With the Demand for CDL Drivers Increasing and the Availability of CDL Drivers Decreasing, Demountable Concepts has the Answer.

According to Freight Transportation Research Associates, their “Truck Share of Employment Index at the end of first quarter 2005 remained at a historically high level with a reading of 146.2.” This reading indicates that there is now an exceedingly rigid labor market in this sector.

FTR Associates report that, “Strong demands for competing labor continue to put pressure on the Driver Labor Index. The data suggests that the available pool of labor from which trucking can recruit new drivers remains at low levels at the same time that freight continues to grow moderately.” FTR Associates predict that the driver shortage by the end of the fourth quarter in 2005 will be at 54,000 drivers.

In a time where there is a shortage of CDL drivers, businesses can find relief with the demountable truck body system and the use of Non CDL drivers. By using the “Warehouse on Wheels” system by Demountable Concepts, Inc., a business allows a centralized distribution center to maintain control over the loading of product onto straight truck bodies. A specially designed trailer, with a CDL driver, shuttles two loaded bodies at night to the remote markets. Those bodies are then demounted off the trailer. The trailer mounts the previous day’s empties and returns to the distribution center. In the morning, Non CDL drivers can come in and use the loaded bodies to make their daily deliveries.

With a Non CDL driver in place, a business need not worry about the shortage of CDL drivers. This system allows a business to hire fewer CDL drivers and hire more Non CDL drivers to do their deliveries. While increasing their daily productivity.