| In many states, a tarp or some type of covering is | | | | covering the truck bed can balloon from the air and, |
| needed if you're transporting materials by truck. This | | | | with the air passing through, can lead to wind whip. In |
| includes for both commercial and individual uses. In | | | | many cases, dump trucks have an automatic |
| both instances, materials both large and small can fly | | | | mechanism for adding a tarp, in which the tarp simply |
| out of the back of the truck and hit motorists | | | | needs to be attached and the truck's function applies |
| behind, as well as cause litter on the sides of roads. | | | | it. That's not always the case, however, and workers |
| Whether you're transporting trash or gravel in the | | | | may be needed to attach the tarp to the truck bed. |
| back of a truck, a tarp is often needed to cover the | | | | Flatbed trucks don't always need a tarp, but, for |
| load. One can simply be secured around a load in a | | | | protecting such materials transported on one, |
| pickup truck, but for larger trucks, such as dump and | | | | covering material is recommended. Flatbed truck |
| flatbed ones, securing the tarp around the load to | | | | tarps are designed often with dimensions for the load |
| prevent wind whip takes skill. | | | | and include flaps on both sides of the tarp. After the |
| Dump trucks typically are required to have a tarp, | | | | tarp has been secured around the load and the two |
| especially if the load is fewer than twelve inches | | | | flaps are remaining on either side, secure those with |
| from the edge of the truck. As tarps in this location | | | | bungee cords at the end. Only after the tarp has |
| can experience wind whip, which leads to tearing later | | | | been secured around the load should the load be |
| on, they need to be applied correctly, which means | | | | secured to the bed of the truck. |
| that the material should be tight. Loose material | | | | |