Between @starmac and you, that's the FIRST time I ever heard of that but it's a GREAT idea. I've always preferred trying to secure a load from both sides instead of only 1. Whether by alternating ratchets or binders, but with winches on both sides?....sometimes you truckdrivers amaze me!
As for a headache rack, I would prefer an enclosed rack...keep the weather off of all your stuff. I'm not a big fan of cabinet racks though. Some of our trucks are running enclosed racks with a roll up door on them. I think they're pretty slick but I don't have any first hand experience with one...
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I would go for the last one. I had 2 steel tarps also and probably used them the most. I ended up not carrying the 8' drop tarps after a while. I always had a load that either didn't need 8' drops or only needed the steel tarps.
Tarping sucks big time. Especially when it's 10 degrees and you're trying to roll them up -
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22 winches/straps? Why?
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Tri City Canvas in Granite City has good stuff for good prices.
They have felt pads they can grommet the edges that save tarps - and I’ve destruction tested it. A roll is 15’ wide, however long you need.
I like a good 36” crowbar - surprises me how often I use it. Also cheap cordless drill, sawzall and circular saw.
Wood chocks.
I bought 3/8th chain and binders and regret it - 5/16” is plenty, when you consider WLL of securement points on trailer.
I rarely have a need for 8’drop. I’d go 6’ , but with extra d-ring rows.cke Thanks this. -
D.Tibbitt and whoopNride Thank this.
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Man the winch to winch, is a great idea . learn something new everyday . im gonna have to try that. Thanks for the info my fellow skateboarders
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The hostlers at the company I haul freight for are terrible about having a winch right above a tire, totally clueless. they are sliders, and 99% of the time it would have been in a better place, on the load, to have moved it a foot anyway.
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