Glider kit opinions?

Doesn't stop me from liking my old iron though

 

7 trucks and my new ones make more but I buy poor decisions. I've bought a couple with a million miles where the engine and tranny pile up soon. I wanted to buy non rebuilt ones because I am picky who does my motors. In heinsight, very bad choice and it has cost me dearly. I've spent $35,000 in the last 30 days and am about to rebuild my c15 again.

Next used truck I buy, will absolutely have a rebuilt engine. I don't care about the rest, and the rebuild will not have been done at a dealership.

 

Bought a really nice clean 06 Peterbilt there was an old TMC truck had a caterpillar gold kit with a warranty head had been inspected 3 weeks after we bought it about spring broke bounce through the motor no warranty because they had hadn't been done

 

Do you pay FET on gliders at Fitzgerald's? Or can you get new for 120k ish?

 

No FET as of Yet!

 

That's not entirely true. If you/builder has a title for the donation truck, then you don't have to pay, but if you/builder doesn't have a donation truck, you have to pay FET.

 

I thought FET was based on the cost of a glider? For example if a new 389 Pete that is CARB compliant costs $165,000 and your new glider 389 costs $160,000 you will pay FET on that glider. Isn't there a percentage threshold as long as the glider costs 70% or less than a similar new equipment no FET is due? Or is that wrong?

 

That's what I read on overdrive and another industry periodical as well.

I'm sitting around the office not accomplishing much today. Maybe I'll put in a call to that outfit in PA, Hunter peterbilt. See what they can tell me about building a glider.



:/ this is what happens when I ain't trucking. Start making calls to make the things I think about while driving come to reality.

 

That is my weakness, idle time makes me do things that are not cheap!