A hard day's nightshift behind the weel

[AribertDeckers]

2.11.2026
A hard day's nightshift behind the weel


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Tracy @OldBikerTrucker

A little history on early truck sleepers:
Today's drivers have refrigerators and microwaves. Here's what the old-timers got. 👇

Photo 1: The sleeper's under the floor. One man drives, the other lies down in a box under the passenger side and hopes his partner doesn't hit a pothole.

Photo 2: Canvas. That's it. A tarp stretched over a frame behind the cab. Hope it didn't rain, and hope it wasn't January.

Photo 3: The sleeper wasnt part of the cab at all; it was in the nose of the trailer.

Photo 4: Pomerenke Truck Line out of Yakima, Washington, with the bunk mounted right up over the cab.

A little later the big names in trucking had sleepers mounted right behind the cab, but were so small they earned the term "coffin sleeper"

It wasn't until 1976 that Kenworth built a sleeper a man could stand up in.

So next time you hear a young driver complain about his bunk, show him these. 🇺🇸🚛
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3:00 PM · Nov 2, 2026
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