People stuck their heads through the back door of the big sleeper box from Indiana Custom Trucks on display at the recent Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.
“C’mon in, folks,” urged John Miller, a sales representative for ICT, sitting in the sleeper’s dining nook. “Take a look around.”
Some did, but even those who only stood outside and craned their necks for a better view seemed wowed at what they saw: everything a trucker and a traveling companion need for a life on the road, with cabinets, shower, toilet, washer-dryer and, yes, even a kitchen sink, all lining a central aisle like the interior of a recreational vehicle. The nook where Miller sat gets covered at night by a double-width, fold-down bunk.
Other truck builders at the show were likewise proud of their sleeper accommodations, and the comforts they afford appear to be increasingly important to trucking companies in the recruitment and retention of drivers. Fleet managers know that in asking drivers to be on the road for days and weeks at a time, they have to provide good living accommodations.
For the full story, see the Oct. 11 print edition of Transport Topics. .
