My tarp jobs are ugly as sin

All tarps suck in the wind, even a little smoke tarp. One panel of a side kit could send a little guy over the edge of a flat

 

8 ft tarps on 3 foot loads piss me off. Cheap company only has 8 ft tarps while 90% of our tarp loads only need 4 footers.

On the other hand they had several drivers need to be reoutfitted on the road because there equipment was all stolen. Probably woulda gotten away with it if it only happened once. But twice in 1 month was a little unbelievable.

 

Don't feel bad we only have 8' drywall tarps and permanently Attached 4' bungee rope in each top row D-rings make a pain to get looking even close to tight.
Honestly on my drywall I don't even attempt it any more just snug each one. But I did not do the tarping and not about to redo it all since I paid the shipper to do it.

 

I do my best and learn from the rest. Most of my tarp jobs are uglier then my ex girlfriends but I haven't had a claim yet.

 

I would buy my own 4 foot tarps.

 

I've never priced them but aren't they hundreds of dollars? Besides that I hate tarping so much that my next job will be a van, tank, or zero tarp flatbedding. I love flatbed but the tarping is just too much for me.

 

Yes they are. I do not tarp much but I know if I did and all I had was 8' tarps I could make that money up fairly fast having some 4' tarps. That's just me I can't stand not having the right tools for a job.

 

Oh I'm the same way but I dug a pretty good hole trying to ride out the oilfield and we're just barely climbing out.

 

I get it that not everyone is going to spend their own money to have equipment on the truck.

I just throw it out there because sometimes it will pay you back to invest in some equipment. I have bought a few things I want but don't have to have to do the job. I think what I've bought speeds up the job enough to make me more money.

 

Oh I agree with you that if it speeds up the job it's worth it. If I didn't hate tarping so much I'd probably invest more personal money into it.