Used Sleepers Converted to Day Cabs to Sell

(Max's Body Shop Inc.) The sleeper unit of this truck has been removed prior to use of the conversion kit that will turn it into a day cab.

The used truck market, especially for trucks with sleeper cabs, has become a buyers’ market. Most major carriers turn in their sleeper trucks every three to five years, so the sheer amount of sleepers on the market vastly outnumbers the individuals looking for a quality used sleeper truck. Dealerships struggle to unload what they have, and carriers battle to get what value they can on the over-the-road trucks they trade in.

“There simply isn’t a demand for used sleeper trucks, so there is definitely a challenge in moving them,” Lynn Fanning, a salesman at International Truck and Engine in Denver, says.

But there is still a demand for day cabs, or local trucks — and this demand has resulted in another way of selling sleeper cabs. A kit has been developed that allows for the conversion of a sleeper cab into a day cab.

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