Hear me ROAR! I feel as if I have graduated to another level in the flatbedding world. I recently received a gift of my very own, a cheater bar, from Jeff. Helping him figure out how to load the truck, throwing straps and stepping on the deck to belly-wrap pipe or product has been great...but with another cheater bar (that's the bar that you use to tighten all of the straps in the buckles) I'm thinking I am going to have to step up my game. I might even risk breaking a nail....or even worse...building upper body strength. Let's face it, women aren't normally built with biceps. I have never had great upper body strength, but I'm willing to give it a try.
Besides, by the time we are finished loading, I'm not looking or feeling like a pretty Rose. This is hard, long, sweaty and dirty work. But it is rewarding work. After taking a pile of pipe, motors, smart-tools, satellite boxes, 40 foot baskets and what-nots (that's some female talk thrown in there) it is pretty cool to stand back from a load, that is worth multi-millions of dollars in drilling equipment, and know that together we have figured out a way to stack it on our deck and strap it to where nothing moves and drive down our not-so-smooth roads we call highways.
We take pride in our job. It isn't for everyone, that's for sure. But it takes team work to accomplish this. If we didn't have the bond that Jeff and I have, this job would be a lot harder. I love my 6'4" man and wouldn't trade him for the world!
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