Flatbed Lumber Tarp 16x27, 4 FT Drop — 11oz RipStop

Fifty pounds and change. The 18oz heavy duty tarp in this exact size weighs 71.5 lbs, so you are throwing twenty-one fewer pounds up onto the load, every single time. That is the difference between a tarp you dread and a tarp you just do.

The weight does not come out of the strength. RipStop vinyl is woven in a crosshatch pattern, so when a board corner punches through, the hole stops where it started instead of running the length of the tarp. Thickness is one kind of tough. This is the other kind.

It is vinyl, so you repair it yourself. A patch and a tube of HH-66 cement fixes a tear at a truck stop in twenty minutes, and it holds. Being lighter also means it ships cheaper, since carriers price shipping by weight.

It covers lumber or machinery under 4 ft on its own. For longer loads, lay the rear tarp first with its flap toward the back, then the front tarp on top with its flap forward against the headboard, overlapping at the center.