I wish.
I picked up a couple 2016 New Holland tractors out of the Galveston port,.. One was going to Arkansas,.. the other in Missouri. I get to my first stop and my stomach drops to my knees. I see this,.....
No idea how it happened. I'd like to blame manufacturer defect,.. but how could I prove something like that. I did not hit anything,.. the lack of any damage to the muffler and mirror are proof of that.
The kicker was,.. that glass cost me $2600. Because this was the first batch of these machines here in the states,.. they had to special order a new windshield from the UK.
From that day on,. I cover all glass facing forward.
Hurst
No tarp flatbed
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by pilot trucker, Mar 27, 2016.
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I have been there.
Thats where you have to drop your trailer,.. the yard dog comes and takes it inside,.. your supposed to leave your bungee and tarps out right? Then when it comes back out you have to redo the whole dang thing.
Once was enough for me. Heavy and took half a day to get loaded and tarped. No thanks.I dont like not seeing how my trailer was loaded much less trying to guess how they strapped what is under my tarps.
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I'm going on a year of flatbed without tarping a load. This is working primarily for delivery to and from oil rigs at ACME Truck Line. Most loads are FRAC equipment, drill pipe or casing, or bottom tools, with the odd pallets or totes. Some chaining but mostly straps.
The catch is you need a minimum two years OTR experience, and there isn't anything like a training program for securement. You need Hazmat and tanker endorsement. You also need to have "mud in your blood", lots of off paved highway driving in ALL conditions with freight that needs to be there yesterday.G13Tomcat Thanks this. -
I read only the first 2 pages of this thread, my two cents here........I work for 2 broker's, I don't tarp for neither, but I run local, 2 to 3 and sometimes 4 loads on a good day, also, I live in sunny So. Cal., where it don't rain. BTW, if it rains, I still don't tarp because of the type of freight I haul doesn't required it.
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Hurst, what did you cover the glass with?
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