Prime, why do you have to be so tarp happy?

Prime gay with tarps you say
Happy to see a cat
Even in shrink wrap
4hours to make the day
Pound
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Hammer down at 58 mph into town away!

 

I pulled Cat engines when I was with Prime and I never tarped them. As DrtyDiesel stated, ask the shipper and call the consignee and ask. If I was hauling something that obviously needed to be tarped, I did it without question, but if it's plastic wrapped, I'm calling to check. Nine times out of ten, they'll say not to worry about it. And before anyone says "If something happens, it's on you", save it. I pulled flatbeds for nearly 20 years and I never had a claim. Use common sense. It's easy for those Prime dispatchers sitting in the Millennium Center to say "throw a tarp on it" as if that's a 5 minute job.

 

I once picked up fresh new aluminum coils. Has to be tarped. I waited 15 hours for them to be made. While putting my tarps on, they started to melt and stick to the coils. I called roehl dispatch and was told "just tarp it, you gotta get moving". Yeah, peeled the tarps off in pieces at the consignee

 

I always had the clear plastic; very thick, but still shredded in a few miles.

 

Forget your FM, if BOL said tarp you tarp if it does not you don't and say you did Prime will pay.

 

I pulled flatbeds for nearly 20 years and I never had a claim GOOD for you , been pulling them longer than 20 years and also CLAIM FREE but have witnessed hassles with CAT customers being charged for tarp service and load arrives untarped .

 

CAT bills always say tarp if needed go by the Bill it's the contract you sign for the load.

 

It's part of the job. Like when I get loads that are one pallet high and the top of which comes to my hip. They say to put load bars in. One reason why i don't pull flat.

Also ignore that guy. "Skateboardman" who suggested going to another Carrier. He's a troll .

 

Shut up troll!