Nice Truck Bed Tarp for Hauling

[Dazureus]

I bought this tarp off amazon for around 70 bucks and it looks like it will work well for hauling loose landscaping goods like mulch, soil, and gravel. It has flaps on the four sides to keep material out of the tonneau cover tracks, side boards, roof, and tailgate when a bucket dumps into the bed. It also has clips and straps so you can fold those flaps over your load and contain it (more for trucks without a tonneau cover). It's not the thinnest tarp I've owned, but it's thick enough. I would be apprehensive about using it for anything too sharp, and also wouldn't scrape a shovel over it too much when offloading. I have my bed divider pushed all the way back against the bed so it makes the wall more vertical, but that's not necessary. The back corners of the tarp are sewn up, but not to the top of the sail panel, since it was made for a more conventional truck bed. It should still prevent most of the hauled material from getting free of the tarp. There are also some handles sewn onto the tarp, so you can pull the whole thing out when most of the material is removed. I wouldn't completely trust the strength of the handles sewn stiches in the tarp material, but it should be fine if there's not much left in the bed.

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[tmeyer3]

Great find! Thx

 

[Marc Montgomery]

I bought this tarp off amazon for around 70 bucks and it looks like it will work well for hauling loose landscaping goods like mulch, soil, and gravel. It has flaps on the four sides to keep material out of the tonneau cover tracks, side boards, roof, and tailgate when a bucket dumps into the bed. It also has clips and straps so you can fold those flaps over your load and contain it (more for trucks without a tonneau cover). It's not the thinnest tarp I've owned, but it's thick enough. I would be apprehensive about using it for anything too sharp, and also wouldn't scrape a shovel over it too much when offloading. I have my bed divider pushed all the way back against the bed so it makes the wall more vertical, but that's not necessary. The back corners of the tarp are sewn up, but not to the top of the sail panel, since it was made for a more conventional truck bed. It should still prevent most of the hauled material from getting free of the tarp. There are also some handles sewn onto the tarp, so you can pull the whole thing out when most of the material is removed. I wouldn't completely trust the strength of the handles sewn stiches in the tarp material, but it should be fine if there's not much left in the bed.

NIce. Have ordered one too.

 

[Spacenoddle]

I bought this tarp off amazon for around 70 bucks and it looks like it will work well for hauling loose landscaping goods like mulch, soil, and gravel. It has flaps on the four sides to keep material out of the tonneau cover tracks, side boards, roof, and tailgate when a bucket dumps into the bed. It also has clips and straps so you can fold those flaps over your load and contain it (more for trucks without a tonneau cover). It's not the thinnest tarp I've owned, but it's thick enough. I would be apprehensive about using it for anything too sharp, and also wouldn't scrape a shovel over it too much when offloading. I have my bed divider pushed all the way back against the bed so it makes the wall more vertical, but that's not necessary. The back corners of the tarp are sewn up, but not to the top of the sail panel, since it was made for a more conventional truck bed. It should still prevent most of the hauled material from getting free of the tarp. There are also some handles sewn onto the tarp, so you can pull the whole thing out when most of the material is removed. I wouldn't completely trust the strength of the handles sewn stiches in the tarp material, but it should be fine if there's not much left in the bed.

What size of the tarp did you get?

 

[Dazureus]

What size of the tarp did you get?

I got the one labeled "full sized truck 72"-80"

 

[getsometom]

Thanks for sharing. This is going to make hauling stuff for my gardening needs much easier.

 

[65SoYoLO]

Why do you need a tarp for a fake truck? I don't get it.

 

[Cyber Man]

Love this! Thanks for sharing.

 

[rizvend]

Love this! Thanks for sharing.

If it's water repellant, just add water: pool partè!

 

[wh1t3rbb1t]

I know a guy named Dexter Morgan who would LOVE this.

 

[someccie]

Thanks for this. I've been using loads of moving blankets to move various IT equipment around in my bed to keep them from scratching everything up and this will work perfectly.

 

[Dazureus]

I used the tarp for hauling a few loads of 50/50 soil mix for some new planting beds. A quick google search told me that 1 yard of soil weights around 2000 lbs, which is close enough to the rated payload for our beds.

The tarp folds over the load to help prevent it from blowing out during driving, if we didn't have the convenience of a tonneau cover. 1 yard easily fits and allows the cover to close. Driving wasn't drastically different, the only noticeable change being the need to allow for more braking distance.

The fold over flaps do a great job protecting the sail panels and roof glass during dumping. No need to blow out the tonneau cover tracks afterwards. The cover at the back of the bed, near the rear glass, does cover the roof better, but has slipped down in this picture. The landscaping yard used two, half yard bucket to load the truck.

The back corners of the tarp are sewn and the tailgate corner aren't so you get a half-tub to keep the dirt contained, while making it easy to access.

Off loading was easy since my wheelbarrow fit under the tailgate, and I could fluff the tarp to consolidate the dirt when I was getting towards the end. The tarp did get some small holes from the dragging of the shovel, so I'll be a little more gentle next time. Nothing some tape can't patch up.

It's not the thickest or most durable tarp ever, but with some care, it will be great for small loads of dirt or mulch like this.

 

[Dazureus]

One more follow up for documenting information. I used the tarp again today to get some mulch. Much lighter than soil, so nothing to comment on about the drive dynamics of the load, but this time I got 1.5 yards vs 1 yard of soil.

I had to flatten the load a bit with a rake, but it just barely cleared the tonneau cover. I think 1.5 yards is close to the limit to close the cover as I'm not sure another .5 yards would have fit. You could definitely fit 2 yards if you keep the tonneau cover open and just buckle the straps down to secure the load.

There's a little more space near the rear glass but it doesn't seem like .5 yards worth of space.

Unloading mulch is much easier since you can just rake it out of the bed, and when the load gets light enough, you can pull the tarp flap near the rear glass to roll the rest out.

 

[Cyber Man]

This is such a great find. I ordered one today. If I find it to be too thin, I might order one more to double it and protect the walls from sharp wood or metal!

Thanks so much for sharing!

 

[Mal]

I'm going to hop in to third this recommendation. Had an arborist come in to prune a bunch of trees and I'm hauling away the detritus. This tarp saves SO much time at the dump. Our county does composting of yard waste, so you back your truck up to a railing and toss your stuff over or under the railing into piles below that they take away... do whatever they do with it compost.

Made four runs in the last two days, and this tarp makes it SO easy to unload. Because there are no wheel wells to stop it, I can drag the whole loaded thing out of the truck, lift it from the back end and empty it under the railing. Then, there's no cleanup - just toss the thing back in the truck and drive away. Much faster than the landscaper crews who were unloading their pickups with pitchforks and shovels.

Really great find!

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