Take a dump or go to the dump! Yea it's for real here, one of my trucks got sited by California Highway Patrol. We were doing a cleanup at a shopping center and someone dumped 20+ old tires. The crew was taking them to dump to get properly disposed of. We were ticketed for not having hazardous waste hauling permit. CHP sets up portable scales all the time at entry to dump to check commercial vehicles for safety, permits and over weight. Just thought I would bring it up save someone a fine, I'm sure Calif. isn't only state with rules like this, here the limit is 10 tires without a permit. As it was explained to me, if a truck was to have accident and catch on fire, we could be facing fines, plus hefty cleanup bill for hazardous waste. Iv'e decided we wont haul more than 10 tires anymore, not worth the additional insurance cost.
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