Got my Hazmat & Twic Card!

Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by JohnBoy, Jul 22, 2009.

  1. JohnBoy

    JohnBoy Road Train Member

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    Well here's a little insight to getting your Hazmat & Twic card. After having my CDL since it's inception, I decided that I would get my Hazmat and Twic card. On July 2nd I went to my local DMV office, took my Hazmat test (passed), paid my $91 background check and fingerprint fee, $67 5 year CDL renewal fee, $7 endorsement fee, got my temporary CDL license and left thinking it would take the state and Federal government the full 30 days they say it will take in order to get my new CDL/Hazmat license in the mail. Well on July 11th I got my shiny new CDL w/Hazmat and 5 year expiration date in the mail. All told it took 9 days, not bad. On Monday July 13th I hightailed it over to the Port of Palm Beach and Applied for my Twic card. I brought my Passport and my new CDL as required Identification got fingerprinted again paid my $105.25 fee and was told it will be 30 days before I will receive it. Yesterday afternoon I checked my status on line and to my surprise the Twic card is at the office waiting for me to pick it up. Well I went and picked it up today and now have my Hazmat & Twic card in my possession. All together this whole process took 20 days from start to finish and cost a total of $270.25. The Hazmat I'm sure will be needed in the future. The Twic card? I have my doubts but you never know. My next project to take care of is spending $98 to renew my Passport in December.
     
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  3. notarps4me

    notarps4me Road Train Member

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    You are suppose to get a discount on the twic if you have haz-mat. Each state varies on cost of hazmat I dropped mine when it was 130 bucks to get.
     
  4. REDD

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    He did get a discount. If you do not have hazmat... then your TWIC costs $132.50
     
  5. notarps4me

    notarps4me Road Train Member

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    I have my twic, just don't remember what I paid for it.
     
  6. REDD

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    That's good... Cause I heard that "That" company wants the driver's to get it. I also heard that some military bases are going to start requiring sometime in the future.
     
  7. notarps4me

    notarps4me Road Train Member

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    Yeah my buddy that is over there does not have his yet and he said they have some good paying loads with it.
     
  8. REDD

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    I got mine over a year ago & have never really used it. I went into the ports of Chesapeake & they asked if I had it. Of course I said yes & was getting ready to pull it out of my wallet when they told me that they didn't need to see it... They just want to know if I had it.
     
  9. notarps4me

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    Same here. I been asked for it, I ran ports all over, but none asked to see it. Or checked my thumb print.
     
  10. REDD

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    I even tried to use my TWIC card as a second ID at banks & places like that... They don't even want to see! Come on now... It's a government issued ID that I paid $132.50 for... Will someone please look at it! :biggrin_25511:
     
  11. notarps4me

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    I was somewhere recently that needed a second picture ID. They would not accept it either..... I said I had to have a goverment background check and to be finger printed for this stupid thing....:biggrin_2554: My wife ended up digging out a second picture ID......:biggrin_2554:
     
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