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Short on Truckers * USA - Haulers Seek Couples
Jim and Eva Sisler began traveling the country nearly 10 years ago, a couple of empty nesters in their 50s with a desire to see new places and build some assets before retirement.
HELENA,Mont,USA -Associated Press/The Houston Chronicle (Houston,TX), by SUSAN GALLAGHER -May 10, 2007: -- Driving from California to New Jersey in two days, using layovers to visit historic sites in the South or ethnic restaurants in Chicago, the Sislers pack in a lot. Back in Montana, they revel in the simple pleasures of home. It's a nice change from life in an 18-wheel truck... U.S. trucking companies want more people like the Sislers, to deal with what the companies fear will be a worsening shortage of long-haul drivers. The industry is launching an ad campaign for recruitment and is particularly interested in older couples, free of concerns about missed family time and perhaps looking to replace worn-out jobs with new ones before retirement. Putting two at the wheel helps business. The hours a truck legally can operate double and freight arrives sooner. Some of the customers demanding just-in-time deliveries, which cut the need for large inventories and warehousing, pay extra for team driving... His wife likens living in a truck to sharing a home's smallest bathroom with a partner for three weeks, with few breaks... Trucker couples say squabbles are inevitable, but not a big problem for partners who truly know and like one another...
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