Owner Operator/Student Driver/ 2nd Load/ 2nd Time Tarping

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  1. passingthru69

    passingthru69 Road Train Member

    Oh the dreaded plastic pipe. Keep your straps tight and have enough on the lower sections and you should be fine.
     
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  3. keepontrucking81

    keepontrucking81 Light Load Member

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    Thanx driver, I put 2 on lower sections , and 4 on the top sections. It should be secured enough rite? I was gonna put 3 actually on the top sections ,but I changed my mind :)
     
  4. Noggin

    Noggin Road Train Member

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    I put three over top if it's longer than 10 feet sections, four over 15'
     
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  5. Freightlinerbob

    Freightlinerbob Road Train Member

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    2 lumber tarps do every job you need.
    24x26 with end flaps. Maybe a 16x16 for partials.

    Use strips of old tarp to pad sharp edges.

    I always ask the loader to make the front and back square if at all possible.
     
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  6. keepontrucking81

    keepontrucking81 Light Load Member

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    I LOVE THIS STUFF!!!!
    Keep on Trucking!

    ~Fully loaded Marlboro's.....Redbull's Vegas H**s late nites booty call......Johnny disco balllllls balls balls
     
  7. Freightlinerbob

    Freightlinerbob Road Train Member

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    If you're booty calling, I hope you're acquainted with a different sort of tarping.
     
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  8. keepontrucking81

    keepontrucking81 Light Load Member

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    Keep On Trucking
     

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    keepontrucking81 Light Load Member

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    Man I cut my tarp off Allied Tube load.. Those tarps were very expensive. Can you patch those ? It's about 5 inches long (3 cuts)... I padded the #### corners with a rubber matt.
     
  10. Freightlinerbob

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    I can't tell from the pictures, do you have those tracks isolated from forward movement? If not, you should.
     
  11. Freightlinerbob

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    Yes go to a tarp shop and ask for the vinyl cement and some tarp material. It's best to hot patch but on the road the cement works well.

    For padding, I took an old tarp and cut it into 4'x 8' pieces folded lengthwise these are usually enough but sometimes I make it 4 layers thick. Like this; ImageUploadedByTapatalk1374781580.107178.jpg
     
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