Flatbed nonsense why??

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by truckerlife74, Sep 3, 2014.

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  1. SMOKENCHOKE

    SMOKENCHOKE Light Load Member

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    AwwwWw...poor poor baby...DO U NEED A BOTTLE,with all that Whining u doing lol him no wanna Tarp,Tarp
     
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  3. allan5oh

    allan5oh Road Train Member

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    We tarp grader blade cutting edges. The same ones they use to clear roads. Yes really.

    We also get paid $75 to do so, and it takes an extra two minutes. $30 tarp from wal-mart and three bungees. The straps hold the rest.

    Why do we tarp them? To keep the stickers on. Even though they're usually one part number going to a county.
     
  4. exhausted379

    exhausted379 Road Train Member

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    No I don't.
     
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  5. Pahrump

    Pahrump Medium Load Member

    so what,,you are getting paid to tarp. Few years back I got a broker load from Landstar,,,2 landstar drivers before me would not tarp a load going from Camp Pendleton to Yuma,, no rain bright and sunny, load in the morning unload the same day,,Well Landstars cutomers sent 2 trucks away,,I got the load tarped it and earned $5600 for a 249 miles run,,tarping paid $300,,for the next 4 years I hauled the same load several times,,,2400 miles paid $24,000,, 750 miles paid $7500, I made a lot of money over a 4 year period moving these loads,,In 2009 I made $150,000 just with these loads,
    Landstars customer a defense contractor told Landstar they never would load a landstar truck and they would only load me, if you don't like tarping then go back to a dry van
     
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  6. REO6205

    REO6205 Road Train Member

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    Flat bedding means tarping...plain and simple. It doesn't always make sense and you don't have to like it. Just do it.
     
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  7. Oscar the KW

    Oscar the KW Going Tarpless

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    I think you got all the answers you needed, and more than a few that you didn't, we'll go ahead and close this one.
     
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