So how do you tarp during winter when tarp is frozen?

What kind of liquor one has to drink in order to piss that kind of a flame ? lol

 

Also carry a broom and a pair of insulated gloves, it’s a good idea to sweep off the ice and snow off the bed, also comes in handy when you have a hay load. insulated gloves have saved my ### in Montana when it was -20.

 

Tarp no good when it's up in flames unfortunately

 

The only thing that’s big enough to do is take a sticker off your door.

 

Exactly

 

I mainly use it on an iced up winch.
It works well for that.

 

Dress warm and be patient. Just a bit tedious dealing with stiff tarps. Be grateful tarps no longer canvas. 30 years ago canvas was outdated but sure enough my employer had a set of trains with frozen canvas tarps with a drop one night

 

This issue is easily overcome by parking your equipment in a heated shop - nothing crazy , a 90 by 50 insulated barn will work.

Drive to the shipper, with clean dry rolled tarps, and load inside their heated facilities, often in less than a singlet or t-shirt (IT GETS THAT HOT! Lol) - then drive to your receiver.

The receiver often has indoor heated facilities that you can safely take your 10 hour break at - with restrooms and often free food, if not a break room at the least.

Any snow or ice will be evaporated from the tarps. The unloading staff will assist in removing the tarps and securements - and hand drying the remaining moisture from the tarps before neatly rolling them up and placing them on the deck for you to secure safely.

After signing your bills, oftentimes just paying you in cash at no more than $1/mile - they will happily wave as you leave, after checking none of their daughters are with you in the truck - because - well, you know. We’re rather handsome fellows out here and the gals are always after us.

I know - sounds rough, but this outlaw trucking stuff ain’t for the wee lads.

Why for you ask anyways, sunshine?

 

Is that what you kids are calling it these days?

 

Ive brought em in the cab before to thaw or keep from freezing. I lived like an animal for a while in that truck haha it was a flat top small bunk to boot. Some guys will run warm bulbs in their side boxes to keep them toasty. I think that is a much better idea.