Tips and Tricks of flatbedding

Mink oil on your leather gloves keeps your hands dry. Great for cold weather.

 

Talk about gloves found this nice comfortable pair of lined rubber gloves thought hey I'll try them for rolling tarps in the snow put them in my door and before i got to test them out i must have knocked one out as i now only have the left hand.
Guess i am going to learn to fold tarps one handed.

 

I don't oil gloves-wish I could get a pair to last long enough to be worth trying tho. I wear holes thru the fingers and tear open the palms on gloves. At least a pair every 3 weeks. Even harder in winter when the glove that are really warm aren't really tough. Wrap them all up in gorilla/ duct tape and they hold out a little longer. But still not very long.

 

http://advancedgloves.com/advanced-gloves--our-gloves--cut-resistant-gloves.html

I found some of these at Freightliner in SLC. I would have gone through a few pair of leather gloves in the time I've had them. So far so good but they would be terrible in cold weather.

 

Found a good way to keep my binders lubricated. I took the hooks all the way off. Then I took a lube gun and injected a bunch inside and then wound them all the way in and back out again.

It's been two months and they are still good. Originally I used WD-40 but it would wash off in the rain, then I switched to a synthetic spray which was marginally better.

Now I only have to spray the gear and switch with synthetic spray every couple weeks if its been raining.

 

I used to use some similar to that from Home Depot. The thing was they were $1.00 per pair and they outlasted anything else I could find. I would go through a pair of gloves in a day handling used tires until I found these gloves and they would last 4 weeks.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Firm-Grip-Nitrile-Dip-Gloves-5-per-Pack-5558/205644545

 

WD-40 is NOT a lubricant.

 

Google kong gloves

 

I like to throw my wore out gloves in with the chains or straps and use them for protectors.

 

I use old or scuffed straps no good for securement, cut them in 3ft lenghts and fold them in half to use as strap protectors.