Women Trucker Drivers: Retention, Compensation and Adaption of On-Lift’s Automated Gears

Women Trucker Drivers: Retention, Compensation and Adaption of On-Lift’s AutomAted geArs The tables have turned now. Trucking, like various other professions, has crossed into the twenty-first century and gradually opened its doors to women drivers. It’s not a cake walk to become one, you’ll face challenges on your way, here’s what you need to know.

In this article, we’ll take a look at:  The truck driver shortage  The scarcity of women in trucking  Workers compensation  The positive aspects of retaining a female trucker  How to go about getting a automated landing gear and rear stabilizer

Around 40 percent of workers in the U.S. are female. With that said, it has been estimated that only about 6 percent of truckers are women. Women make up not more than six percent of the more than three and a half million truck drivers in the United States. Numerous efforts have been made in attracting females to the trucking industry.

Trucking is among one of the highest-paying jobs that does not require a degree.

What is the normal pattern of workers compensation? Some truckers are paid hourly and some owner-operators charge a percentage of the revenue from the load. Also, to attract drivers, some fleets offer per diem pay to cover expenses drivers incur on the road, like meals.

Let us now have a close look at why women truckers are prone to injuries and how can we fix it!

Ever thought why women are less inclined towards a trucking driver opportunity? Is it because women are too weak to operate the traditional hand crank for trailer landing gear? Or, is it because they do not want to risk themselves of trailer landing gear crank injuries?

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Rigorous use of traditional hand cranking landing gears impacts the health of the truckers in an adverse way. Many of them retire at a very early age and bid good-bye to their job because of mental and physical strain.

Many findings suggest that while raising a trailer, which has more resistance compared to lowering, it is safe for drivers to stand parallel to the trailer. This position allows more full body strength to be used and does not impose strain on muscles and bones. While lowering the landing gear, the researchers found that standing facing the trailer was safer and resulted in less strain.

But aren’t we done with the traditional hand cranking trailer system yet? If the traditional system is leading the women truckers towards early job retirements, injuries and lower morale, isn’t it the time already to adapt a modern mechanism which can increase employee morale and make them more satisfied with their jobs.

On-lift landing gear automation and On-load trailer rear stabilizer automation systems are here to erase the traditional landing and loading systems.

Now you might want to know, why is it better to retain and recruit women truckers and not men?

Women have the potential of bringing some much needed improvements in the trucking industry.

They tend to plan beforehand always, and are aware of the drawbacks in the existing machine. It is a proven fact, women who have taken up trucking as their career, tend to stick with the job longer.

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On-lift has rear and gear stabilization systems, which could reduce the strain caused to truckers by traditional hand crank for trailer landing gear. Its advanced mechanism is designed in a way that it can lift up a 60,000 lb trailer, and the unit doesn’t even weigh more than 10 lbs. The ONLift pneumatic landing gear safety improvement system can perform raising and lowering landing gear for the tractor trailers in less than 10 seconds, and almost no maintenance is needed.

This is why we believe that our unique lifting systems could be useful in making the trucking industry more attractive for women.

If you are a trucking fleet operator who is on a surge for recruiting women in order to expand your workforce, one of the simplest things you can do order our On-lift automated tools right away!

This will ensure your workers that you are concerned with reducing trailer landing gear crank injuries while also keeping up with developments in the industry.

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