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RETAINING TRUCKERS * USA: Fashion cabins
* Indiana - Truck drivers ride in style with tricked-out sleeper
(Video from NBC News - Sep 7, 2015: Long-haul driving may seem like a tedious job, but for more and more truck drivers, hitting the highway means traveling in high style)
-- Truckers are often forced to sleep and eat in their rig's cabins at truck stops while on the road, but now many have a better option — one that the industry hopes will keep more drivers on the asphalt longer... Companies like Legacy Sleepers and Bolt, both based in Indiana, manufacture mobile living spaces that can be affixed to trucks so that those who haul goods across the country for a living can do so comfortably — and in style... Even though the price tag for a Bolt deluxe sleeper is a steep $240,000, company president Brian Callan said business is on a roll... Trucking companies "are finding that basically this package that we have here is something to attract and retain drivers," he said... Drivers Linda and Bob Caffee are a testament to the fact that the sleepers might be the solution to keeping more people on the road for longer... The couple drives nearly 145,000 miles each year — which equates to crossing the country about 50 times — hauling up to 14,000 pounds of cargo. Linda Caffee said the time traveling in their amenity-loaded truck is a pleasure...
Fort Wayne, IND, USA - NBC News, by JOHN YANG and CAROL EGGERS
Labels: drivers shortage, sleeping cabs, trucking industry news USA
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