* Ohio - To help truckers to close driver gap
-- With their kids out of the house, empty-nesters Dan and Cristy Dornbusch cruise U.S. highways with an array of domestic comforts -- TV, microwave convection oven, running water -- in their vehicle... They’re not just savoring the scenery: The Dornbusch duo operates a Freightliner M2 truck lugging loads of metal casting parts as a driving team for closely held Try Hours Inc... Try Hours is part of a growing wave of truckers customizing their cabs to blunt a driver shortage that consultant FTR Associates Inc. sees approaching 400,000 by the end of 2017. These companies are investing in entertainment systems, ceiling fans and refrigerator/freezers to ease the strain on employees who are on the road for three or four weeks at a time... A custom cab typically costs about $45,000 -- a price that can double when a shower and toilet are included... The rub for truckers: Showers and satellite TV can only go so far in ensuring that their tractors stay on the highway... Try Hours has customized sleeper cabs on most of its trucks -- extras that can boost the cost of a new truck by about $50,000 to $185,000, said Lemley, the fleet manager. He is now adding entertainment systems, because it’s more costly for Try Hours to have to idle a truck for a month for lack of a driver...
(Photo Source: Linda Caffee via Bloomberg - Linda and Bob Caffee's custom-built truck cab) -- Maumee, OH, USA - Bloomberg, by Lauren Thomas and Thomas Black - August 21, 2015Labels: cabin designs, truckers shortage
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