FB: tarping when can't get on top of load

Not a Trucker;

but I would guess; If the tarps had metal rings on the ends is to tie a rope to one of the rings and bundle the rope up and toss it over the load and go to the other side and start pulling the rope as the tarp thats tied by the rope will go over the object you are haulin' ... (may want to do more then 2 holes)


Again Not a trucker but just an idea'r

 

Those kinds of loads suck really bad. Most of the time you end up walking along the side of the load trying to unroll your tarps. Sometimes the shipper will have an overhead crane with a spreader bar and they will drape your tarp over the load for you. Sometimes you just have to get creative.

There have been times I refused to tarp a load because it was too dangerous to climb around on it, but those are very rare.

 

If your tarp is rolled well, you can have the shipper put it on top of the load with a forklift and use the ladder we're supposed to keep on hand to baby it along (we don't have one at the moment, but Joe is over 6' and we have a step-deck, so we can cheat a bit). If your load doesn't go all the way to the edge, CAREFULLY get up on the side of the load to get the tarp started. Once you get it started, it seems to go a lot better, but that first part is a pain.

I will admit that I have yet to tarp a load alone, so take all this with a grain of salt.

 

When you're really good you can just lay out your tarp, flip it up into the air and quickly back the trailer under it as it settles.

 

We deal with this at the sand & gravel pits every day. We aren't required to tarp loads (only dried sand or other material that will blow in the wind) but we also cannot have our load showing. In other words, no peak. The pits stictly forbid drivers from climbing into their truck boxes to level their load for obvious safety reasons, but the loaders (most, not all) rarely make any effort to level the load with their bucket as they back out. Just one of those things.

 

When I face load like that ,I simply take out my flying carpet from the storage box.