The tarp guy

Thirty years on flatbeds. One tarp worth building.

PHOTO: Pedro standing beside his flatbed rig, tarp over a load

PHOTO: Pedro's rig loaded with steel, tarped down

Thirty years on the flatbed

Pedro Gonzalez spent three decades hauling steel, lumber, and machinery across Texas and the South. He learned tarps the hard way — in the rain, on the shoulder, at 4am, restrapping a load because something tore.

PHOTO: close-up of a hand-reinforced D-ring row on the sewing floor

He built the tarp he couldn't buy

Every tarp he bought failed the same two ways: the D-rings pulled out, and the seams leaked. So Pedro sat down with a canvas shop, specified heavier vinyl, doubled the stitching where the load pulls hardest, and added corner patches. The first one he built for himself lasted longer than the four before it combined.

PHOTO: family checking a finished tarp on the shop floor

A family business

Drivers he knew started asking where they could get one. Goya Logistics is still run by the Gonzalez family out of East Texas — every tarp is checked by hand before it ships, and when you call, you're talking to the people who made it.

“Best tarp I've thrown in twenty years of flatbed.” — J.R., owner-operator, Tyler TX (placeholder testimonial)

Questions about fit or a weird load?

Call Pedro. No call center, no ticket number.

Call (903) 555-0123