How often do you tarp?

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  1. asphaltreptile311

    asphaltreptile311 Road Train Member

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    Company otr flatbed drivers, how often would you say you tarp a week?
     
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  3. Zeviander

    Zeviander Road Train Member

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    snowwy Road Train Member

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    My first 2 companies. EVERY load.

    The last company. Was about 50/50

    Some companies only haul the cheap crap. And it ALL requires tarping.
     
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  5. All depends on the rate con if rags are thrown.

    One year I'd say avg 3-4 loads month before Sept. Then ramped up to 2-3 per week, since money way disgusting good.
     
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  6. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Enough to make my back hurt just looking at my tarps
     
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    skellr Road Train Member

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    It depends. I changed dispatchers and went from 25% tarp to 90% tarp.
     
  8. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    Depends on the money. No finance? No romance.
     
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  9. Lepton1

    Lepton1 Road Train Member

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    I haul oil field equipment. In three and a half years I've tarped six loads, all brokered loads but for one load dispatched by my company. I only have a set of 8' drops. I'm seriously thinking of putting them in storage and going with a set of 12' x 24' tarps to handle drilling mud from a brokered location that fits with my backhaul needs from the greater Wyoming/North Dakota area.
     
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  10. SixShooterTransport

    SixShooterTransport Light Load Member

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    I’ve only tarped four loads in the last six months
     
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  11. IluvCATS

    IluvCATS Road Train Member

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    Do u not want to tarp? Why not.
     
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