When Im tarping my tank, I use a 50 foot 1/2" rope and tie a 5 pound ball to it, that way I can get a good swing goin over my head like a cowboy in a rodeo, and let er rip. Sometime I can get it over two trailers at once.
straps outside frame rail - yes or no ?
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by dannythetrucker, Jan 17, 2014.
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I been slinging em over for over 30 years, I do look and yell out before I let it rip -
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dogcatcher and MJ1657 Thank this.
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Hey man, I ain't that #### old! I'm only 36. I was just a little too hard on myself in my early days. Or as my father always said, i was having to much fun.
I hear ya on the knees. When I was 19, I fell off a load of cars early one morning and clipped the rub rail with my left knee on the way down. Pretty sure we all know who won that collision. Worst part was having to lay there for two hours before the truck showed up and was able to help me up and to the phone to call for a ride to the hospital. So later in the morning when word reached the old man what does he have to say? "If you hadn't been in such a hurry to get to that girl last night you wouldnt of been up on that snow covered trailer at 5am all by yourself. Doctor says you're gonna live, we got two trucks waiting so get your ### back to that loader." I loved that old man but he sure was hard sometimes.MJ1657 and dogcatcher Thank this. -
When I worked in construction....One could tell who was a long time Teamster.....The guy walking slow....Bent over....And cursing worse than a drunken sailor... -
I know the only stupid question is an unasked question but it's amazing that one actually thought they'd needed to find this answer on a forum. Anyone with basic problem solving skills could just break down his or her question and come up with the answer based on the words in the sentence. Some sample questions could be...
1. What could rub rail possibly mean?
2. What would be the advantages/disadvantages to having your securement device protected by the rub rail?
3. What would be the advantages/disadvantages of having your securement devices over the rub rail?
It's not laziness the reason you see alot of straps over the rub rail, it's pure stupidity. Not calling any one out or being mean just a statement of fact, because how much time or energy can you be saving by not putting straps behind the rub rail. -
You just revived a six year old thread.
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