Untarping the night before

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  1. IluvCATS

    IluvCATS Road Train Member

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    Parking at the consignee on a rain-free evening and untarp before they open. Has anyone doing this ever had a problem such as being accused of not tarping? I like to get my work done early but sometimes wonder if it could be a problem.
     
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  3. Oldironfan

    Oldironfan Road Train Member

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    You will find out when they open.
     
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  4. IluvCATS

    IluvCATS Road Train Member

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    Very helpful lol
     
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  5. Oldironfan

    Oldironfan Road Train Member

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    I don't know flat bed life.
     
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  6. Gunner75

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    I've removed my tarps once like that, took pictures of the load in front of their building to show I tarped it just to cover my ###. glad I did, because they tried to claim I didn't tarp it
     
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  7. Streetroddreams

    Streetroddreams Medium Load Member

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    I tried that once...the falling dew that night was exceptionally heavy making puddles on the I beams lol,only thing that was said was they didn't know why it'd been tarped in the first place lol.
    Just got lucky that time
     
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  8. Keith Lindsay

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    Just happened to me in Hereford, TX a couple months ago. Untarped the night before when I got to the site, not knowing there was gonna be 50-60 mph winds that night. They were not too happy when the cooling towers were full of dirt the next morning. After getting my ### chewed and having to take it (gotta keep the customer happy, right ?), they pulled them off my truck and set them outside, not covered, in the same dirt lot....
     
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  9. x1Heavy

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    Nope. Keep that tarp on.

    The one time I did that, the customer made sure to see that I never took a load there again. Even though the weather was fine.
     
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  10. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    On high value loads, they will want giftwrap pictures on both ends of the journey.
     
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  11. Coover

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    Nah, if they requested it tarped they can wait the half hour or so for you to untarp it in morning.

    If they are in that big of a hurry, they will help you untarp it.
     
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