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 ...

WORKING with a tarp is awkward, strenuous, and just plain difficult. It's also hazardous. Slips and falls and manual materials handling accidents top the list of tarp-handling exposures that can lead ...

Rolling tarps retract either forward or aft to allow a flatbed to be loaded normally. Then, when rolled back and locked, the cargo is protected as though it were in a van. Photos: Tom Berg Quite a few ...