The loads were to Syracuse, NY / Kansas City / Atlanta / Nashville
I can find loads that DONT need tarping that pay about the same or slightly less. But once I take out the $100-$150 tarp fee, plus the hour it takes to tarp a load that large (so the tarps won't get destroyed) I come out ahead.
Besides, I'd rather run steel beams, instead of a 8' high load dragging in the wind sucking my MPG down even more. I can get close to 7.5mpg if I can keep the load below the roofline.... above that (like a seacan or lumber) I go back down to the high 5's. So in the end, it does not pay as well.
No Tarping Station-No Tarping?
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by Working Class Patriot, May 26, 2012.
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. Got yelled at years ago no tarp on load of plywood . Load only went 100 or so miles, not a cloud in the sky. No tarp charge on load(built into rate) so he said. Don't do those kinds of loads anymore .
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Not all tarped loads can use side kits.....I do OD/OS loads that need to be tarped.....
My original point was in asking how many drivers would refuse to tarp or tarp at the lack of a tarp station..... -
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To answer your question if i book a load and they are paying my rate then i will tarp it. Tarping is not hard even on high loads if you take your time and use your brain. I have used tarping stations before and hate them. IMO they where more dangerous than not useing it. Cables to crawl around and over and the harness allways getting in the way, what a pain in the butt.
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The ones that were tarped were either aquariums or electrical equipment..... -
my 8-foot tarps weigh 145 pounds each, and i have never had a customer refuse to put them on top of the load for me. after that, i want them out of my way.
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