Tarping needed or not?

Oh after 33 years you know what I mean. Put a smoke tarp on it.

 

I tarp all the time. No big deal most of the time. The few times that I figured it could not be done safely or that the load would destroy my tarps, I've called and explained the situation. I've never had them argue with me about it.

Tarping keeps the beer off.

 

Never really worried about tarping. I spent 3.5 years as a shag driver at a vinyl window molding factory. On average, I'd load and tarp 20-25 loads a week. I can fully tarp a 48' trailer in about 20-30 minutes.

 

If you are willing to pay MY tarp rate, I most certainly will tarp the load. Doesn't matter where it goes, where it has been sitting at or anything, or what the shipper/receiver says.

 

Yep, you tell me to tarp and you are paying me to tarp, I'll tarp. If I agreed to follow all company policies when I hired, I belive in keeping my word to the best of my abilities.

 

I will stop and get a pretty red bow for it, if that's what they want. You pay for what you get. Just like in Your Job. Accountant? Land Lord? My time is money. You ordered the freight, I got it there. Pay Me.

 

Galvanlized gets what they call "white rust" on it, if water forms in a pool like effect.
I used to haul roof panels for rail cars and we had to have side kits plus throw tarps over the steel and then the side kit tarp.
I try not to tarp , but I do if the rate is what I want to cover the load..
I charge a mim. 250.00 per tarp. period

 

I don't mind tarping, gives me some much needed exercise. I seem to have a knack for coming up with odd shaped loads, machinery, wierd stuff, always a good challenge.

Some stuff I tarp better than others... Steel beams that are stored outside I sometimes just tent, leave the ends open. Not telling anybody to do that, you kind of have to know where it's going if anybody's gonna care. The load I'm hauling now, the guy said it was basically to cover up two big holes on top so wind wouldn't be turning a fan in there while going down the road or catching rain on the bearings. Okay, so it's not sealed up quite as tight as I usually would. I guess I did haul a load of straw once that they were kind of talking out of both sides of their mouth. Basically, they told me you don't have to tarp. But if it get's "too" wet it's on you not us. Whatever too wet is, I did run through some light rain but no troubles.

 

Every situation is different. If load conf. says tarp but they are loading it outside and in the rain I take photos and note conditions on BOL or ask shipper to mark no tarp. Sometimes you can get away without.

Never had a wet/damage claim.