There is a moment every truck owner knows. You have loaded the bed, thrown the tarp over it, and started driving. Somewhere around the first on-ramp, you hear it: a flapping, snapping, slapping sound from behind you. The tarp is trying to leave.That is the moment rubber tarp straps with hooks were made for. They are cheap, simple and surprisingly easy to misuse. This article is built as a myth-versus-fact guide, because most of the problems people have with these straps come down to a handful of