Opinions on gliders

[Texasdude74]

My recommendation on gliders is to stick with a Cat engine. Not out of any loyalty to Cat, but because of new parts availability and the 4 year unlimited mile/hour warranty. Most guys buy trucks on a 4-5 year note and the motor will be covered for most or all of that time. You can buy an extended 500k/12,500 hour warranty on the X15; but with aftertreatment, injector, fuel and water pump coverage it adds $16k to the price of the truck.

The S60 and N14 are just old and have all been rebuilt multiple times by now and the reman parts for them don't have a good reputation. Fitzgeralds in house Detroits are no more reliable than a 2350. Stay away.

Resale value is another big plus. Look at the 3-4 year old Cat powered non Fitzgerald gliders for sale on truck paper right now and compare them to a similar mileage and optioned ISX powered truck. The gliders are bringing a $25-30k premium because everyone knows what a 3-4 year old ISX is going to do. An extra $20-30k at resale literally would buy a couple tankers full of fuel at $2.30/gallon.

If you must enter the communist state, I'd rather be caught out there in a glider and pay the $500-700 fine than the horror stories we all hear of people with mandate removed trucks out there. Impounded trucks, multi thousand fines, thousands in shop bills to return to stock to get the truck back etc. I doubt the accuracy of these stories, but still.

As far as gliders being the old hag and emmision trucks being the hot, young thing. That's just silly.