Pulled over for ballooning tarp?

How do you fix it if your tarps are to small? When i was a company driver we would haul insulation. Our tarps were just a little to short and air would come up from the sides. Even strapping over the tarp, it would balloon in between straps.

 

For a start,make shure that there is enough tension lenghtways.

 

Or buy the proper sized tarps???

What's the point in tarping something if air gets up under it? If air gets in there, so does water, bugs, grime ect ect... so the tarp job is now pointless

 

the insulation only requires the tarps to come 4 foot down the sides , they mainly want the top covered. next time on those use rope. or either pull ya bungees tighter

 

the insulation in tooele utah requires 8 ft.. the load is 8.6 feet. sometimes it's front 1/2. sometimes it's full cover.

nothing you can do but make sure tarp is tight on top. and use rope if you got it. like mentioned above.

i hate hauling those loads. anything that can't have tight straps SUCKS. i've seen loads delivered with there straps slicing into that stuff.

 

My tarp job always looks like a kid did it. The tarps are way larger than the stuff I haul and too heavy to easily roll out. Any ideas on lighter tarp materials or shorter tarps.

 

Sometimes air can get under tarps no matter what you do. If you have any holes in your tarp it will allow air to enter and can balloon up the tarps. If you use more than one tarp on the load, make sure the front tarp overlaps the rear tarp. That will minimize the amount of air that will get underneath your tarp. Hook the front and rear tarps together with bungies along the sides. Just 2 or 3 bungies may be all you need. You can then put a strap over both tarps to keep them together and air from getting under them so much. If you have excess tarp along the sides, tuck it in and use bungies to keep it tight as possible. Air can get under tarps from anywhere there is a gap. If you have enough tarp to go down to the floor in the front, you can put a 4 x 4 on top and then throw a strap across it. If you don't have a 4 x 4, you can fold the tarp and then throw a strap across it. That can help keep wind from getting underneath the front of the tarp. If the sides are then tight and there is a strap between the joining tarps, you should minimize the amount of billowing or ballooning of your tarps.

 

Only thing you can do is block air from the front and pull your bungees as tight as you can. I'm not at all beyond using 2" or 4" straps as well if needed. Often I use 2" straps anyway as my company has tapered (sewn ends) on one half of their lumber tarps so billowing is a common thing if you don't do it right.