From Freightliner to Western Star

Discussion in 'Car Hauler and Auto Carrier Trucking Forum' started by MooneyBravo, Feb 8, 2025.

  1. MooneyBravo

    MooneyBravo Heavy Load Member

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    Anyone ever drive a Freightliner
    114SD? (Link below)What a piece of crap! Very poor cab configuration. There's a hump in the back of the cab all the way across and so it's very hard to lay things like your cooler, luggage and maybe a milk crate for misc. The fire extinguisher is in the middle of the floor instead of left of seat. The seated has to be bottomed out in order to see out the window when you have a Wrangler on your headrack.

    Instead of having a warning alarm inside the cab for forgotten matters it utilizes the truck horn so the whole world is watching. How dumb!!

    I pulled into the Delta terminal to have some work done last week. Parked next to a Western Star daycab that happened to be vacant. They handed me the keys. What a difference! No complaints.
    Only difference is that there are no pockets behind the cab and so you simply have to back the vehicle back a little further.

    My other truck had 80,000 miles. This one has 140,000.

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  3. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    We've had a couple of those over the years. Gotta sit over the wheel like a bus driver to see the gauges, and that floor sucks so bad.
     
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    201 Road Train Member

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    My 1st truck was a '82 WS 4964, and brother, it was no Freightliner. Today, I believe they are made by Freightliner and might not gain much. IMG_0125.JPG
     
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  5. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    WS has been owned by Daimler for 25 years already. Daimler's owned FL for nearly 20 years longer than that.
     
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    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    I remember on my 07, it was still a half-breed. Some stuff was the Western Star sourced parts, but most was switched over to Freightliner-sourced. The HVAC was still the Red Dot system, and most dealers didn't stock any of those parts. There were a few other things, but that's the one I remember being a PITA.
     
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