[yldstrk]

I mean, really, why are there not more female moving men? Asphalt workers? Plumbers? Bone surgeons? Some jobs require brute strength. Most women don’t have it. Now, if I wanted to be a female Marine, I would practice shooting all day long until I was an excellent marksman. You can’t beat that. Then I would tell them “I can hit a fly from 1000 feet, can you use me?”

[spokeshave]

I mean, really, why are there not more female moving men? Asphalt workers

Here is a 61 year old fluids technician who started as a roughneck on a drilling rig

"I imagine things are different today. I started roughnecking in 1976. I haven’t worked in the industry steadily, since there’s a boom-and-bust aspect to it. Probably I’ve been 20 years in the industry. It’s strictly been in the drilling end of it. Not production or exploration."

More at I imagine things are different today. I started roughnecking in 1976. I haven’t worked in the industry steadily, since there’s a boom-and-bust aspect to it. Probably I’ve been 20 years in the industry. It’s strictly been in the drilling end of it. Not production or exploration.

More at: http://fuelfix.com/blog/2014/10/07/essay-life-as-a-female-roughneck/#4168-2

[huldah1776]

So why hasn’t a woman engineer come up with tools of the trades you mentioned to equalize the field? Those dang wrenches are useless for me. Also, why aren’t there more heavy equipment operators? Are they too hard to shift?

[G Larry]

“Then I would tell them “I can hit a fly from 1000 feet, can you use me?”

Answer:

“If you can’t get your ass and your gear to the fight, that doesn’t help.”