Our First HAZMAT Load | What to do?

It's our first HAZMAT LOAD!!! What to do? Are we ready? Are you? Having your Hazardous Materials Endorsement is only the first step. We'll show you step-by-step what to do if you get a Hazmat load with Crete Carrier.
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[caryntemplar]

This is true from many comments: clear packaging tape (put tape from 1200 to 1800). Make sure placards are pushed all the way in. The customer should have given you 6 placards (2 are for backup)(just like what happened. Split placard). When you have to put placard straight on trailer make sure you measure 6 inches from other placards even the metal holder too. Learned from DOT about that!
Did you check for 2 load locks? (Hazmat load has to be secured by 2 load locks) DOT will check!
Not totally true about picking up empty with placards on. Make sure to check there wasn’t a spill or odor. Trailer will need a washout. Then placards come off. I pull reefer and always washout so the next customer doesn’t get nervous about cross contamination. Yes customer’s are picky even though you had no problems with the load.
I’ve hauled every kind of hazmats. Have box full of the “extra” placards.
Remember “ALWAYS” stop for RR.
I’ve been hauling hazmats for over 30 years.
Your lucky with 1 placard, I have 4 placards on all sides and 6 load locks plus 2 padlocks and reefer running at 55 degrees. 50 gallon drums (x32)(weight 43k). Hazmat pay is $100 for pick & drop ($200 plus miles).
Do the speed limit, watch your surroundings, take your time, have your CB on to hear about any 🔥 or accidents and be safe!
PS: this information is not to scare you put to help you on your many journeys in trucking! Be safe driver!

[Bendigo]

That trailer should have been placarded when the hazmat was looaded.

Metal clothes hangers bent into a diamond shape and inserted into the holders can help keep the placards in. There are also clear plastic sheets that are made to protect those flimsy paper placards in the holders. The stick on placards are a pain to pull off.

[harryknutts]

dont forget to take stickers off when u get unloaded,

[michaelroot]

It’s nice to see a real professional driver. Very refreshing. I have been with Crete for 6 year’s and it’s a great company to work for. Good luck to you both and be safe on the road.

[mschillerm]

Good job. That's why I gave up my hazmat. Two many headaches... be safe.

[terrybutler-fldx]

I learned you can’t have hazmat stickers on truck and it be empty.
I just passed my hazmat test this morning, so I’ll be headed to Winston Salem NC to get finger printed all that other crap. I’m looking and learning so I can be ahead of the game. Thank you for teaching me something I didn’t know. I’ll be driving hazmat for Schneider trucking. Again, thxz for the video

[azcactusflower]

2:10 Buy some clear packing tape, on the placards within holders, place a strip from 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock. Never failed me in 30 years. DynoMite! 😉 Be safe

[Redbird]

Volunteer firefighter here we carry those ERG books on both our engines because we’ll occasionally join our county Hazardous Materials team in incidents and it’s very crucial that you take a moment to read through that book because it’s a difference between life and death I refresh my self with it about every month or so

[thedale]

Did Brother Keving pick up a bit of extra jack for hauling a HAzMat load? If not, HE SHOULD'VE!! As always, travel safely

[charlesyell]

I like the fact that you keep your videos clean. When you show road footage it;s not so fast that you can enjoy the scenery .

[truckerscott]

Your carrier Crete might have them. You can find a thin piece of plastic which fits on top of Placard in the shape of the Placard . So when you go to put the placard in the placard holder on the trailer. The thin plastic fits in the holder on top of placard in the holder. It works magic so the placard is protected from wind and weather going down the road. If Crete don’t have them then check truckstops etc. to find them. Worth the find

[sweetteatruckin]

Coming to Crete next month. Placards can be a real pain. Sticking them on the right way, can make them a pain to get off as well. Damned if you do, damned if you dont! Love the content!

[l.a.raustadt]

Retired semi driver. Carried my Haz Mat at final driving job. We would pull for a large chemical company. If you have totes to deliver and bring back empty's leave your placards on because of residue in empty totes. Lots of rules w/Hz Mt! Peace!

[SKYLINEThetrucker]

Very professional 👏 👌 👍 YOU ARE A VERY SAFE DRIVER

[williewillis]

Another trick when you have hazmat placards is to use clear tape on them so they won’t blow away

[jarvisjones]

Really nice job on the Preparations of hauling that Hazmat Load. Awesome Job Truckers!!!! Stay Safe Out There. ☺

[butterfly]

One thing our company has us do, is with the orange book is mark the page for the material you are hauling. We look up the UN number and see what page it says for emergency responders, and mark that colored tape or sticky tab.

[tabithablack]

my first hazmat load was a load of lighters, from shelton ct.

[DukeCityDevilDog]

Just a word to CYA, always ask for the person you talk to at CCC Risk Management about your Hazmat loads or any OS&D claims to send you a message on Peoplenet saying you are good to roll. That way you have documentation that you completed your part of the process. That WMCP in Memphis is easy to miss isn't it? ¡Buen Viaje!