Loading flatbeds for multiple stops

So, I picked up another multi-stop load on a flatbed, full lumber tarps. This is the second time I've picked up a multi-stop load where it was loaded with the first stop in the back and went forward from there. Is that the way it should be done? Personally, I'd prefer to just peel back the front tarp and I could just slide it back when done, instead of having the back tarp that is UNDER the front tarp to deal with at each stop. What's the right way to do it? This time didn't bug me so much because of where exactly the tarps met, but the first time I had this I got quite upset.

 

I did peel back the tarp, the thing is that you have all that tarp and you can't pull the back tarp further UNDER the front tarp, you just have to secure all that excess tarp any way you can. I just folded the tarp a few times and strapped the excess down. If you have it loaded to take away from the front first, you can unsecure the front tarp, pull the whole thing back further over the back tarp, and resecure it, leaving more overlap but less excess---if that makes any sense. The problem isn't usually the length, it's the height that requires us to use lumber tarps, which are just plain heavy.

 

Every load has a tendency to move, my job is to make sure it doesn't. Just today I saw what I thought was a gator (blown tire) in the road. When I got closer, I realized it was a nice 8x8 piece of dunnage and made sure to avoid it, then saw the flatbedder on the shoulder 1000 feet up the road.

 

I guess the weight distribution is a good reason to load it that way, and if I am to pick up a multi-stop load, I'll try to load it with the last stop in front. With this load, it wasn't important since the whole thing was under 10K (insulation/plastic wrap), but with others it very well could be.