Buying a glider truck/Glider Trucks Ban

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  1. abyliks

    abyliks Road Train Member

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    don’t go anywhere near that #### hole they can starve for all I care.
     
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  3. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    Can only exploit a loophole for so long........


    Personally I think gliders should go back to their original purpose: replacing a worn out/wrecked chassis of a truck with good powertrain. IE a 6 month old truck gets flopped and written off. Glider chassis is ordered and the almost new powertrain from the wreck gets installed in the new glider chassis.
     
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  4. Catrachotrucker

    Catrachotrucker Light Load Member

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    But how do I meet 2010 or higher emissions with a older engine? I’m looking at this truck Supposedly it’s ELD excempt
    Description
    2014 Freightliner Coronado ELD EXEMPT Glider Kit... OVERHAULED...

    Detroit 12.7 Liter
    ESN 06R0459892 (10/27/1998)
    263,767 on COMPLETE OVERHAUL w/paperwork
    Full Service Records
    10 Speed eaton Trans
    3.55 Ratio
    All Aluminum Wheels
    11R 22.5 Virgin Tires
    Great Brakes
    70" Midroof XT w/Premium Interior

    Fresh PM/DOT
    Finance Available....
     
  5. abyliks

    abyliks Road Train Member

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    Brand new gliders not ones already running up and down the road
     
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  6. magoo68

    magoo68 Road Train Member

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    That one is eld exempt but why did a 2014 need a rebuild around 2017 I’d inspect condition very well to ensure it wasn’t abused.
     
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  7. Catrachotrucker

    Catrachotrucker Light Load Member

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    Yeah I plan on buying a used one 2015-2017 Columbia or Coronado, I just don’t know how much longer they’ll be Eld Excempt, as long as they’re excempt a couple more years I would buy one
     
  8. Catrachotrucker

    Catrachotrucker Light Load Member

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    Yeah that’s what I thought too, I’ll definitely take a mechanic with me cause I already got screwed with a cascadia I bought last year, had to sell it and take a loss, or see if I can get a warranty that covers mostly everything, I don’t know if theres warranty for gliders
     
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  9. magoo68

    magoo68 Road Train Member

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    ELD will be a contentious issue with cross border trucks in Canada next June . Our exemption i believe will be 1995 or older. And ELD will need to be tested by lab . No self certification like in the USA . Currently no ELD is certified because testing facility only opens in a month or two lol.
     
  10. abyliks

    abyliks Road Train Member

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    they need to make a new regulation in order to do it which as of right now they have no plans to, it’s just a eld nut huggers dream
     
  11. Lostkeys

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    The 2010 or higher emissions on gliders only applies to new gliders titled in 2021.
     
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