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Hello guys and gals just a little new info well new to me we had a battery to ship back to WPC of
course it's hazardous shipment all went well till truck got here central freight told shipping and receiving
guys they will take it this time but next time will will need to supply the 4 correct placards for the outside
of the truck to ship this battery first i here of this i guess next time they will want the truck washed lol.
anyone ran across this yet .

the duckman

Last time I had a WPC battery called back (a couple of years ago) we called the WPC and asked them, "do you really want to pay hazmat shipping on a wet battery? They said "just send us the paperwork and we will call it good." Works for me!

My first and hopefully last one was just a couple months ago. They sent me a box with all the haz mat markings, a ton of bubble wrap and bags to "protect" the battery. Had no problem with Central picking it up, didn't even have to palletize it, i just set it on the back of his truck, got my pro label and went back to my day. Of course it helps to keep a good working relationship with the drivers...

Those trucks should already have them. Sounds like an uninformed driver.

I'd give Central a call for verification.

AFAIK, that's their job to have the proper identification cards, not yours and they should know ahead of time what they're picking up. Maybe they didn't this time

I've done about 3 or 4 in the last 6 months and never had a problem. GM sends the box with all of the instructions and we never had an issue.

PartsPlant81 wrote:I've done about 3 or 4 in the last 6 months and never had a problem. GM sends the box with all of the instructions and we never had an issue.

Same here. They sent a box with all the goodies and lots of instructions.