TARPING
#11
09-02-2007, 07:01 AM
Originally Posted by Goin Fer It
Tarping helps you stay in shape, keeps you from getting out of shape! Not all loads are tarped but at Davis my husband does tarp quite a bit. Tarping is not a problem but he hates putting up the side kits! It is very time consuming and a pain. He rarely has to do that though!
Davis taught my husband how to tarp when he was training with them. My husband just turned 50 in June! Goin Fer It's Wife
#12
09-02-2007, 08:36 AM
Sidekits
Sidekits are panels, stakes, hoops, and a special tarp that makes a flatbed look like a "conestoga" wagon, another term is "covered wagon". Many flatbed companies don't do sidekites 'cause it's more junk on the wagon and it eats up time to rig and breakdown. Some shippers (Alcoa, Reynolds, etc.) require it due to the product they ship and it is quick loading and unloading in some cases. BOL
#14
09-02-2007, 12:12 PM
[quote="DaveP"]I'll be 50 in December and tarping hasn't killed me yet...(although some of those 100+ days this summer I DID think a couple times "This is what they make 20 year olds for... :wink
 [/quote Well I'd like to give flatbedding a shot. I don't feel that old. Even when 90% of the guys I work with now are younger than my kids. :cry:
#15
09-02-2007, 01:28 PM
[quote="Sal"]
Originally Posted by DaveP
I'll be 50 in December and tarping hasn't killed me yet...(although some of those 100+ days this summer I DID think a couple times "This is what they make 20 year olds for... :wink
[/quote Well I'd like to give flatbedding a shot. I don't feel that old. Even when 90% of the guys I work with now are younger than my kids. :cry: Now and again I'll run into old high school classmates and it amazes me how old THEY'VE gotten. :lol: |
