No Tarping Station-No Tarping?

I load out of Cemex near Xenia/fairborn OH and they will help you roll out your tarps and use a hoist system to pull the tarps up over your load for you, then you can pull outside and bungee the tarps. that's not too terrible, doesn't take much longer than if I would do it myself.

 

I agree wcp, I'll help anyone roll tarps or tarp aslong as I have my own stuff taken care of. I dont care how old they are or what company they work for.

 

I agree and passing anything on helpful does do wonders, had helped a driver redo a tarp in California last week. Not that I knew anymore than he did but being new to tarping and was struggling in high winds he just needed a hand, he was very thankful and I was glad to help a fellow driver out.

 

I was offered 3 loads this weekend that paid around $4.25 a mile but required tarps. I only have a steel tarp that i carry to cover some plate loads I find every now and then. If it requires anything more than a 4' drop and is over 16' long I just turn them down. Not worth it in my opinion.

 

You missing the point! If YOU fall off YOUR trailer it's YOUR problem! You act as if your an iron worker spending 12hrs 100' off the ground. Your only up there long enough to roll the tarps out, assuming you rolled them up correctly last time you used them that takes less than 5 minutes. How about some personal responsibility? If someone can't handle tarping in all weather conditions they have more than enough options.
1.haul ONLY no tarp loads!
2.buy a conestoga
3.pull a van!

It's not that difficult, however it seems everyone thinks the shipper should cater to them. If I'm a shipper and a driver shows up and insists on help tarping after they accepted the load they need to turn their truck around and leave. As a trucking company I've bought 13 conestogas so me or my drivers never have to break a sweat tarping. That's called personal responsibility, I spent $180,000+ to keep from throwing rags ever again, I didn't expect the shipper to do it for me! Just irritates me when people want to inconvenience the many to help the few.

A local steel processor put electric roll tarps on all their sidekits to help reduce injuries. (over 200 trucks) I guess according to some all the places they haul to/from should have just paid someone to help each one with their tarps instead doing it themselves.

 

Jfaulk is that precision strip? I see that some of their trucks have the electric arms on their side kits.

 

Yeah thats who he's talking about.