Smoke Tarp

I had to smoke tarp once when I was driving for TMC back when they had grass burners!!
Who ever pays gets to make the rules. I have found it much easier to do what I can to make the shipper/reciever happy and follow their rules... evne if they are stupid.

 

Some times the shipper has lots of rules to make up for the lack of common sense.

Edit: Unless you are running a grass burner, or DPF and some convincing, I'd expect a smoke tarp.

 

you can usually get a cheap 10x12 tarp at wal-mart or truckstops for less than $20. That's usually all you need. some twine or string to tie it on, 1" ratchet straps if you have them.

or you can get a really nice nose tarp for about $100. I know when we load insulation they won't let us load unless we got a tarp. that little tarp comes in handy for other stuff too though.

 

smoke tarps are pretty cheap just buy it then you have no worries.

 

Way back my family company decided to get a sweet contract hauling 6" pvc pipe that required a smoke tarp, few got lazy and never tarped. Reciever rejected one dirty load and after that anyone not having a decent tarp was not hauling anymore.

Get a decent smoke tarp and be done with it, also some quality rope to boot.

Plenty of cheap tarps, ropes and crap cover the roads everyday.

 

back when i was one truck show, you needed a smoke tarp for pvc pipe loads (man i hated those loads)so the smoke wouldn't get the pipe dirty from the smoke. also needed it for foamboared loads to keep the wind from blowing the foamboard off your front teir.

 

I agree they were a nasty load, slick and loved it when the receiver would request two bundles of 45 rather than 4.

Watching them unload that with two forklifts was the best time, it never failed they would tear the crap out of the bundles and away we go. LOL

Receiver asked me one time, how do they get it on the trailer and not tear it up. Told them I had no clue.

Foam boards out of Winchester Virginia, one time and I mean one time.

That load gave me OCD and cussed every time I looked in the mirrors.