What if it Snows?

Although if that's not possible, then you just tarp the front like normal. Then when done u take a couple bungees and pull down from the middle part until the top is nice and tight... no need for a strap anywhere on a tarp if you take the time and do it right.

 

Moving cars is at least a 2 man job. One runs the loader, and the other rides a car to man the brakes. Each car has a very large crank that manually sets the brakes, and a lever that releases them.

We release all the brakes except for one (usually a loaded one), hook the tow rope and take slick out with the loader. Brake man releases the brakes, then the loader man VERY slowly pulls. About 5 feet before the cars get to where we want them the brake man flags the loder man to stop, then he starts cranking the brakes tight.

Our rail spur has a VERY, VERY, slight down grade out to the main line. We have had a couple cars try to run away on us before... Well maybe more like walk away, they weren't moving very fast. But it did take multiple sets of brakes to be set before it finally did stop, then we had to push them back into the yard and position them again.

 

Keri and the Army guy are home. He is warming up the grill and making hamburger steaks while Keri is getting some things ready in the kitchen. She is nuking some potatoes. What I heard was they were looking for some seafood today but what they saw did not look good. Maybe next weekend.

 

Tarp looks a little bunchy in the front and also looks to have a strap over it helping to hold it down ?

 

No BUD did it when I wasn't looking, I am associated with someone that likes that stuff, it always his fault being odd man and all.

 

Tell me that is like "roll roofing" and not totes of DEF the boys in Blytheville are selling/delivering to the large farmers. He was looking for a used "Lowes" tandem flatbed straight truck with a Moffatt forklift hung on back last year. Found him one in AL.

 

Every time I go to Tractor Supply, I wander over to the fence pliers and start trying them out.

I don't need 'em, don't even know how to use 'em, I just think they look cool.

And, being a city boy, I always thought "riding fences" would be a cool job.

I guess, like any other job, the lustre fades after 12 continuous hours of it.

 

Ancient cotton hauler: With the shape of 3 bales topped out long ways on rear, and 3-4-5 bale crosswise forward of them. Toss a 1/4 inch grass rope over the middle of the slope..(hi to low) drop back a couple of stake pockets and snug it down. Make a nice air flow up and edged.
PS: We did not have bungees in the 50's. Them hangy down things were 1/4 grass rope to lash tarp down. Also, no need for us to use the middle strap as D.Tibbitt questioned, as we used a 1 piece tarp. 34' long and 8 ft drops. I was young then and could manage that kind of work.

 

Well, still down here at Smiley's in Raphine VA.

First day in the last 15 that I haven't had to set an alarm. So I didn't.

I woke up at one o'clock pm.

Been talking on the phone, watching movies, eating leftover barbecue from last night, just generally goofing off.

I'm on vacay next week. Appointment for drug screen/DOT physical on Tuesday.

Looks like I got that local job.

Of course, when I went to the interview the local TM told me, "We have three guys who run the road on their 5 days."

I couldn't help but notice, when we went out to the truck for the road test, that the only two other trucks in the parking lot were sleepers......

Still, the pay is alleged to be better. A LOT better.

This remains to be seen.


Well, might as well get dressed and walk my lazy butt over to the truckstop, and take a dump. Maybe get more barbecue to take back to the truck for later. I'm leaning towards taking a nap, and going home under cover of darkness.

 

Unless their 8 drivers are undocumented and crackheads, they'll have little trouble finding a new job.
What a silly thing to say.