When a motorist’s car is struck by loose debris from a truck and their windshield is cracked, the truck drivers are vulnerable to public confrontations, harassing phone calls, and insurance claims and legal notices.
Dumpster Diaper, a demolition company, found that the problem is the gap. The debris, leaking from the gap in the dumpster and truck body doors, can expose motorists to unnecessary risk. Instead of managing operations and turning a profit, operator time is spent on damage control – replying to inquiries and chasing down details while insurance premiums rise.
“Having a long history in the waste management related business of demolition, our trucks haul demolition debris from job sites, traversing hundreds of miles of roadways on a daily basis," Owner Kevin Goldstein says of the product’s origin. "Over the years, our office would receive countless telephone calls from irate drivers who would complain that the particles of debris escaping from the tailgates of our trucks had struck their vehicles cracking their windshields and chipping their paint. Because ours is an organization oriented in responsibility, we regularly found ourselves reimbursing many windshield replacements and filing too many insurance claims to count. As a result of the high volume and extensive costs associated with these occurrences, we knew there had to be a better way.”
First, the company made a makeshift tarp with magnets and attached it to a truck. The crew loved the idea so much that they had a prototype made and put on all Dumpster Diaper trucks. The complaints stopped immediately. No more broken windshields, no mess on the roads, no time wasted on insurance claims, the company claims. Now the Dumpster Diaper is patented and shipping nationwide.
The Dumpster Diaper’s easy-on/easy-off tarping system is shaped to specifically cover and wrap around the rear lower tailgate portion of the truck and attaches to the vehicles with a series of magnets sewn into the edges that can readily affixed to the vehicles.
The Dumpster Diaper is designed to:
- Save time and money
- Eliminate loose debris
- Be lightweight, compact and portable
- Take one minute to attach
The Dumpster Diaper is made of heavy gauge fabric that attaches magnetically, and can be retrofit for aluminum bodies.
