Why is there so many 2009 Cascadia's for sale???

if you are going owner driver dont buy cheap newish and bad it will put you bankrupt go for good many times is better to buy older good trustable trucks than new look problems your first years your business is on a edge and as 1 truck operator all extra expenses comes from one truck profit so you may be working long time for free until you paid back a bad truck expences play safe go long way your life is not a poker game

 

4 years is about the norm for most companies to trade in. Also 09 is one of the problem years for emissions.

 

Normal trade cycle.

 

An older truck with less emissions equipment, that has already had the motor rebuilt can be a better investment, that is if California isn't in your map.
Truck model year wise 2008-2010 were the years of EGR and DPF, and they had a lot of problems no matter the engine or truck maker. DEF was put on in 2011 which, when everything works right, gets better fuel mileage. The trucks are finally back mpg's associated with the days before EGR DPF DEF which is 2003 and older. Back in those days it was stated that $10,000 in.your maintenance fund was ideal to start out. These days, with say a '09, I'd want $20,000. I can buy a brand new turbo for my 2000 Detroit for $700. You can buy a rebuilt turbo for a 09 for 2-3000.

 

Very well said! That era of emissions is what drove CAT out of the truck engine market! Once a great force in the market. And it's not the individual brand engines fault, EPA forced use of technology that was not ready!

 

We just had to get a motor rebuilt on a 2009 Cascadia. 500k miles

 

2004-2008 are the real horror years. Most of those engines were pre-emission with patched-together emissions systems on top of an engine that wasn't designed for it. That being said, with 2009-2010 engines you do have to be choosy, and make sure that you're not buying someone else's problems. The larger numbers of trucks in this class on the market is mostly due to normal fleet rotation, as previously mentioned. You can do just fine with one of these trucks... my '09 Cascadia has been relatively trouble-free, and gets very good fuel economy.

 

2009 cascadia dd15 problems are typically, steering rack 3 so far ,engine harness which will send false codes due to breakage in wires which can get expensive if shops change parts which codes apply too instead of harness 1.1 millon km (680000)miles zero oil usage and 6.5 mpg ave pulling 90 to 100,000 lbs on two lane roads motor is awesome but weak on the wiring side .the odd time i get a tandem 80k load i do 8ish mpg