I'm too short to put the tarp on the flatbed

I don't know what kind of dunnage you carry, flatbed isn't my thing. But I'm thinking if there are a couple 2X4s perhaps you could lean them against the trailer like ramps and push/roll the tarp up them onto the trailer?

But I still don't know how you'd get that thing on top of a load.

 

Put it on the drive tire first. Then get under it and get it up to the deck?

You can pick it up get it higher on the tire. Turn it so it standing up. Push it against the deck and try to force it up and over?

Most of the time a forklift will put them in the deck if you ask. But not always. There is always reefer.

 

That's exactly what I was going to suggest. @Little trucker gal follow this idea to get through orientation. They suggested that when I was starting out. When you get out on your own, a lot of times the forklift driver will put the tarps on top of the load for you.

 

You're not gonna be able to tarp safely. You really need to look elsewhere. If you find a way to get it on the trailer just to get the job, you're gonna get yourself hurt before long.

 

Unfortunately there's not really any easy way to lift tarps. I'm not trying to be mean but if you can't get them onto the deck of the trailer what's going to happen when the shipper won't lift them onto the top of your load for you?

 

How much trucking experience do you have?
Think about during a rainstorm or blizzard and you're unloaded. Now the tarps are on the muddy ground. Can you roll them and lift them to the flatbed, then secure them.
Switch to reefers.

 

Or Calistogas. But most of those companies want flatbed experience.

You can try for the PODS account at Blackhawk, Averitt, maybe NFI still. Then all you have to do is strap. No tarps at all.

 

Do they require the tarp remain rolled up during the whole lift. If not, unroll the tarp and put a few feet at a time on the deck.

If you can get the rolled tarp onto the ICC bumper, tractor step, or top of drive or trailer tire you can get it onto your shoulder which is pretty close to deck high. You need to keep your back straight from start to finish or you will wreck your lower back. You are also going to risk bursitis in your shoulder if you lift that much weight very often.

 

Honestly I’d find another line of trucking to deal with. Not being mean but those tarps will only get heavier when it’s below freezing and you have to fold them instead of rolling them.