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Glider or rebuild/inframe

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by firecatf7333, Apr 29, 2020.

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  1. May 1, 2020 #21
    Long FLD

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    Depends on what you’re looking at. There are Columbia’s with 12.7’s and 600k for less than $30k on Truckpaper. Newer Columbia’s in the $70k range. Any Paccar glider will still be stupid money.
     
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  3. May 1, 2020 #22
    Cinderella Man

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    You can find nice W9's and 379 from 2000 to 05 with fresh or recent platinum Cat overhauls on 6nz engines around the price your looking at a glider for.
     
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  4. May 1, 2020 #23
    roadmap65

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    If you had time and do the work yourself, I would buy an older truck pre elog and restore it. That’s what I did and have no regrets .. I bought a Freightliner FLD. The FLD is super easy to work on and cheap Cheap to buy. The FLD also has a little aero and still some hood and gets good fuel mileage. I chose it because parts are cheap and available everywhere. The picture is not my truck it’s one of the members in the FLD group. .
     

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  5. May 2, 2020 #24
    firecatf7333

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    I like the look of the FLDs but those are a little old for me since I wont be doing any of the mechanical work that needs fixing.

    I know I've seen colombias listed as 2016,17,18,19,20s...but I assumed these gliders were peiced together from a older colombia truck with some new parts and a rebuilt engine and placed with a year sticker from whatever year the glider was finished being made.
     
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