Buying A Schneider Glider

I had a tour at St Catherines Freightliner back in April when I was down for TruckWorld. They do pretty nice work on their builds.

 

Why is there mudflaps in the front of the truck? Are they planning on hauling loads in reverse?

 

Their not mudflaps. Their Bugflaps. In Canada the bugs are so bad they get on the Steers and create adverse handling.

True fact. Heard from a guy at a bar Oup Dar.

 

Helps keep stones from flying off the tires onto the road in front of you and bouncing back up and hitting your own windshield. Yes it happens. High clearance bumper for going off road and playing in the mud.

 

The Schneider gliders use a Pre-EGR (99-04) Detroit Series 60 and you'll have a 10speed with ultra shift auto or manual shift. I'd highly suggest staying away from the ultra shift(no clutch pedal) automatics. When I drove a pumpkin I drove several and each time I hopped in one it needed to be towed for some reason.

In 2010-2012 they retired all of the Pre 2004 Century trucks straight to the glider builders, there were thousands. If you see a Schneider Columbia it IS a glider.

Not sure what Schneider has the trucks set to HP wise but I'd be willing to bet it is far less than the advertised 420HP, very doggy on hills. You'll also be looking at a governor speed of 60-62.

Have also driven some Schneider trucks after they were sold off(and non speed limited and turned up to a moderate #) and they drove pretty good.

Interior wise take a good look at the plastic trim around the dash, give it a good shake/yank. Always seems to be the first thing to go.

 

I'm looking at a couple gliders but these say MK not BK. I know these are factory rebuilds, it says so on one of the plates.

 

If i had the coin and nads to buy my own,love a pre emmision 60series 500 in a star car..Low max to be exact..Wit da big shack in the back..extra insulation cause we all know the so called insulation is crap from factory..