Freightliner CASCADIA
The CASCADIA has the strength to maneuver thousands of lbs of freight smoothly. Whether that load be dirt or water, dump truck or reefer, going from Sand Rock to Glastonbury or Jenison to Acapulco, it doesn’t matter.
Freightliner CASCADIA isn’t another Buick, it is the commercial truck that pro truck drivers drive. Freightliner trucks are most of the time the choice of drivers over Macks .
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2 Comments
Andrew
February 9, 2010 7:23 pm
The CASCADIA is a big improvement over the Century Class in many ways, most significantly in regard to comfort. It’s much quieter and smoother. Frieghtliner finally did something about the horrid door design which would always let wind and snow blow right through the cab of the old Century Class trucks. My left shoulder is ruined for life due to driving Century Classes and having cold air blowing on it all the time.
Fr8liner decided to redesign most EVERYTHING, so there are hits and misses and I’ll try to list a few here.
THE HITS:
1. Noise reduction–BIG HIT!
2. More wind resistant cab–BIG HIT!
3. Lighter clutch–HIT!
4. Lighter steering–HIT!
5. Flash-To-Pass feature on turn-sig control stalk–HIT
6. Wiper/Wash controls incorporated into left control stalk–HIT
7. Steering Wheel control buttons for Cruise Control, Jake Brake, Marker Light Interrupt–HIT
THE MISSES:
1. Headlight control moved down and to the left and hidden behind steering wheel–BIG MISS!
3. 4-way flasher switch moved down an to the right and hidden behind steering wheel–MISS
4. Increased Steering Radius (means truck doesn’t turn as sharply)–HUGE MISS! (makes this truck miserable and unsafe for city driving).
5. Left Control Stalk mysteriously needing HE-man macho manliness to operate–MISS (make it strong, not hard to operate)
It looks as though Fr8liner has improved in regard to “listening to customers”, but may need to work harder at listening and consulting with truck drivers. For Example: most truckers use the almost universally understood momentary killing of headlights to signal an invite for other vehicles to merge in front of them. Had Fr8liner engineers understood this, the headlamp switch location and design would be quite different.
Degraded Turning Radius is completely baffling, except that perhaps “Customers” (read Carriers) were hoping to reduce jack-knifing type accidents, which damage the “cab-extenders/fairings”. The problem is that now drivers won’t be able to pull their trailer axles out and away from apex of tight corners and as a consequence, truck noses will be clocked more often and trailer wheels will be encroaching on inside lanes and striking other vehicles more often. Also, trailer wheels will be dragged over curbs, sidewalks, pedestrians and baby strollers with striking regularity.
Andrew
February 9, 2010 7:53 pm
One more miss:
6. Auto-cancelling turn signals–MISS
If you are turn signal conscious driver, you’ll be safer canceling them manually.
If you can’t be bothered with manual cancellation then you should have the option of “enabling” auto-cancellation.
The reason why drivers forget to manually cancel is because the Turn Signals are SILENT!
Here’s the right way to do it. Fr8liner should provide USER-SELECTABLE turn signal options:
1. SILENT
2. Several selectable sounds
3. Low, Medium, High sound volume level.
4. Auto/Manual cancellation