New drivers and Cascadia's

Companies usually are replacing their trucks enmasse. 500 trucks to be replaced in one shot. So these companies send a buyer out to listen to what a company has to offer. Most of the companies are indeed running freightliners, yet some of that is also because the company has always run freightliners.
So the buyer goes out and asks what ever rep what kind of deal will you do for our company if we buy 500 trucks. That rep might tell them from Freightliner we will sell you the 500 trucks at 90k for each truck. Meanwhile the buyer may have gone to volvo and was told 95k per truck and so on. I hope this answers why freightliner.

Cascadia line is what replaced the line of trucks known as Century. Having visited Freightliner.com, I see they no longer have Columbias (their cheapest brand of truck) or Columbia (the freightliner cadillac). Commercial Truck Innovation | Freightliner Trucks It is only a guess that Freightliner has put all their eggs in one basket and are only selling what people want and have dropped the variants due to a lack of interest

 

Cascadia makes you sure it has been in a wreck in the past? Don’t worry. They make them that way from the factory.

 

My team partner and I had our choice of a Volvo, International, or Freightliner...all were new 2019 models.

We chose the new Freightliner because it had a fridge and a TV mount. I put in a microwave and a TV...life is good. We have 36k on it now, and it has been trouble free.

I imagine the Freightliner Cascadia is a lot like the Crown Victorias I drove for 25 years as a cop...they work, are relatively economical to purchase, and have good dealer support.

 

Cascadias are one the very few brands you can get engine work done at places other than the stealership .. I find them ugly but for the most part they are the most dependable

 

Pretty much. All jokes aside they really aren't bad trucks. When I did food service around NYC metro area they took a heck of a beating with the lovely roads in this part of the country. Its all the emmision stuff hanging off it that's the issue. They were nice riding trucks with a ton of room inside. Even the small mid roof

 

wait so all shakers are made by Swift?

 

I like the 2019 T680 I'm in now but have to admit, it has a smaller cab, bunk, and less storage than the 2019 Cascadia I gave up. The cab is also noisier. The KW looks better, but in my opinion doesn't out perform the the same year model Cascadia.

 

I put about 200k on a 2016 Cascadia and around 45k on a 2019. Both were nice, spacious, and quiet. No issues with either.