God I hate tarps filthy dirty #### things. And I seen a few guys over the years get hurt pretty bad tarping loads. I was in a steel mill back in the day and I walked around the corner on a trailer and there was a guy hanging half off the trailer with his leg caught in a chain twisted in a way that legs aren't supposed to go. He was tarping his load when it happened and it was a bit of a windy day. Man did he look like he was in pain,told me he had been there at least 15 minutes before I found him. His leg was badly broken to, makes me hurt just thinking of it. Ambulance had to take him away. Owner operator too so probably not well insured. His brother-in-law came and picked the truck up a couple of days later I never did find out what happened to him I'm sure you lived but I'm sure that leg gave him problems
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We used to get these loads out of Utah once in a while, just tall enough I’d have to use my 8ft drops. Never square on the ends and lots of razor sharp edges. Lots of carpet and felt and moving blankets, never had an issue. First pic is what my tarps looked like standing still versus going down the road at 65. Second pic is what was under my tarp.
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It should be an added to the confirmation for tarping just like, detention or a layover.
Fact is everything can be tapped by the shipper, but there too cheap to pay for covering their own freight so they expect the trucker to pick up the cost. And your providing an insurance or a guarantee that the freight will be dry and damage free by using your own tarps that the broker and the shipper are not paying extra for.
There expensive, dirty, heavy and time consuming. Tarping freight is an insurance claim just waiting to happen. By the way, because I don't tarp anything anymore, I only pay $425 a month for truck insurance.feldsforever, H3R3T1C and tommymonza Thank this. -
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