Drop trailer?

I would think that could be considered a drop yard. But don't quote me on that. I know, its not much help. If in doubt and can do so, just leave the truck hooked to it with the hazmat paperwork in the appropriate place in the cab.

 

I wouldn't trust an asphalt lot with dropping a loaded trailer for a whole weekend

 

Only SOME HazMat (explosives) requires a Safe Haven. The other HazMat can be parked in areas that commonly accept trailer parking. Good practice would be to put some sort of enlarged "foot" under the sand pad or foot of the trailer landing gear if the trailer is heavy and parked on asphalt. Ashpalt gets soft in warm/hot weather and gravity is on the job. You cannot park any HazMat on the shoulder of roads if the trailers remain with 25 feet of the travel lane. HazMat cannot be within 25 feet of an open flame.

The Safe Haven rule is FMCSA section 397.5, ‘Attendance and surveillance of motor vehicles.’


What the rule covers (from FMCSA):

Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 (explosive) material must be attended at all times by its driver or a qualified representative of the motor carrier that operates it.
The rule do not apply to a motor vehicle which contains Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 material if all the following conditions exist:

(1) The vehicle is located on the property of a motor carrier, on the property of a shipper or consignee of the explosives, in a safe haven, or, in the case of a vehicle containing 50 pounds or less of a Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 material, on a construction or survey site; and


(2) The lawful bailee of the explosives is aware of the nature of the explosives the vehicle contains and has been instructed in the procedures which must be followed in emergencies; and

(3) The vehicle is within the bailee’s unobstructed field of view or is located in a safe haven.

(c) A motor vehicle which contains hazardous materials other than Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3, materials, and which is located on a public street or highway, or the shoulder of a public highway, must be attended by its driver. However, the vehicle need not be attended while its driver is performing duties which are incident and necessary to the driver’s duties as the operator of the vehicle.


(d) For purposes of this section—

(1) A motor vehicle is attended when the person in charge of the vehicle is on the vehicle, awake, and not in a sleeper berth, or is within 100 feet of the vehicle and has it within his/her unobstructed field of view.

(2) A qualified representative of a motor carrier is a person who—


(i) Has been designated by the carrier to attend the vehicle;

(ii) Is aware of the nature of the hazardous materials contained in the vehicle he/she attends

(iii) Has been instructed in the procedures he/she must follow in emergencies; and
(iv) Is authorized to move the vehicle and has the means and ability to do so.
(3) A safe haven is an area specifically approved in writing by local, State, or Federal governmental authorities for the parking of unattended vehicles containing Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 materials.

(e) The rules in this section do not relieve the driver from any obligation imposed by law relating to the placing of warning devices when a motor vehicle is stopped on a public street or highway.

 

My mistake. Thanks for the correction.

 

If you drop a trailer with Haz Mat the bills need to remain with the trailer so if something happens, the first responders can see what is inside the trailer.

 

Be nice to be able to copy the bills and leave them in a sandwich bag or something with the trailer .

a lot of trailers have a box on the front for papers

 

if trailer i am dropping dont have a box, i 'd leave b.o.l. in the trailer front placard.
also in a bag since placard not waterproof