Granite/stone securement and protection on A-Frames

I hauled those once. The loader told me to use 2" ratchets to cinch, and throw the 4" over them on the same edge protector. I just gave him a stupid look and did it my own way. 4" cinch, and no shared protection. No issues, and here's what it looked like:

 

I have seen guys using fire hydrant hose as padding on those

 

A long time ago I was given old conveyor belting, it held up a lot better than anything else I found. Ten years ago, I bid on some surplus stuff (I was after a workbench but it was bundled with three pallets of crap). I was the only bidder, $10 and when I went to pick it up there was a roll of 24” wide heavy duty multiply conveyor belting, 50 feet of it. This got cut up and handed out for flat bed loads.

 

I don't haul flatbed but old conveyor belt is good for a lot of stuff. Floor mats (shop, not car), truck bed mats, workbench surfaces and of course protecting edges on stuff like this.

 

Thats stuff cuts straps like hot knife thru butter... Walk to the back lot of the truckstop and find some old rubber mudflaps that have been thrown back there. That will work for the time being