New rolling glider

The major truck builders don't have to lobby anyone to change their model lineup. If they didn't want to produce gliders they just wouldn't do it. It is like found money. Take obsolete models that the tooling is already paid for, vendors(suppliers) who have already engineered everything and amortized that cost already and produce a partially complete truck that the industry is snapping up at record rates. Very high profit item.
No, the manufacturers who are in this part of the market do not want it to go away, but will do whatever the government requires.

 

Like VW did ?

No the corporations will do whatever benifits their stock price ...

 

VW broke the law. These truck manufacturers aren't doing that by producing glider trucks. I really have to wonder how many of these gliders sales if eliminated entirely, how many of the people who currently are buying those glider trucks would be interested in a fully refurbished pre-2000 truck. There are many ways to skirt onerous burdensome regulations.

 

Not sure exactly when but KW did quit for a while but they are now offering them again.

 

Ask yourself which is better for their bottom line.
Selling a glider for low $$$ or a complete truck with a engine they make?
I say all brands would like to end producing gliders.

 

That's the point, manufacturers will continue to make gliders as
long as they can make money at it. They seem to making money with them.

Only thing that will put a damper glider sales is if they ease up on new truck emissions. I don't see that happening. I do see the new administration easing up on regulations but I don't think they can defeat that monster.

Some people think that anything that helps big corporations, is bad for the general public. I tend to think there is a lot of things you can do that helps big corporations that will get passed along to the working man. Big corporations keep trucking alive, when they do bad, the trucking industry suffers.

 

Please tell me why a truck manufacturer would produce gliders against their will? Who is making them produce something they don't want to? That doesn't make any sense at all. They could stop tomorrow if they wanted and would if it didn't help their bottom line.

Volvo and International don't think gliders fit their business plan, that's fine. There are plenty of other manufacturers that think they do.

 

I don't see any 5700xe gliders on Harrison's site for sale.