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Originally Posted by nctrucker1
Early in my driver days, I did flatbed for a few months. I remember having to use my strap tightener bar to break the ice off of the load to get the tarp off. Ever try to fold a frozen tarp? Flatbed may pay a little more money, but you sure earn it.
Been there and done that. Marquip used to ship oversized, with a single oversized tarp on the load. They did the loading, securing, and tarping, but...
The load sat in their yard a day or two, and anywhere the tarp sagged down, you could have a foot of water that froze into a big chunk of ice. Spent a lot of time with a hammer, breaking up the ice and getting it off the load so 4 guys could pull the one tarp off the load. Or, if it was a bit warmer, 4 guys would take a cold shower pulling the tarp off the load. Tarps were 60' long with a boxed end. Weighed over 300 pounds. Took 2 guys to lift them off the ground. Usually, a forklift would put them back on the empty trailer. But, I got a real sense of accomplishment backing a 13.6' wide load into a 14' door. That's where I learned the value of a hand-held CB.