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Originally Posted by rank
Would you spend an hour tarping for $150?
rank, you make it sound so simple
why, of course - if the load is small and lies low it wouldn't b too hard to tarp. my worst nightmare was tarping a 14.2" tall load of lumber in delaware, which had irregularly shaped and stacked bundles. after a trucker parked near me said the load looked too tall - i got my tape out and discovered he was right. i had erroneously thougth the shipper knew what he was doing but I was wrong. so i buttonholed the shipper and he moved the load around to make it legal. he succeeded but i had to take my tarp off and then put it back on. it required two 30 ft tarps. took me probably six hours (!) since i still had little experience tarping
A guy who works for the same carrier I do leases a stepdeck and he says he doesn't have to do as much tarping as with a flatbed. Maybe a stepdeck IS better in this regard?