Tarpaulin for Cargo & Logistics Protection

The real problem

Where a farmer or a driver owns their sheet, a logistics yard does not. Covers are used by whoever is on shift, stored badly, mixed between sizes, and replaced piecemeal from whichever supplier answered the phone. The result is a yard full of near-matching sheets that fit nothing properly, and no way to compare what actually lasted. The fix is procurement discipline, not a heavier sheet.

How an HDPE tarpaulin helps

Buying to a written specification — GSM, finished dimensions, colour, eyelet arrangement, quantity per pack — turns tarpaulin from an unmanaged expense into a controlled one. Manufacturing to order means those dimensions can be set by your pallet and stack sizes rather than by what happens to be on a retail shelf.

What decides your specification

• Standardise on two or three sizes

  Most yards can cover the majority of their work with a small set of dimensions matched to standard pallet footprints and typical stack heights. Fewer sizes means fewer wrong-fit covers.

• Colour as a sorting system

  Blue, yellow and transparent can be assigned to different sizes or zones so that staff pick the right cover without measuring. This is a free operational gain from a standard product feature.

• Handling by non-owners

  Covers used by rotating staff get dragged rather than carried. Assume a shorter service life than an owner-operated sheet and buy accordingly.

• Repeat-order consistency

  Buying from the manufacturer against a fixed specification means the next batch matches the last one — which matters when covers are pooled across a site.

• Pack and dispatch configuration

  How sheets are folded, packed and labelled affects yard handling. Packing configuration is agreed at order, matched to how your yard receives and stores stock.

Measuring and sizing

Work from your handling units rather than from individual consignments. Take your standard pallet footprint, add the typical stack height on each side, and add a securing margin — that becomes your standard cover size. Repeat for your second most common unit. Two well-chosen sizes usually cover more of a yard's work than five badly chosen ones.

The full sizing method, with worked examples

Securing the cover

For palletised goods, run straps or rope over the cover and around the pallet rather than relying on eyelets alone, so the cover cannot be lifted off as a unit by wind. In open yards, tie down on the windward side first. Where covers are handled repeatedly by different staff, a simple visual convention — colour by size — prevents more damage than any instruction sheet.

Double Kissan sheets for this job

All six standard GSM options are available in blue, yellow and transparent, and any of them can be produced to a custom size. Where a requirement repeats — a fleet, a site, a yard — made-to-order dimensions usually work out better than the nearest standard size.