Help buying day cab

Ok, ok I've basically been trying to find something that doesn't exist right now. I have gone through a list of sellers already and ended up at Penske, hoping they had some good trucks but they don't, with my budget at least.


Equipment - based on hours of forum emission research, CARB and California city work needs:

• Years: 2011 or newer

• Make: Freightliner
• Model: Cascadia
• Type: Day cab - 2 to 4 total
• Transmission: Manual (any number of speeds)
• Price: $55-85,000
• Mileage: Up to 450,000
• Engine: Detroit Diesel 13 or 15
  

**Emissions: Must be CARB compliant - Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF), use Diesel Exhaust Flud (DEF) etc

So I ended up at Penske because other sellers either had too many miles, no Cascadias, no day cabs, bad trucks (Rig Dig reports say a lot) or too expensive. I just increased the budget by $10-15,000 so hopefully this leads to some freakin good trucks finally. If you have other truck suggestions, please let me know. Like I said, aiming for Cascadias because of the emissions research from different forums.

Sellers List - top to bottom is best to worst:

Werner
Schneider
Con-way
Freightliner dealerships
Truck Country - Appleton
Swift
Pedigree Truck Sales (not sure where this one ranks, no info besides suggestion)
Penske/Ryder

 

Yes, much cheaper but I've read online and on the forum that their failure rate is high, like 50%. A lot of buyers are also choosing to buy the newer trucks instead, thats what dealers have told me. It is probably another sign the retrofitting isn't working.