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No, but im definently looking into it. Ive heard the fines can be very high for a violation. Better to be safe than sorry.

I can tell you this. If you have an empty tank that is 119 gallons or more of SH or even SH residue in it you better have the outside of the tank labeled with the un number and you better have your HM endorsment on your license. You will be fined if not. 119 gallons is considered a bulk container in Florida and any bulk container containing a hazardous material or even an empty bulk container containing HM residue must be labeled with the un number. I drove a delivery truck for many years and have kept my HM endorsment up to date for this reason. That is the law anyways. I don't play with it because the fines are very high not to mention I have to drive by the scale house on my way home everyday and the DOT sits at my exit waiting on people jumping the scales. Hope this helps.

I would highly recommend a carrying tank less than 100 gallons if you don't want to get the Hazmat license. Most SH is 10lbs per gallon and the 1klb federal limit as Pat stated is a federal Limit! The tank must also have a label like the shipping label your distributors use as well as a hazard safety book WITHIN ARMS REACH of the driver.  Your distributor has all this labeling as well as the MSDS that contains the hazard safety sheet, as they already deal with this themeselves.  Ask them for a copy of these papers and what you need for your state on top of the Fed requirements.

Baltimore MD Roof Cleaning 410-482-4367 wrote:

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I would highly recommend a carrying tank less than 100 gallons if you don't want to get the Hazmat license. Most SH is 10lbs per gallon and the 1klb federal limit as Pat stated is a federal Limit! The tank must also have a label like the shipping label your distributors use as well as a hazard safety book WITHIN ARMS REACH of the driver.  Your distributor has all this labeling as well as the MSDS that contains the hazard safety sheet, as they already deal with this themeselves.  Ask them for a copy of these papers and what you need for your state on top of the Fed requirements.

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Some states seem to be more strict in their enforcement of these HAZMAT requirements.
Zillions of roof cleaners here in Florida with 500 gallon tanks.

 

H2OCleaning wrote:

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i called D O T yesterday and spoke with an officer he explained to me that if you take a 300gallon tank with 200 gallons of water and 100 gallons of SH you now have 300 gallons of carrosive material . what they do is take the total mix and weight and test to see if it is what they consider carrosive by the way the test is at your expence 

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Yes, and if you have a 300 gallon tank of water, and you pizz in it, that is a "corrosive material"

Just having some fun with this.

Never had any problems personally.
Knocking on wood, so the chit dont hit da fan 

 

H2OCleaning wrote:

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he said i need to carry  shiping papers and msds papers and something else i cant remember the fine for not carrying the papers is $500 no exceptions the fine for two much carrosive chem with out a lisence is criminal and up to the judge up to 5years though. Im sorry but this is BS ill bet it wasnt like this before 911 

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I think 911 was BS, an "excuse" to get into a stupid war, and allow more government control of our lives, and more loss of our freedoms.