How the heck is there 8 people in FEEDERS on comp.??? Good grief! Are they too fat to fit behind the wheel? LOL.
All the equipment in feeders is large,heavy,dangerous,unforgiving. Even the slightest miscalculation when using said equipment can result in serious injury or even death.
To see for yourself try any of the following tasks the most feeder drivers perform numerous times safely each day and night.
1.Move a converter dolly by hand up or down an incline to a trailer. Then maneuver it into place without smashing your hand in the pintle hook.
2. Climb up into a dark trailer and pull down the back door without the aid of a strap that is not there, all of this in total darkness.
3. Pull the 5th wheel release with one arm only while bent down almost to your knees and wedged between two trailers to release the trailer form the tractor.
4. Crank the legs up on a 100% heavy loaded trailer.
5. Try to pry open with your hands, the barn doors on a rail or chassis trailer that is 100% or that the doors are warped.
6. Lift up the back door of a full trailer that does not have a load retainer,to try and check the pkgs. for the correct destination. After the last 3 walls have fallen against the door as it was parked on a pad. ( many times a forklift is needed to do this) But you don't know it until you try yourself first.
There are many other things, but I'm trying not to hijack this thread. I am 6'4" and weigh 265 pounds . I'm not saying that I am super strong but would wager that I am stronger than some. It is difficult for me to have the strength to accomplish some of these tasks from time to time. I know it must be even more difficult for some of my smaller brothers and sisters to do these things. All of this done in dark or very low light conditions.
I understand the jest in your comment but I felt compelled to give some explanation how a feeder driver could be injured. Feeder work is dangerous work that not everyone can do. Most often we are ridiculed by those who have know real idea what dangers the job entails. I have done your job. Have you or could you do mine?