Tarpstop Blog

With our new flatbed trucking industry supply and service center located at 12000 Williams Road, Perrysburg, Ohio 43551 we have more than 20,000 square feet of building to work with. The increased size allows us to incorporate both of our Perrysburg locations into one consolidated facility housing the flatbed trucking industry's most sought-after truck tarp systems and cargo control equipment. This increases our efficiency by eliminating some of the back and forth between the two shops. Additionally, our new shop is a cleaner, warmer, brighter and all around more comfortable and efficient working environment.

Our old location was at 12615 Roachton Road in Perrysburg Ohio, located on the corner of Roachton Road and Dixie Highway (Ohio State Route 25). Maggies Restaurant is attached to the front of the building. That large, old building with the domed roof is a landmark in Northwest Ohio and has a ton of history. It started out as a bowling alley and the Everglades bar in the '60s. In the '70s it was The Dixie Electric Company, and in the '80s it was Buttons Night Club. Just about every customer who came through the door in search of a heavy duty tarp would look around, realize where they were and start-in with a good story. There aren’t too many people in Northwest Ohio that don’t have a good memory or story about that old building. We have some good memories there too, but we won’t miss the old bathrooms with the troughs and plywood stall doors! Even though our flatbed truck tarp business has grown considerably, we didn't move far: We are one traffic light north and just around the corner from our former Roachton Road location.

Tarpstop began in 2001 with just 3,000 square feet at the Fort Meigs Business Center on Fort Meigs Road. In 2004 we moved everything to the Roachton Road building. However, as our inventory of tarpaulin systems, ratchet straps, trailer winches, cab protectors, storage boxes, load securement equipment and other flat bed accessories continued to grow, we quickly had to expand an additional 4,500 square feet.

We started moving into the new, Williams Road building during the beginning of February, starting with the office staff. We then moved the sew shop, where our flatbed tarp systems, literally, come together, and we finished with the fabrication equipment (press brake, shear and metal working equipment).

Because it’s near the Town Center at Levis Commons retail center, the future of the old building has been the subject of rumors -- since before we even moved into it. I have heard it will be demolished to build more retail stores, a Wal-Mart, a Kroger grocery store and most recently, a Rite-Aid. It will be interesting to see what happens.

At our new truck tarp supply and service center, we have what it takes to uphold our reputation as a leading truck tarp manufacturer and heavy duty tarpaulin supplier. We not only have four additional bays, but we have extended them to double trailer depth to allow us conveniently outfit even long trailers with front to back tarps. And we have the space and capabilities to offer tarp installation and tarp repairs on even large fleets of flatbed trailers and semi trucks simultaneously. We have a cleaner, warmer, brighter and generally more comfortable and efficient work environment. Our entire flatbed trucking industry supply and service center is now under one roof for more efficient work flow and communication.

We moved each department one at a time, keeping the company up and running throughout the moving process. The biggest challenge was keeping-up with production and Fastrak tarp installations during the three-week-long moving process while our equipment and raw materials were at different locations. We manufacture, install and service the Fastrak rolling truck tarpaulin system. It is the most rugged and smartly-crafted truck tarp system of it's kind, and demand for the Fastrak continues to grow.

Between our headquarters in Perrysburg Ohio and our second location in Gary Indiana we employ a total of 50 people within five departments that include fabrication, installation, sewing, sales and office/management.

We make all of our custom tarp systems to fit each individual trailer or dump truck. Our dump truck tarp systems provide excellent load protection whether you are hauling gravel, sand or refuse. Constructed with premium vinyl, our Dyna-Lite Sidekits and Fastrak® Rolling Tarp systems offer equal protection to flatbed trailer loads. Tarpstop has facilities for steel and aluminum fabrication of cab protectors, storage boxes and trailer bulkheads. With our extensive sew shop we can make specialty tarps and fitted covers for steel coils and machinery haulers -- any product or custom flatbed truck tarp made to anyone’s own personal needs and specifications.

With the innovations of convertible tarping systems for flatbeds like the Fastrak, suppliers have begun to mandate that their carriers have them rather than conventional tarping of goods. Our customers like the Fastrak rolling tarp system because it’s quicker and safer to operate. Their customers like it because, covered with our heavy duty and waterproof tarps, their product is better protected as it travels to its final destination.

From day one, the trucking industry professionals at Tarpstop have built our business on service. Our customers know that when they purchase truck tarps and flatbed accessories from Tarpstop we stand behind it. If a customer has an accident or other problem we make every effort to get them fixed-up and back on the road as quickly as possible. We understand that every day their equipment is sitting in our parking lot is a day of lost work for them.

The quality and prices of our flatbed and dump truck tarp systems and flatbed accessories are better than others can offer. We put an urgency on getting orders produced and shipped. On-line ordering capabilities allow our coast-to-coast truck tarp customers to do business 24 hours a day.

Our customers seem to appreciate us. We certainly appreciate them.