#49 Loading PVC Pipe with a Smoke Tarp The Life of an Owner Operator Flatbed Truck Driver Vlog

[@jamesclaptrap614]

I am not even a trucker and I look forward to watching your days. You even explain how and why you tarp your loads. You're fun to watch. Thanks Dan.

[@SuperTruckerdan]

+James Claptrap Thank you so much for your nice comment. When I starting making my videos. I wanted to make them so they're interesting for everybody not just truck drivers. Once again thank you for the nice comment.

[@semperfidelis3771]

As a fellow flatbed driver now I enjoyed watching another driver dealing with the same things I have to. Especially loved your comment of that's great 👍 😀. I always say that when I get a load that requires special attention. Great job explaining the belts pulling in opposite directions. You cannot have them all going the same way over the load.

[@awalden912]

I'm new to Mercer AND Flatbedding. I really enjoy watching your videos. Thanks for taking the time to make them. You are helping me get through these first few weeks/months of jitters when it comes to strapping different loads to the trailer. Keep up the good work.

[@SuperTruckerdan]

Thanks for watching

[@DontTreadOnMeToo]

dan...thanks for your excellent videos...I always wanted to be a trucker but now I can experience it through you...you do a great job explaining things and I love watching you maneuver your truck & load / unload...thanks again

[@SuperTruckerdan]

+DontTreadOnMeToo Thanks for watching

[@MarkSt59]

Hey Dan catching up on old episodes. My profession as a plumber I have install North American PVC pipe into countless numbers of homes It's a great pipe to use first class. Stay safe Driver. All the best to you and yours.

[@skeedebug]

You'd make a great driver trainer or instructor. Nice job on that smoke tarp. It look fine.

[@SuperTruckerdan]

+Skee Holmes thanks

[@JMAC-rs6ey]

Safe travels Dan

[@trryhin]

Thanks for the explanation on a smoke tarp. I was wondering what the difference was between a smoke tarp and a regular tarp and why it was called that.

[@jordanfulton7008]

great tip with the straps, im going to start doing that myself!!

[@GlennBeebe]

Great strapping explanation

[@juriekapp5154]

Good day to you Dan. It was very interesting to see what a fire tarp is. In South Africa we don't use it. It tells me that you do it by law in USA.

[@georgekuersten5984]

Sub'd to your channel. I've tried to explain that winch counter torque principal to a couple of drivers I used to work with, and they gave me a thousand yard stare...LOL Thanks for the flatbed lessons. I've done some flatbed work, machine/crane parts that didn't require tarps. Going to a OTR flatbed company soon, and they tarp 90% of their loads. Learning all I can before orientation.

[@SuperTruckerdan]

+george kuersten Thanks for watching

[@sziltner]

Great video! 👍 I am not a driver, but enjoyed all the explanations of strapping the load. Heck, I enjoy all your videos. Probably because my son was a truck driver until he hung it up and became a driving instructor at a well known tech school in Wisconsin.

[@guydemers7607]

Thanks again Dan, liked the picture in picture. Good editing. take care

[@thebeyonder2353]

2 things No hazards as backing up I didn't hear any noise or clicking, and 2 when the fork lift was loading you ya should have got tarp out and dropped it on the forklift tines, have him lift and drop on top of the load been easy tarpin then :) I'm the guy that started the at steel mills use the cranes to drape a bungie over hook to eyelets in tarp both ends just lift and drape over and drop, super simple tarping:)

[@tomklein3718]

You've mentioned the twist in the straps a couple of times. I was headed down I70, in Wentzville MO (near my house) and the flatbed with PVC didn't have any twists. Those straps were buzzing! I rolled down the window and it sounded like a prop plane taking off. Maybe that drive needs to watch your videos. LOL. Keep safe.

[@Carolina_Boy_93]

Tom Klein He Was fine with them like that. Most of us just twist them to stop that buzz sound.

[@areyes1979ar]

Hello Dan the Yellow pvc pipe looks like natural gas sleeving for natural gas pipe.

[@Freeontheland2030]

Your videos are very well done and you have a natural talent for it. Keep up the good work and I'm sure the channel will grow. Take care and I look forward to the next one.

[@ydnarslohcin1592]

yessir. totally correct. you're the man

[@SuperTruckerdan]

+Ydnar Slohcin Thank you for watching

[@semiretired6033]

I have done some flatbeding in my 15 year trucking career. I never twisted my starps.I always made surethey were laying flat. I was also told that u could face fines if u came into a scale and they saw twisted starps. Now im sure there is a reason u twisted them and would really want to know why.

[@jenifamills6393]

Very nice trucks

[@mikemacdowell6718]

dan you ever drive in the northeast up by me in new hampshire it be cool too hear were you go and were you stay away from thanks great videos

[@kamara_truckerkamara6449]

Very good...

[@josephgonzales3857]

Hey dan I'm not a trucker I've seen those black tarps on trucks I always thought they were for when it rains it stops the water from going thru the pipes and spraying the cars behind you?

[@fillowtree5505]

Wow, How big was that yard with all the pipes? Is that where all pipes come from??

[@SuperTruckerdan]

+Fillow Tree LoL I don't know Thanks for watching

[@semperfidelis3771]

There are many factories all over the USA. That one had a pretty big yard though. I just loaded in New York. Not the same facility.

[@jime4507]

Have you had dot question the straps on the outside of the rub rail,I really try to have mine inside but like your cargo so close to the outside of the rubrail it almost impossible.jim

[@SuperTruckerdan]

+Jim epps Haven't had a problem yet.

[@sirdirtydog705]

You spoke about using the APU, 1.2 million miles on your tractor (no major work done on engine?), oil change intervals, and I noticed you short shift. What else do you do to keep your maintenance costs down? I really enjoy the videos.

[@SuperTruckerdan]

+Sir Dirtydog Thanks for watching Try to keep you ideal time to a minimum. I believe that is why I've had good luck with my engine. Also I don't push my truck that hard. I cruise right around 67 mph.

[@makingmyselfgreatagain6513]

lol @ the German Shepherd

[@TheMILVET]

Dude, that forklift chase needed some Jackity Sax musin like Bennie Hill! How far did you have to go from your last delivery to pick up the pipe?

[@SuperTruckerdan]

+TheMILVET I laugh every time I watch that forklift scene. I had about a 200 mile deadhead

[@TheMILVET]

Yeah, that forklift vid is a hoot. 200 may not be bad considering Nebraska. B Safe

[@SuperTruckerdan]

+TheMILVET 200 was a lot better than what I was planing to deadhead. I was ready for 500 mile deadhead

[@DukeOfMountville]

McPherson, KS?

[@deltaco417]

whats the purpose of twisting the straps ?

[@sweetness2689]

Do you strap the first layer after they put the second layer, or before?

[@ahmadzazai9867]

Do I have to use the regular tarp or the smoke tarp is deferent ?

[@tankerman7666]

I like your videos, but cant stand dropping air bags when you turn,

[@SuperTruckerdan]

+Corey Bowman Sorry I'll work on coming up with something different.

[@jadb8452]

is that 48 or 53 trailer

[@jim-uu2db]

Why is it called a smoke tarp?

[@jeffwindsor4487]

just curious as to why the bundles on the back don't require a smoke tarp?

[@SuperTruckerdan]

+Jeff Windsor The main reason for the smoke tarp is to keep the soot from the exhaust off the the pipe. If you have an exhaust that is on the ground. You don't need a smoke tarp.

[@johnnyfair]

look at those fuel prices.....smh

[@jakefox593]

What's the benefit to putting a twist in the strap? I drive a flatbed straight truck and I can't stand twists in my straps, just curious

[@SuperTruckerdan]

+Jake Fox The twist stops the strap flapping in the wind. Ever drove by a flatbed and his straps are buzzing. Put a twist in the strap and it want buzz

[@jakefox593]

Thanks for the reply! and I have seen that, I always just thought the driver didn't want to take the time out to untwist it, now I know.. keep up the great videos!

[@toobiggdaddy]

Why the twist in the straps?

[@SuperTruckerdan]

+Tony Williams Thanks for watching The twist keeps the the strap from buzzing in the wind

[@Outdoors-ef7tz]

were you going through Cincinnati yesterday?

[@SuperTruckerdan]

+7187 Outdoors I was in Missouri on Hwy 60 most of yesterday.

[@Outdoors-ef7tz]

SuperTruckerDan oh I saw a truck with what looks like the same load in Cincinnati. I figured it was slim odds it was you but he did a fine job of not hitting a civic that darted out in front of him.