In the rain.

Funny thing is I was thinking the same thing yesterday when I was tarping in East St. Louis. It was only 86 but I hate the heat.

I'm not whining about tarping in the least as its part of the job in my opinion.

I wouldn't like sitting on a lawn chair with my feet up in that temp.

 

The sole purpose of tarps on a packaged load is to protect the packaging from being damaged by the elements.

Tarps on a bare load protect the product from said elements. Like keeping road salt off steel, dust and rocks of glass etc.

Just tarp your load already and quit whining or go be a door slammer.

 

Or you could haul concrete pipe, we have a truck open...

 

Yer but you still have to work in the rain you just don't have to tarp. It's only water all part of the job

 

Not sure what the last half of your post has to do with the topic of the thread, but........talk about a disconnect.

 

I've never considered doing the job I accepted and agreed to do as bootlicking. I'm sorry I just don't follow your thought process.

Back to the subject.

Again, the tarp's purpose is not to keep things dry, it is to protect the packaging and to keep road debris off the product.

 

I was thinking about about a disconnect as well.

Freightlinerbob never complained about anything. He was trying to make a connect.

 

I respect the heck out of FBers I see tarping in conditions I hate having to just open and close doors in...I always hope they're getting the pay and respect for their efforts...I've done some FBing but always in good conditions luckily, it's just not my cup of tea, mostly for the time spent at shippers/receivers, I like quick in and outs(in regard to trucking), I'm hyper and found a company that accomodates that, but then that's why there's vans, FBs, reefers and tankers, something for everyone!

 

I pull a rolltarp and was once at a shipper picking up a NO TARP load of lumber, it started to rain when someone came out and ask me to please do my best in keeping the load dry because it's prime number one lumber. I think my Carrier might have stolen my tarp pay.