Best Tarp (and material for tarp)

[tophopper]

If I buy something like the bagster it will be the ones that have a purse string on the bottom so I can hoist it, pull the rip cord to dump it and get another load

We just use the grapple. Set the bagster down in the truck after being hoisted in, then re-grab it only grabbing one side and re-hoist it letting everything spill into the truck. Of course you need a grapple on your boom for this. Takes 30 seconds to dump it out.

 

[SouthSoundTree]

We are looking for loads to be hand carried. Your clam loader ain't gonna be too helpful in the hollywood hills...

And making it isn't a waste for me. I like to sew, so that part cancels out. We've seen folks here weld and splice stuff that can often be bought cheaper...but sometimes we are hard-headed.

However, I could incorporate the concept of a walled-tarp and make a sortof mini-Bagster.

For a specialty cirumstance like those steps, these Ikea bags might be the ticket http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/17228340/. They hold a good bit, and have short and long handles. The long handles are long enough to go over the shoulder, and the short ones are just meant to get your hands through, so they don't hang low.

I use them for rigging rope bags.

We use them for clean laundry 'baskets' around the house.

Many a use, and cheap. Bright blue is hard to lose. Somewhat water resistant woven nylon, which is useful here.



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FRAKTA Shopping bag, large IKEA Easy to clean; just rinse with water and let dry.
FRAKTA
Shopping bag, large
$0.59
Product dimensions
Length: 21 ¾ "
Depth: 14 ½ "
Height: 13 ¾ "
Max. load: 55 lb
Volume: 19 gallon

 

[RopeArmour]

I have been using 18 or 20oz vinyl tarps.
I bomb onto it and You can patch it with vinyl tape or hot gun and glue on a patch easily.
I set up my removals and large pruning like an operating blanket.
it gets used to protect wood decking, corners of the house, roof work etc. Last week I ahd big ugly over a deck
walled in that nightmare cheap lattice and didn't crack or break a sinle bit of wood. That job alone would
have paid for a roll or two of vinyl.

Everything gets rolled and folded like a big burritto and rolled, draged or barrowed to the truck.
Makes stump grinding clean up a treat also.

There is a reason why these are used on the long haulers rain, snow, ice or shine.
ANything else is a waste of time and money.
The only drawbacks are they are heavey, bit difficult to fold(i always fold a few times and then roll otherwise it slip slides
into a mess and lastly they are expensive. Heavey is good because they do not blow away and stay flat when bruch gets dragged.
and I love em in the snow and muddy ground for obvious reasons.
The ones I got I had to spend a whole day with detergetn and brooms in th rain to get the grease and road grime off and cutting them into manageable pcs.
Check around with trucker friends, truck depots, tarp shops and any where there are big rigs and you may get lucky.
I have a trucker friend who gave two full 18wheeler size tarps for wood.
Hope you all get lucky the way I did.
I love em because I hate cleaning up especially the rake.

The real junked up pieces get used to cover up poison ivy or the like. It will tear if two men drag and somethin snags on a stump.
Still repairs are easy because they are slow to wear out.
Cheers hope this helps!

 

[bonner1040]

Who bombs wood onto a tarp?

 

[RopeArmour]

Is that a serious question?

 

[bonner1040]

Are you serious?

 

[RopeArmour]

Seriously!

 

[bonner1040]

I use a hammock, the wood never hits the ground. Like this:


I reinforced it with some extra bee line cord and a bit of that Gorilla Tape. Works a treat.

 

[RopeArmour]

Here is a pic of the tarp i use.
One other thing I forgot to mention it will hopefully keep
rocks and dirt out of the debris that goes into the chipper.

That alone would also be reason enough. I think they extend my knife sharpening and
replacement by 3 or 4 times mb more.

Didn't use them today small Ailanthis over a drive but still could have used it to make a
nice contained crashpad/burrito to drop the spar on to.

 

[RopeArmour]

I was thinkin about saving these up for crash pad.
I tried breaking one by jumping on it.
Fall down go boom, me not the bag. LOL

 

[sotc]

Foam...

 

[sotc]

Had to say it...

 

[woodworkingboy]

Is that a serious question?

Maybe not a serious question, but it seems a legitimate one.

UV seems to rot out those vinyl tarps pretty quick, being weak to begin with. OK for temporary use. When they start to rot out they make a mess too, leave blue fibers all over the place...at least our species over here. The waxed canvas seem to hold up pretty well for sweeping debris into.

 

[bonner1040]

Bombing wood? onto a tarp?

 

[Husabud]

No onto a bag of wine.

 

[bonner1040]

I keep telling you guys the hammock works! Plus the log is off the ground making it easier to put it in the wheelbarrow.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Wine comes in bags? Must be the good stuff. The closest I have seen is cartons.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I bomb wood on gravel.. Mostly...

 

[bonner1040]

The bag is in the carton

 

[Husabud]

DO you bring the same gravel to each job or different gravel each time?

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Location specific gravel.

 

[bonner1040]

We carry 2-3 yards at any given time for those times

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Oh, and be careful when chipping pine you hit the gravel with

 

[woodworkingboy]

Location specific gravel.

Could you start a thread on this?

 

[sotc]

Gravel chips much better when not hit with pine