Running straps over tarps

Ok i get it i get it, just giving yall #### lol i am talking about the guys that are obviously to lazy , they have a bad tarp job to start and then throw straps over thinking its gonna hold it down . Usually the flip flop and sandals type , 3ft off ur bumper

 

Sometimes you’re just at will with what the shipper wants and what your company supplies for tarp sizes....

 

U cant tell me that doesnt look tacky tho. Kind of like tucking in ur shirt but u have no belt on . Just my opinion. Bad ### tarp job tho, nice work!

 

Yeah, or some of the most odd ball shaped machinery known to man

 

We get some awful shapes to haul at times - I've had to use a couple of straps to either - increase security on tarp seams, or to prevent billowing - if the shape prevents me from stopping airflow from underneath.

Bottom line - I don't sneeze much at how others tarp their loads - I just try to do my best with what I'm faced with.

 

Hey! You leave that Spirit Wichita freight alone!
I see the Missouri plate on the trailer, what part of the state are you running out of? I’m from KC.

Nice tarp jobs btw. It’s not always easy.

 

Thanks! - PM sent.

 

Okay, can I change my vote? We haul and tarp a lot of lumber. They're usually nice square loads that are easy to tarp and snug down without running the straps over the tarps.
If I had to haul loads like the ones in the pictures I'd use straps any place I darn well wanted to.

 

Yes you may!

@Old Man told me to start with square stuff and build up from there.

I agree that on a lumber load you should be able to make it look tight and pretty fairly easily.

Then - eventually . . . Well - I carry a 70 foot by 40 foot tarp with me . . . and things got complicated.

 

Straps over tarps are pure laziness. Some of the company trucks you see doing it are because they drop and hook, the load is loaded and tarped so they just have to strap and go. But if it’s a live load there’s no excuse for it. Learn how to tarp properly.

And my statement don’t apply to oddball loads with a strap or two over the middle.

 

Ok... oversize doesnt count, u guys can do whatever the heck u want. I was speaking for legal freight and just regular sticks and bricks loads