My dad showed me that technique some 70 yrs ago now. He said he was shown that method by a railway worker when grain was tarped in the waggons. Just unroll the tarp in the middle of the waggon then fold down the sides. Job done. He lived under tarps and tents all over when boring for water in Qld, NT and NW WA many years ago.

I had Curtains, Main Tarp + the Cap Tarp x 3 quite a bit pulling Triples, Bris - Darwin. Kept us young fellas fit back in the 80's.

Well done Johno. Every time I fold tarps outside, its blowing a gale. 🤣 🖐

That's how I did it in the 70s 80s and the 90s so I think we'll keep your idea , well done

Good day Johno, You are so lucky there isn’t any wind blowing. Yeah have done my fair share of tarps & still do where I work occasionally. You got to admit when I see a semi with a tarp load I like to admire the folds & knots it takes a certain skill to tarp, but with tautliners introduced in the early to mid 90’s tarps are slowly becoming a thing of the past. Same with driving anything with a stick. Don’t mind helping a old timer fold up a tarp & some of the depots we deliver at. They really appreciate it because they are not light when they are wet. Great video, maybe show the different knots involved in tie up a tarp. Cheers Louis Kats 👍

G'day from France, i ran general freight back in Australia for years, tarped a des times a day (load,tarp,untarp,unload etc)so a 40 foot trailer,45 foot tarp, that's about a two and a half foot drop each end.I had (or where i worked i should say) we had 5 foot gates each end and a five foot drop all around..covered just about every-thing, i drive a tanker now over here,aluminium tarps now. I love your chanel, always wanted to drive a road-train.

The easiest way to fold a tarp - get someone else to do it!😂 Good job Johnno, luckily it wasn’t a windy day, cause that changes everything too. I like the idea of the forklift / telehandler - cause no one wants to lift those heavy ass things especially if they’re wet, god I’m glad I do fuel now.😂

Top job

Neato!

Very entertaining, thank you! 🇬🇧👋👋🇦🇺

Great stuff. Dig your vids 👌😎🇦🇺

Great job 👏 well done 👍

wow the tarps are much heavier than i expected

Wow, Nice work! I can barely roll up a 2 m tarp with out It becoming a mess

57ft tarp... Did you just pivot spin on that tarp !!! On rubble. Never twist or turn your feet. Hang on has Eddie seen this. I'll ask him. Not bad. Always wondered how you guys do that.

woww. pretty fast too. Less than 2 minutes. After hooking up the third trailer, are you having another game with James? hahaha

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That was easy, it was not raining or blowing a gale

As there is no videos on proper tarping Aussie style. Can you please do one. I can tarp myself but there needs to be a proper how to tarp video for those that can’t as there is only the yank crap on the internet.