Hazmat transport

[tmeyer3]

My major chemicals of note are muriatic acid, concentrated acetic acid (angry vinegar) and specialty gear oils. While they all have their own pesky odors, they are also all potentially hazardous in enclosed spaces and have myriad stickers alerting me of this. You know, the funny ones with 4 colors and the numbers?

So long as the bed and cabin separation is controllable it sounds like it should be a non-issue, I'd just really hate to have to get creative about carrying things I otherwise carry in my bed and service boxes right now.

To be honest, I would just leave the vault cover open while moving those--with or without a mid-gate. Acetic acid and hydrochloric acid are both pretty nasty for stainless steel and for your health, haha. Hydrochloric acid shouldn't cause fumigation issues with the steel, but acetic acid certainly can! Both of those are pretty damn nasty and nothing like manure!

If this is the case, the mid-gate is, frankly, the least of your concerns. You need proper storage PRIOR to putting these in the back of your truck. Any fumes at all from the acetic acid should be fixed before moving it, and hydrochloric acids, especially if concentrated, should never ever ever be allowed to touch the stainless steel of your CT. If this is a possibility, you may want to look in to getting a removable liner to prevent any direct contact. Hydrochloric acid, specifically, is not something your SS CT will run in to in nature and is NOT going to hold up to that over long periods well.

Certainly SS alloys can handle acetic acid well, but I doubt the CT is made for it (315, I think is ok?). The danger with acetic acid is the fumes more than spills. It can react with certain chemicals in the air to make something must nastier for your SS CT than simply acetic acid, especially in a closed space.
Edit: Just looked this bit up. Had it backwards! It's especially rough on 304 and 316 SS. If there is chloride in the air around it while fumigating (especially in hot environments), it will act very aggressively with most SS alloys. https://www.quora.com/Can-acetic-acid-dissolve-steel

This is me just remembering college chem though....

I didn't expect that lol. What the heck do you do for a living?

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[tmeyer3]

The warning of enclosed spaces is that if they're left enclosed, their gasses or spillage will build up and create a hazard when you open up.

Mostly that means don't leave them alone in the heat too long and don't stick your head in right after opening a space they're in. You could mount a fan on the tallgate since Cybertruck has power back there.

-Crissa

True!
Also, depending on the label, some chemicals are more dangerous while fumigating than in liquid form. Acetic acid in this case. It won't do much to SS if spilt (unless left for a very very long time), but when in a gaseous state can corrode SS.

 

[Ogre]

Just for a second there I thought you recommended having them underslung. LOL.

I'll show you an underslung load.

 

[Crissa]

Yeah, my spouse ruined a bunch of spare stainless fixtures I had by storing hydrochloric acid near it.

-Crissa

 

[BillyGee]

Yeah, my spouse ruined a bunch of spare stainless fixtures I had by storing hydrochloric acid near it.

-Crissa

Costco bins it is, according to breaking bad I just need the right PTFE plastic. I'm sure my local Home Depot already find my rubber hose and muriatic acid consumption suspicious enough though.

 

[tmeyer3]

Costco bins it is, according to breaking bad I just need the right PTFE plastic. I'm sure my local Home Depot already find my rubber hose and muriatic acid consumption suspicious enough though.

haha! Just be sure to cap it ?

I still want to know what you do for a living. Your profile says "Technician" haha

 

[BillyGee]

haha! Just be sure to cap it ?

I still want to know what you do for a living. Your profile says "Technician" haha

Speciality machine service and repair for the food and beverage Industry. Lots of oil changes, descaling and off roading to get to facilities built off the beaten path.

 

[Ogre]

Speciality machine service and repair for the food and beverage Industry. Lots of oil changes, descaling and off roading to get to facilities built off the beaten path.

Yeah... some of what daughter and her kids consider "Food" should be classified as toxic waste.

 

[webroady]

Hence putting down a hard surface over the tarp, like a piece of plywood.

Then you can pull it out and hose it down.

-Crissa

Gonna be a bitch cleaning out the T-slots in the bed floor if you spill something.

 

[John K]

Yeah, my spouse ruined a bunch of spare stainless fixtures I had by storing hydrochloric acid near it.

-Crissa

Throwing spouse under bus… hmmm… maybe self incrimination?

(I speak from experience)

 

[Crissa]

Gonna be a bitch cleaning out the T-slots in the bed floor if you spill something.

That's why they have rubber stoppers.

Throwing spouse under bus… hmmm… maybe self incrimination?

(I speak from experience)

Haha! No, I ruined the couch by putting lead-acid batteries under it and it outgassed enough to eat holes in the upholstery.

-Crissa

 

[FutureBoy]

Haha! No, I ruined the couch by putting lead-acid batteries under it and it outgassed enough to eat holes in the upholstery.

@Crissa, as many stories as you have about hazmat materials ruining items in your household, I'd be concerned if you ever came to visit or we met camping. LOL.

 

[Crissa]

@Crissa, as many stories as you have about hazmat materials ruining items in your household, I'd be concerned if you ever came to visit or we met camping. LOL.

That's fine, I leave them at home!

My camp is nice and safe ^-^ The battery was from my first solar set-up; I had put the panels as blackout curtains in the living room. We were south-west facing, so there'd be loads of sun shining in while I was trying to raid Molten Core.

-Crissa

 

[FutureBoy]

That's fine, I leave them at home!

My camp is nice and safe ^-^

-Crissa

You've practically got a village there. I'll have to get a good setup before heading to burning man. Most mountain excursions probably don't always have this much room of nice flat ground.

I had a previous thread about items to add to my camping equipment. Maybe I need to revisit to start actually making a real plan. Only 1-2 years to go till I'll be out and about in my apocalypse machine.

 

[John K]

Upon examination, I see ET’s phone

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