Why I won't buy another Freightliner

Freightliner been designed from the factory to be this way !

 

When CF went out of business, I hauled a bunch of their double trailers to the scrap yard.

 

That's back when it was "The Efficient Machine"

 

Any truck as it gets older will show age. I had 2000 Volvo I drove to 1.4 million miles. It was still ok on the inside. Would I still want to be driving that truck today. No, not even if it was new. The new cab design is better. The Freightliner FLD trucks were pretty solid trucks. I would not want to drive that today.

I'm not a big fan of KW or Peterbilt. The trucks are good and well made. They don't have the room most times. The long metal hood it amazing but the cab is so small.

 

Um, ever spend any time in these? I thought they were miserable trucks. They rode terrible, had a generic dash, and the 1st of the crummy door Freightliners. I knew drivers that hated these trucks. They may look a bit like a Pete, but brother, it ain't no Pete. I remember passing these trucks, the hood was shaking so bad, it was razor sharp where it met the cab. The FLD was a much better truck than these. Sorry, I was there.

 

In all fairness, generally those FLC's were spring ride. Air ride didn't become standard until the 90's.

 

And the first generation double pancake air ride was not much better then spring.

 

Got that right. 1st truck I drove with air ride was a Louisville Ford with NeWay. That thing pogo sticked down the highway.