need advice on Rolling Glider Kit freightliner coronado

NO I believe it has to be electronic to connect with cab harness take a look.http://www.fitzgeraldgliderkits.com/gliderkit.htm

 

For a mechanical engine you would need to run linkage from the throttle pedal to the engine just like the goo old days.

If you don't have electronics you don't need the wiring for it you just need linkages and pedals out of the older model truck and just drill and mod the new truck .

You can even change engine brands if you are willing to spend the time and money

 

Thanks, marmonman.

I have no problem with removing electronics. However, I do have a problem with government officials telling me I can't remove them.

I'm a very long way from buying a truck, but the glider option is very attractive to me and I will keep it in mind when the time comes.


Apologies to the OP for the thread hi-jack.

 

A glider kit is the best choice for anyone looking for a new truck, unless you are going to do California in the future. I already am looking at a Columbia kit. If anyone is worried about what engine is going in it.... just spec the engine you want! That is what they say on their site anyway. I would spec a rebuilt DDEC4. My second choice would be an N-14. Tie either of those engines with a 10 or 13 spd and 3.55 or 3.58 rears with 22.5 low pro's and, of course, drive it right and it will bust 7-7.5 mpg just about any day of the week. Plus it would be a darn light tractor compared to the new stuff. You could add side boxes, apu's, whatever and not even come close to hurting what you could put in the trailer. It may still have a bug or two to work out, but what truck doesn't. At least you will not have to deal with all the emissions crap, which can really set a person back in time, cost, and lost revenue. Even if you didn't do your own work, when you brought this truck into a shop, the techs would breath a sigh of releif that they would not be dealing with one of the new nightmare trucks.

 

I drive an '09 Mack Pinnicle 485hP/1660TQ everyday for work and I really love it. It does have a cat coverter on it but no other emission devices and it works really good. Fuel mileage is in the 6's and 7's pulling heavy loads and the torque and throttle response is unreal. Used to be a Series 60 nut when I had my own trucks but this MP8 is absolutely impressive.

 

Ask about the FET, don't get a 12% surprise from the IRS.

 

Its considered a used truck when built this way.

 

And why is that a problem unless someone just feels the need to proclaim that their truck is brand new. If it is a 2010 glider kit, it will be titled as a 2010 truck. Same for a 2009 glider kit. It will titled as a 2009. Engine and tranny being remanned has nothing to do with it. Emissions on class 8 trucks are tied to the engine year and not the truck year, unlike personal cars and pickups. Class 8 truck title is based on the chassis. I am not familiar how a finance company would look at it, but I have heard from discussions elsewhere that a complete glider kit, ready to roll, is considered a new truck by a finance company. How would they know anyway? As I stated, a 2010 glider kit truck is titled as a 2010. No miles on the truck, so for all itents and purposes, it is a new truck.

Check with Fitzgerald and they can explain this to you.

 

An assembled glider costs considerably less than a new truck - at least 25 percent less by federal regulation - and works just as well, say those in the business. And if done properly, it is not subject to the 12 percent federal excise tax on new trucks. To avoid the FET, the Internal Revenue Service requires that the price of a glidered truck must be less than 75 percent of the list price of a new truck with the same equipment, Elkins and Fitzgerald explain. That's an easy rule to meet, because current new trucks with their EPA-'07 diesels are so expensive that a glider with a pre-emissions engine is far lower-priced.

http://www.heavydutytrucking.com/2008/09/072a0809.asp

 

Bingo! That is why I am looking at a glider on the next go round. Along with the fact that Freightliner gives the same warranty for the chassis as a new truck, Detroit will give a standard 100,000 miles warranty on the reman engine and makes a 300,000 warranty available. Same true for rebuilt tranny. Rears can be new so they would have a warranty.

Let's see.... no emissions, better fuel economy, spec'd just the way you like it, warranties, no FET..... no brainer!