Hazmat????

BLEEDINGREEN · #1 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 11:21 PM

IM not a new driver but just started a different job where we carry 40% hazmat. I went thru there crash course on hazmat I understand most of this but I wanted to know if you have carried hazmat does the placarding get easier the more you do it.

grocery thrower · #2 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by George Draper

IM not a new driver but just started a different job where we carry 40% hazmat. I went thru there crash course on hazmat I understand most of this but I wanted to know if you have carried hazmat does the placarding get easier the more you do it.

Yes, its like anything else, the more you do it the more you remember about it, pretty soon you won't even have to refer to the chart.

BLEEDINGREEN · #3 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by grocery thrower

Yes, its like anything else, the more you do it the more you remember about it, pretty soon you won't even have to refer to the chart.

thnx grocery, I worked at sysco for the past four years so did not handle hazmat in quantity. I figured it would get easier but thanks it helps hearing it from others

grocery thrower · #4 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by George Draper

thnx grocery, I worked at sysco for the past four years so did not handle hazmat in quantity. I figured it would get easier but thanks it helps hearing it from others

What did you leave Sysco for? I wouldn't want to work for them, they try to kill the Ft. Smith AR. guys, we have guys that used to work for them, I know some others too, they say if you last for several years around here with them your job will be on the chopping block, I know of 5 guys that were fired for what they said was no reason, they are all good guys and work hard, Sysco Arkansas is non-union so these guys told me they had no leg to stand on. Just wondering what your thoughts were.

BLEEDINGREEN · #5 (**permalink**) 07-14-2007, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by grocery thrower

What did you leave Sysco for? I wouldn't want to work for them, they try to kill the Ft. Smith AR. guys, we have guys that used to work for them, I know some others too, they say if you last for several years around here with them your job will be on the chopping block, I know of 5 guys that were fired for what they said was no reason, they are all good guys and work hard, Sysco Arkansas is non-union so these guys told me they had no leg to stand on. Just wondering what your thoughts were.

Did not want to hump cases for another 22 years so before I was vested I made a choice to work LTL local for the same money.

pro1driver · #6 (**permalink**) 07-14-2007, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by George Draper

IM not a new driver but just started a different job where we carry 40% hazmat. I went thru there crash course on hazmat I understand most of this but I wanted to know if you have carried hazmat does the placarding get easier the more you do it.

george, most times the shipper will have placard "advice" on the shipping forms for you. since its thier products, they are responsible for relating the proper information. you of course have to placard the rig. most times, the shippers will provide the placards as well, or you simply flip over the pre-mounted placards on your rig. HOWEVER.............if no placards are available, and your rig doesn't have them either, you are not supposed to move that vehicle off the property.

your truck should have the hazmat booklet, and reading it will make you dizzy to say the least. in all my years of driving, only once did i have to lleave the trailer on the property and go to the nearest truckstop for the proper placards. i also would carry spare placards in case of emergencies. its well worth the cost, or just asking any shipper for at least 1 spare. then your "library" builds up from there.