Onions...

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by fragicide, Jul 23, 2020.

  1. tiddlytanker

    tiddlytanker Light Load Member

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    Thanks for that info. I suspected that was the case. Having to do unplanned stops to mess around with the tarps, especially when I get further east isn't for me. I prefer to keep my anxiety levels as low as I can. Maybe when flatbed loads are less plentiful ill force myself to do one but for now I will pass I think
     
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  3. skellr

    skellr Road Train Member

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    If you do take one please keep in mind that they can settle slow. You may tighten up the straps more on the 3rd check than the first.
     
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  4. Oxbow

    Oxbow Road Train Member

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    Ha!
     
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  5. Nostalgic

    Nostalgic Road Train Member

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    I've wondered if it would have been just the same not to retighten them and just let them go soft as long as there's no flopping... I delivered with a guy that said this is all he does. He had a side kit and threw one strap across the front and one across the back. Sure seems better to me haha.
     
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  6. JonJon78

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    Passed by a broken down flatbed today that had a load of onions on I-44. That's gotta be a nightmare situation with a load of onions/produce? I wonder how long can those things last before spoiling/rotting?
     
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  7. RunningAces

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    That is a nightmare scenario. I've got a load of them right now.
     
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  8. MacLean

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    I did onions once on a flatbed. Took 3 days to get the smell off of me. I refuse to hall anything that grows on a flatbed anymore.
     
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