Even tying down isn't a guarantee.

Was taking a load from parents' house to my house - trailer full.
Neighbor and SIL very carefully spent at least thirty minutes tying
down a tarp around the whole load.

The load was mainly those office supply boxes that hold a ream of
paper.

Not 10 miles into the drive, after having flapped for the previous 2
miles, the tarp blows off.

The "rope" broke on two of the corners.

As I'm glancing at the side rearview mirror, the car behind us veers
sharply into the shoulder and back. I'm thinking, what drugs is he
on.

Turns out the lids of the boxes started blowing off and one smacked
him in the windshield. My SIL (driving) saw it. We pulled over,
flipped the boxes upside down.

Not 2 miles later, one of the boxes blows off! The box had held
fabrics so it was fairly light. The fabric mostly stayed behind.

NOw we go even slower until...

Soon as we spot some rocks by the roadside (drainage culvert), we pull
over and put a rock on each box. Got to MD without incident for the
remaining drive. Got some nice white rocks for garden as a bonus.

So, the lesson is don't use yarn (YARN!) to tie down the tarp.
Seems like we were short of rope and they used whatever they could
find lying around. Including some nice thick yarn (thick, but it was
still YARN!).

Renata


On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:05:42 -0600, HerHusband
wrote:
-snip-
but I finally learned my lesson. I tie down EVERYTHING now, no matter how
small or heavy the load.



Anthony