I'm mostly a tanker driver, but I do haul flatbed/Conestoga sometimes to help out our package division when they're short on drivers. More and more I've been seeing flatbeds with their tarps strapped over their load instead of being bungee'd to the tarp bar. It always looks neat with the tarp being tight against the load, but my question is, are the straps that hold the tarp down also securing the load? Or is the load secured under the tarps and are additional straps holding the tarp?
Running straps over tarps
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Probably both. Straps under securing the load and straps over to help secure a difficult tarp and for extra securement.
Last edited: Feb 10, 2020
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The running joke is that people do that because they don’t know how to tie the tarps down without any flapping.
But to answer your question, i think it’s a little of both. But not to worry, a strap that is meant to secure a load isn’t going to be made less effective if there is a tarp between the strap and the load... as long as the weight rating of the strap isn’t exceeded.cburch21, Cabinover101, Coffey and 2 others Thank this. -
With a regular step or flat ,Its tacky and should never be done under any circumstances. The only pass i will give is a strap over the middle of the 2 tarps to keep it together but u wont ever see it on my tarp because it aint that hard to keep them together even in high winds. The only time i ever thrown a strap over top , i had about 2 inches of overlap and 40 mph winds all day long.. Guys throw straps over because they are lazy . Simple as that.
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Some wallboard places actually make you strap over. They pull you in, load you, tarp you. You can’t get out. Strap afterwords. Out of the drivers control in some cases.
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