haul which he later detonated in the basement. I have seen a coffee can mixture of the two detonated and it was extremely powerful.....could imagine a u-haul full of it.

I have a tanker question;
are there any tanker companies out there that
have auto-shift/ semi auto shift with a clutch?


pronghornracer

I'm not sure...but I think "CTL" does....