the load was strapped on both sides. going with the wind blow the straps off to the side. going against the wind brought straps back into my face.
i thought about using the rope. so i guess i better get some weight for the rope. but i really don't think rope would have help. we're not talking just a light head wind. we're talking huricane wind. almost. it wouldn't have mattered which direction i was facing. the tarps were going sailing and nothing anyone could do to stop it.
like i stated, it took 4 of us to roll just the one tarp back up and put it away.
the load was basically wooden mulch. and our chains are 3/8. no way your going to get those things up and over 14 feet. and you'll tear the plastic up.
and yep, 95% don't even care if it's tarped. from what i've hauled so far. but i'm spreading my wings now from the usual crap. and we'll just say my cell phone got more use in one day then any month. and it wasn't from the shipper OR the receiver. cuz they didn't care. THEY didn't want me taking a chance of falling off.
apparently tarp pay is more important then safety. and i won't say how little that pay was.
so how do you handle the situation
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by snowwy, May 1, 2013.
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Not trying to be smart in any way, but the 1st shipper/dispatcher etc. that told me I had to tarp wood mulch woulda had a bad ringing sensation in their ears for a day or so. As others have said, tarping shouldn't be worth your life, and I can tell you that if they gave out air miles for the amount of times I've been knocked off some junk load like that there would be a trip to Bali in my future.
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