Carhauling: Is this any place for a woman?

I worked for allied systems out of norfolk va. & I can say the toughest car hauler I ever knew was one of our women drivers, we hauled f150s out of there on hi rails all up & down east coast, anyway when she was off one weekend she got into an accident & lost her left foot.she was off a year but came back! Allied &ford did not want her back , but in front of ford reps,osha ,allied,& teamster reps she pulled her trucks & loaded & was ready to roll in a hour & half! Impressed the hell out of everyone! That answered a lot about what women could do!

 

thats one tuff carhauler!!

 

This is a couple years old..But Jonboy29 get your facts straight..I work for Cassens and we have a few women who work for us..Just throwing that out there..And they have been there a long time

 

what state are you from.....
There are not long term women working for cassens in ONTARIO CANADA!!!!!
Nor Allied for that matter.

 

I work in Louisville..transferred there from lordstown a couple months ago..and actually the union steward in Lafayette, IN is a female named Jackie

 

Union steward in Lafayette is Liz.

 

Liz yesssss that's it lol..not sure where i came up with Jackie

 

Jackie works there to. A lot of people get them confused.

 

I hauled cars for 25 years and during that period we had about 10-12 women hire in and try car hauling. Out of those that started I only know one that stuck it out. Now before you label me as sexist let me give you some more info. In those days we chained all units down. We hauled a lot of trucks and vans and big cars (which they don't make anymore). Then there is the height issue, side steping down the side of a big unit on top doesn't give you much room for you feet and very little to hold on to. Then there is the weather, ice and snow, that makes job a lot harder.

Now with all that said, now days a lot of the companies use the strap system which is a lot easier than chains and at the same time cuts back on the number of bigger units you can haul. Over all I think that reduces the physical requirements.

And by the way not everyone can haul cars, you have to have a pretty good mechanical ability so you can understand where to load the respective units on the truck and how to work the ramps. I've seen a lot of experienced drivers have issues with that.

Sure anybody can haul cars on what they call a wedge trailer but that is just a flat bed built on an angle.
Take all of this into consideration before you make a decision but If you are just starting to drive I would HIGHLY recommend you learn to drive before you learn to haul cars.

Well it's a year and half old post so probably too late anyway.