Been waiting on one box going on 4 months now

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  1. Gtrucking

    Gtrucking Light Load Member

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    My 2016 Freightliner Cascadia DD13 with 520,000 miles on it needs a one box its been at Freightliner since middle of December of 2021 now 4 months later the part still has not arrived the one box been on back order they said other people been waiting months too is this normal? Or should i take it to a different Freightliner dealer in a different city i do have Freightliner warranty on my truck
     
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  3. 201

    201 Road Train Member

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    On a container ship floating in the L.A. harbor? For months, I bet. I think we're going to see a LOT more of this.
     
  4. kranky1

    kranky1 Road Train Member

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    I was pretty quiet for a long time while everyone busted my balls over my yard full of old junk and antiques. Getting pretty hard to bite my tongue now though. I find it all pretty entertaining honestly.
     
  5. Condi

    Condi Light Load Member

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    I gave up on one box last year and just parked the truck. At that time one box was on back order with unknown waiting time
     
  6. AModelCat

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    Old truck parts are like gold these days. Actually been debating parting out my old KW. Probably make 5x what its worth just in good parts.
     
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  7. kranky1

    kranky1 Road Train Member

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    You’d be burying coffee cans full of cash before the truck was all gone. I could screw 2 together out of the pile behind the shop. I was going to build a couple of trucks out of that. Don’t dare now, that became the parts dept for mine.
     
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  8. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Freightliner's don't really cooperate with other Freightliner's that aren't in their dealership network.

    There could be one in the state next to you on the shelf. You must be very proactive and search yourself.

    Get the part number and start making phone calls.
     
  9. danny23tx

    danny23tx Road Train Member

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    There are other non freightliner options for one box .
     
  10. Trucker61016

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    Just for a reference, they are finding Halloween candy on ships just now being unloaded, so im sure your box is out there too...
     
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  11. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    CPC went out on second truck first week of November.

    0 in the nation.

    $1100 new. Used one on ebay for $5K.

    Ordered new one.

    Last week in November, wrecker calls, somebody crashed, used one 400K miles, $1100. We'll take it.

    Truck up and running.

    The new one came in last week.
     
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