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#31
04-03-2008, 08:14 PM
Originally Posted by Orangetxguy
Now....just one cotton pickin minute here. Why are the three of ya gangin up on Steve over the manner in which he strapped his tarp?
“Just because someone has been in the business for 30 years does not mean they know the proper way” to secure your load.
It makes no sense to me to have any part of the strap outside the rail, period.
As for the difference of using straps, rope or bungees to secure the tarp, in the manner that Steve's picture shows...Why do Y'all have a problem? It is not illegal, they are not your tarps, and even if Steve does something totally stupid, like rubbing up against a tunnel wall...like the guy TF was beside did (glad to know it was only a little ding that ya got TF, instead of the entire load btw), the loss of the strap does not pose a seriuos risk to anyone.....Unlike TF's boob, who coulda dumped the load.
#32
04-03-2008, 08:31 PM
Originally Posted by Twilight Flyer
By the way, Steve, in your picture you are parked over the white line on a highway. Did you have an emergency? Did you have adequate triangles and were your hazards on? Have you prepared a suitable defense for your reasoning to taking the picture while parked over the white line?
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#33
04-03-2008, 08:47 PM
I certainly think that a flying strap is a serious risk, no matter the situation. All it would take is for someone to get hit with it on a motorcycle and you'd likely have a death.
We had a guy in high school that got snapped in the back with a wet towel (rat tail) and it opened him up like he had been slashed with a filet knife. Imagine the damage with a nylon strap flapping in 65 mph wind. Definitely a dangerous situation. But....
Ok, that was funny!!!
 Sometimes a little levity goes a long way. :wink:
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#34
04-03-2008, 09:43 PM
Originally Posted by Orangetxguy
BTW....Steves tarp job looks pretty well done...for a "Rookie". .
#35
04-03-2008, 10:05 PM
Originally Posted by Chiefwhatdahey
Originally Posted by Orangetxguy
BTW....Steves tarp job looks pretty well done...for a "Rookie". .
#39
04-04-2008, 12:57 AM
how bout that, i thought those yellow straps were for cuttin up and puttin between the fuel tank and the tank strap when you lose the rubber spacer. crazy skateboard kids. you bought that truck steve? that's a nice ride. wish i could drive somethin like that. i'd start a new thread, called "from the trailer park, to my own authority." first truck i drove real steady was a old star too, big cam cummins. used to wrap that bacon up in tin foil and cook it on the exhaust manifold waitin to get loaded at the pit. eat it with my biscuits. learned that one watchin the old timers, you know those drivers, been around thirty years or so. but heck steve, seems like you got all figured out yourself.
#40
04-04-2008, 01:22 AM
Originally Posted by NotSteve
Originally Posted by Chiefwhatdahey
Originally Posted by Orangetxguy
BTW....Steves tarp job looks pretty well done...for a "Rookie". . |
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