Lone star or central Oregon?

I don't know about Lone Star but there are oversize loads that need to be tarped. Some of the odd-ball stuff the guys have posted in the HH forum would make tarping a load of lumber look like childs play.

 

I didn’t think LoneStar paid that good.....

 

You need to figure out what you want to do.

Lone star tarps plenty and they do bigger loads.

Longhaul does zero oversize because they are a 100% QuickDraw fleet.

 

Some of the big loads are a pain, did I say a pain to tarp. lol

 

LoneStar pay sucks to COTC, I’ve talked to plenty of there seasoned drivers. If tarping lumber loads is to much work for you, look at Long Haul or some of the Russian carriers out of Chicago with curtain trailers. Sorry, hate to break it to, but lumber loads are some of the easiest tarp jobs in the flatbed industry.

 

You are correct, sir. Tarping the big loads have to be done. You can make more money tarping a big load than what most drivers make in a week. 1 tarp load.

“But Six, I don’t like tarping.”

I don’t like tarping or dragging those big heavy chains. But it pays money. Some of us are paid for what we know as well as what we do. And despite possibly being out in crappy weather, when you get into that cab to freshen up after securing and gift wrapping that load...you smile. You’re proud of the job. Your job. It should be a matter of pride, whether it’s a tarp load or not.

Years ago, I heard a young guy tell a group of drivers that he wanted to pull flats. They instantly talked him out of it. Yes, the dreaded TARP. Scariest thing imaginable to the fair weather, limp wrist sidewalk sissy driver. Everything that they know about open deck is always worse case. They sit in the background lurking and shudder with fear every time someone mentions that 4 letter word. TARP! Smell that? Someone sh@t their pants.

Everyone wants to heavy haul, but no one wants to flat. @kylefitzy, show them the tarp pics so they can run in terror.


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