Kevin Rutherford

Has anyone attended his CMC seminars? If so, has it done some magic in your business?

 

I've watched a couple of his seminar talks on YouTube. there was a couple ahhh moments.

 

A new ws with a 132" ari sleeper is 249k. I'll shower with a garden hose at the fuel island before i spend a quarter million dollars on a truck.

 

I'm debating between new and a glider right now.

2017 Western star 5700xe
dd15 505hp
Dt12
fully loaded with 82" bunk and apu, every safety option etc minus disc brakes
$220,000

2018 Cascadia glider (new body atyle)
60 series 14l 505hp
18 speed
absolutely loaded to the gills with discs all around, air ride front, apu, dinette, every #### thing.
$230,000

 

Scrutinize the glider requirements REALLY closely; the rules in Canada are really restrictive. IIRC, you can have one built, but you cannot import one.

 

St Catherine freightliner is building them. They buy old 98 to 03 trucks to do it properly and send all components away for manufacturers reman.

Finance company just told me they won't finance gliders. guess they've had horrible luck with them

 

My bank didn't blink an eye at giving me the loan for mine. Not sure if they know the difference between a glider or stock truck and I didn't feel obligated to explained it to them. They call every couple of months asking if I'm ready to buy more. This is my bank and the give me a much better interest rate than the companies that Fitzgerald had lined up.

Also not sure about buying a glider kit yourself and assembling it yourself. Mine were complete trucks.