Straps over tarps and edge protection?

ZOMG this thread looks a lot like work.

 

Yes i just tie a regular knot but a quadrouple knot . ive had a double knot come apart in the wind... But you pull the rope as tight as you can and what it does is pull the slack out of the sides of the tarp. The reason a tarp will balloon out is because wind gets underneath the sides... This will keep that from happening... I used to start with the sides of the tarp first but always found myself fighting the bulge on the sides. As soon as i tried doing the fronts and backs first i never had that problem and my tarps have become much tighter

 

Its never to late to become a flatbedder

 

If it is a nice square load i tuck it underneath and fold the sides over top because i think it looks cleaner to me. But some guys like to put it over top on the front to keep the wind from getting in. Whichever is easier for you will work

 

Oh yes it is. 16 years ago was already too late.

 

Usually hate straps over tarps, but theres exceptions to everything

 

What’s a tarp?

 

Just seems like A LOT of extra work and worry for very little or no extra compensation.

Dude backing in across from me right as I'm typing this has his straps over his tarps.

I'm going to go tell him he's afu.