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 ...

Carbis’ new Flatbed Fall-Protection System is designed to protect against worker injury and liability when loading bulk goods onto flatbed trucks. The system features truck-length, dock-high platforms ...

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 ...

Tulsa-based Melton Truck Lines (CCJ Top 250, No. 84) recently announced it will double the amount it pays drivers for tarping loads, effective Feb. 2. The decision to hike tarping pay from $50 to $100 ...