We had steps on the tractor behind the fuel tank which I jockeyed the tarp up to the catwalk and then onto the trailer. Also I had a 8ft ladder which when layed horizontally with the top to the catwalk, you can roll the tarp up the ladder.
I'm too short to put the tarp on the flatbed
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Thank you to the people who actually offered positive suggestions to my dilemma. Which is what I asked for. What I didn't ask for is for all the negativity and comments telling me how I couldn't do it. How I'm not going to be able to handle tarping at all. Due to my size.. or weather.. or experience. Or any of the other reasons for me to not be able to do the job I was hired to do.
So let me set the record strait.
I was hired for this job because I do have experience tarping. Just never had any reason to have to pick one of those heavy ######## up and put it on the trailer. Always had a forklift to do it.. or someone was nice enough if a gentleman to do it for me. I have no problem climbing my ### on top of a load to do my tarps. Wind, rain, snow freezing cold whatever.
Is it easy.? He'll no. Do I have a hard time with it? You bet. Does it take me longer than other drivers? Of course it does.. I'm a small woman. But you know what? I still get it done when the load says tarp. I put on my coveralls and bust my ### to make sure my load is secure... correctly and safely. Every single load I have hauled has arrived on time, intact and undamaged. I work just as hard as other drivers that are men. Some of those I can work circles around. So Don't tell me I need to go find an easier job. Not when I'm capable of doing the one I have. If I wanted an easy job I wouldn't be a truck driver.
So to all you drivers that said I needed to just give up?? Glad I didn't read this before I went to orientation this morning. Otherwise I may not have walked in there confident and tried my ### off till I got it done. That's right.
I DID IT. TWICE. JUST LIKE I WAS SUPPOSED TO. AND I'M SUPER PROUD OF MYSELF. Because now I know I can. Will I ever do it that way again? Not if I don't have to. It was brutal and it kicked my ###. But I didn't give up and got it done. Because I got heart.wulfman75, Gearjammin' Penguin, OldeSkool and 14 others Thank this. -
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