Why don't more companies buy gliders

This like typical flatbed freight like this
To big #### like this

 

If you are asking about companies that run all 48 states, that would include California. Gliders could only go there once a year for up to three days and up to 1000 miles in state.

Smaller companies that don't run regularly to California can still run gliders. Then the issue becomes cost benefit. For me I would run a glider in a heartbeat. But each company owner needs to consider the long term viability of their investment.

 

If it's a tank/silo we can haul it. That's what we specialize in. That particular tank is a 56ft long 6500lbs aluminum flour silo for a pastry baker that I hauled from Ontario to Tennessee. It was damaged during the original transport up from Tennessee 4 months ago.

 

A glider can be spec'd just like your factory ordered emission trucks can be. Its just not a truck normal glider factories spec.

 

That's my point, you spec one as such the cost would be too high to be viable, granted my company runs our trucks for as much as 15 years, but still. We have several T800s that are 02 models upwards of 800 and even 1 over 1 million miles, but they are constantly plagued with issues, so they are kept as local trucks

 

Agreed, proper maintenance is the key. The truck i drive now is a 2016 Cascadia. I got it brand new, i am the only driver who has been in it, except for the mechanics and whoever delivered it to/from the dealer. I take good care of it, keep the def full, keep it clean, etc., and our shop does all the maintenance by the book. Never had any trouble with any of the emissions. Now with around 214k, It has been a very reliable truck.

 

This is hilarious!

 

This is partially true.

Most LARGE companies lease their tractors which means they don't have a lot of choice to take what the capital company tells them they can take.

See those who lease do not have to pay the FET, it is rolled into the cost of the lease. The glider lacks that FET because of the purpose of that glider.