AMT Flatbed (new release)

[Steelgears13]

I drove a covered wagon for a few months when I did OTR driving. I used a combination of bungees on one side, and rope tied around the eyelets at the tarp, then tied to the trailer at the bottom, on the other side. Here is what I did and how it worked: The driver's side had the bungees. The bungees are easy to to connect, just pull, and hook, and its tight. This way, you can do and undo the tarp quickly on one side, roll it over the top of the trailer to the passenger side, and remove yours sides, supports, and bows, and get loaded/unloaded. When you are done, you simply (HA!) roll the tarp back across the bows, pull until the strings tied to the other side are tight, and hook it back in place.

Bungees can be used on both sides, but rope was preferred since it wouldn't slip out of the eyelets in the tarp, when it was 'loose'/rolled over the bows for unloading/loading.

Tarps can be any color, and a lot of trucking companies will have their name painted on the tarp, using a stencil. You could add a "side kit" holder underneath the trailer to store the side kit, although, I just used the bulkhead to store mine. If you have panels/sides at the back of the trailer, mine were about half the height of a regular side panel, so as to gain access into the trailer to check the cargo en-route.

Hope that this helps, but from what I see, it looks great! Keep up the good work!

Edited December 30, 2009 by Steelgears13