It takes special people to be flatbedders. Tarping, however, is usually not on their list of favorite activities. A single tarpaulin can weigh 65 to 100 pounds or more. It must be half thrown and half ...

Quite a few years ago I was at the Mid-America Trucking Show, chatting with an owner-operator about the loads he carried on his flatbed trailer. Some of the loads required tarping, which is a lot of ...

Mercer-leased owner-operator John Rodriguez (pictured, left), with his R&L Tarping Solutions business partner Willie Lancon (right), offered up this neat display on a diamond-plate-capped tabletop in ...

First showcased this past week at the Mid-America Trucking Show, TarpStop’s Fastrak Evolution “next-generation rolling tarp system brings automation to the rolling tarp market. Automated open, close, ...

Flatbedding ain’t just freight without walls. It’s a completely different beast, and if you’ve never pulled open deck before, you need to check your assumptions at the door. There’s more money in it ...