Running straps over tarps

Probably both. Straps under securing the load and straps over to help secure a difficult tarp and for extra securement.

 

The running joke is that people do that because they don’t know how to tie the tarps down without any flapping.

But to answer your question, i think it’s a little of both. But not to worry, a strap that is meant to secure a load isn’t going to be made less effective if there is a tarp between the strap and the load... as long as the weight rating of the strap isn’t exceeded.

 

With a regular step or flat ,Its tacky and should never be done under any circumstances. The only pass i will give is a strap over the middle of the 2 tarps to keep it together but u wont ever see it on my tarp because it aint that hard to keep them together even in high winds. The only time i ever thrown a strap over top , i had about 2 inches of overlap and 40 mph winds all day long.. Guys throw straps over because they are lazy . Simple as that.

 

It will. We try not to throw straps over tarps unless we really have to.

 

Some wallboard places actually make you strap over. They pull you in, load you, tarp you. You can’t get out. Strap afterwords. Out of the drivers control in some cases.

 

What?? A shipper tarping u?? There is no way... id be redoing it because there is no way they would even do close to a good job of tarping . Probably just putting tarps over and saying ur good driver, without lining seams up and even it out and making it look professional

 

Some of the wallboard places are near perfect. They lay them flat and lift them both up and you drive under. They line it perfectly and side to side

 

I never heard of such a thing. And id be calling the broker back saying find another truck, nobody tarping my load and no straps is going outside my tarps