I'm too short to put the tarp on the flatbed

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Little trucker gal, Jan 20, 2025.

  1. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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  3. 77fib77

    77fib77 Road Train Member

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    I'm thinking like you. Reefer , dry box. Go apply for UPS after a year. Get into Union pay.
     
  4. Chi Town Steers

    Chi Town Steers Heavy Load Member

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    If you can barely pick the #### thing up at all, what makes you think it’s a good idea to do it? Sounds like a good way to get yourself hurt. Best of luck sweetheart, flat bedding is an incredibly difficult and dangerous job.
     
  5. Judge

    Judge Road Train Member

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    Cheat.
    Drag it to catwalk. Flip it on the catwalk. Climb on back of truck. Flip it onto trailer.
     
  6. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    I usually lift mine up, pin it against the rub rail with my body, while reaching underneath to get a better grip and push it onto the trailer..
    they only get heavier and more finnecky to work with when u add water or snow or below freezing weather.

    You can try it at the back of the trailer, use the ICC bumper and you can kinda balance it in ur leg and use it as leverage to push it up and over.. also the lowest part of trailer is going to be the back or front due to the trailer arch... but just know if u have to tarp something, u are going to have to throw that tarp up on the trailer more then one time.
     
  7. Judge

    Judge Road Train Member

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    always fun rolling a frozen tarp, like bending plywood, rolls up about the size of a truck tire..
     
  8. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Lmao
    some new cuss words get invented as well. Throw that thing up there and head south . Hopefully it'll be easier to roll in a couple days.

    The best is rolling them up when it's raining . Then not using them for 3 weeks and they are still wet when unrolled and now they stink to high heaven
     
  9. hope not dumb twucker

    hope not dumb twucker Road Train Member

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    So glad I didn’t do flat bed because of that smell. Some of these so called truck drivers smell bad enough. Make a buzzard gag.
     
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