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Buying a new Cascadia

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Midnightrider909, Aug 23, 2017.

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  1. Dec 10, 2017 #101
    skellr

    skellr Road Train Member

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    No, unless a maga company jumped in and bungled up the settings, they aren't bad.
     
    skellr, Dec 10, 2017
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  3. Dec 10, 2017 #102
    77fib77

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    I drove around in a car for two weeks before I decided what was out there (Jersey, Pa, Tn, Ga, SC) and bought. Frieghtliner wanted bank statements and I didn't want to mess with it, then they offered a lease. They wanted 20% down to buy. I put 8k down on a 62k truck off a private truck lot. Interest rate sucks, maybe by October I'll pay it off.
     
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  4. Dec 10, 2017 #103
    Midnightrider909

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    We get 5 days at home after 4 weeks out. So far Spokane has not had an automatic Cascadia on their lot for us to check out. It’s not a very big dealership. The Volvo dealership there is a joke. We won’t get any more vacation until next June.
     
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  5. Dec 10, 2017 #104
    ladr

    ladr Road Train Member

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    Do you have to take your home time at home? If not take a mini-vac someplace where they have a couple of large dealers.

    Four weeks out? No wonder at times you are grumpy. lol
     
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  7. Dec 10, 2017 #105
    Diesel 9912

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    Thanks. Ordering it straight from Freightliner.
     
    Diesel 9912, Dec 10, 2017
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  8. Dec 11, 2017 #106
    sdaniel

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    Does anyone really think they take 23 days to turn out one Camry? Pete turns trucks out just as fast as Freightliner .
     
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  9. Dec 11, 2017 #107
    Midnightrider909

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    I have two boys, 11 and 13 that I love a lot more than this job and I’m not willing to go 9 weeks without seeing them so a suitable truck needs to appear close to home, buy one new, or take time off to shop for a truck without shortchanging my kids. I also have a wife scared to death of snow and our dispatcher just sent us up to Canada for the next 3 days and she's freaking out. We might be getting that time off sooner than planned.
     
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  10. Dec 11, 2017 #108
    Midnightrider909

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    I don’t. A lot if the parts are from Japan. They just assembe them here so they can say it’s American.
     
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  11. Dec 11, 2017 #109
    ladr

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    Forgot about your kids and your right.
     
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  12. Dec 11, 2017 #110
    Diesel 9912

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    Don't let your dispatch ever, send you somewhere that you don't want to go ...aren't you an O/O?
     
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