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Originally Posted by Icky_
...but I will say the more bungee's u use the better it get's after a while u find urself trying to out do the last tarp job you did! :? <--IF that makes sences any1 agree??
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I'll sure agree - and sweeten the pot a little...
It's a mean pride in some o us goodolboys, 'bout that tarped load and what it says about the driver pullin' it.
I don't care if it's a brand spankin' new rig or a Beater, if it goes flyin' by ya with the tarp(s) a'flappin' and rips all in it - you just can't help thinkin' "there goes one sorry feller," and while the reasons a load isn't tarped properly are many.. the vast majority o those reasons can be remedied.
It's getting to the point where I feel the same way about loads going out of a plant
untarped or
half tarped where you know the BOL states "Must Tarp Load" or it's a Securement Issue load or the weather's lookin' foul or....
Sure, I've had Hot Loads in good weather at short enough distance that I've flown out of somewhere
nekkid but... If it's on the BOL or I know the client requires it
for whatever reason, I'm gonna rein it in and tarp the sucker.
Back on Topic - Yes, the more bungies the better - but only if they're really performing a needed 'pull' at the right spots. My CO provides bungies but only the 21" ones. I found out real quick that running 15" and 31" made the job Easier, Faster and by far a more professional job of it even tho' I have to buy those myself. It's an investment I make in myself as a professional. Same with the "Veeboards.com" plastic edge protectors I've built up over time and paychecks... They've paid for themselves many times over.
And
Hell Yeah, ICKY, every load is a learning experience and I've sure gotten into the habit o "goin' it one better" each time I tarp one up - especially those Gypsy Cart/ Tinker Wagon Lowes loads where that $500 ladder they "spined" on top and straight down the middle may wind up being 'secured' to the load by the tarps n bungies alone....
While I often get "pre-tarped" drop trailers, (jus'
draped), if I have
any spare time available - (or if they threw a Ripper Tarp over it) - I'll yank that tarp down, roll it up and strap the load FIRST.
Then tarp it. There's few things in life, besides ladders, barbed wire n rebar, that'll tear up a tarp worse than throwin' those straps right over it and crankin' down.
Sometimes we have to - a "throw n Go". But I hate it. Edge protectors over the tarp and under the strap help only if you have an
edge to work with... but I carry Spare Mudflaps bungied down on the catwalk and I've used Those many a time on the more 'rounded' spots.
If it's a pallet o Barbed Wire, you Betcha those spare mudflaps (or even chunks of a damaged mudflap you find everywhere) will be under the strap or the tarp.
It's Work.
Work won't kill ya...
Somebody else said, "think of it as a Package you're delivering", and you're well on your way at least by philosophy.
Me, hell, I'm Santa Clause - it's 10 gears instead o reindeer - and I'm
Gift wrappin' this load for all my good little clients out there. OK, whether they're been
good or
not, LOL ... but never forget this:
Attitude Is Everything.
People can't help but SEE you wherever you go.
They can't always see what rags you're wearin' up in that cab, but baby - that trailer load followin' you around back there jus' sticks out like a sore thumb!
What it "says" out there is up to You.
What it says
about you is a lot more than you think - no matter whose name's on the door o that cab.
My 2 cents jus' run out - see y'all out there.... :mrgreen:
tarping?
