Checking Hazmat Tire Pressure.

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Phil C.'s Comment
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For hazmat you are supposed to check all tires pressure with a gauge every time you stop. How many of us actually do this? I would spend half my day just checking tire pressures as I typically make 4+ stops per day. I do check them once a week with a gauge. And thump them every morning on my pre trip. But its pretty obvious that I cant spend half my workday each day checking tire pressures 4-5 times a day. My boss would go through the roof.

Phil

HAZMAT:

Hazardous Materials

Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations

classA's Comment
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For hazmatyou are supposed to check all tires pressure with a gauge every time you stop. How many of us actually do this? I would spend half my day just checking tire pressures as I typically make 4+ stops per day. I do check them once a week with a gauge. And thump them every morning on my pre trip. But its pretty obvious that I cant spend half my workday each day checking tire pressures 4-5 times a day. My boss would go through the roof.

Phil

I always wondered what that was like in the "real" world. It seems that my recent CDL training was so ....... "unreal".

Thanks for the info!

CDL:

Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:

  • Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
  • Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.

HAZMAT:

Hazardous Materials

Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations

Daniel B.'s Comment
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I've nailed a dozen hazmat loads and never actually got on my knees to check the psi. My trailer tires are automatically inflated to the proper psi when I push in my red knob. And I can see the psi on all the tires on my tractor on an LCD screen on my dashboard.

But if I didn't have this technology, I would check the psi before picking the hazmat load up, and maybe once in the middle of my shift. But I definitely without check it on every stop especially if I had 4 stops.

HAZMAT:

Hazardous Materials

Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations

PeanutBubbles44!'s Comment
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I drive hazmat everyday, I used to check every morning. After a few weeks the tires always looked the same, now I just kick for the thump and check if they look different (under inflated)

HAZMAT:

Hazardous Materials

Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations

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