Glider Kit Trucks
"There is a lot of confusion about what Glider Kit Trucks are and what the benefits and drawback of Glider Kit Trucks. http://fortune.com/2017/12/21/epa-glider-trucks-diesel-emissions/ They explicitly advertise using rebuilt diesel engines that pre-date the first, major diesel emission standards that went into effect in 2007 and thus don’t have to meet modern standards. If old engines are rebuilt following original specifications, the engines are technically legal. A 2005 truck with a rebuilt engine is a 2005 truck. But when the 2005 engine is now installed into a 2017 “glider” kit and masquerades as a 2017 truck, cannibalizing 2017 truck sales, and does it with a cost advantage, that is not an even playing field."
The drawbacks of Glider Kit Trucks is that there is an argument that the trucks pollute the air more than other trucks due to EPA exemption. Others argue that the recycling of many old truck parts offset the glider kit trucks added pollution. Another drawback is they are more difficult to finance since most banks shy away from financing Glider Kit Truck since they fail to understand the Glider Kit Trucks. Glidertrucks.com is the only finance company that specializes in financing Glider Kit Trucks.
The benefits of a Glider Kit Truck is that they are about 20% more fuel efficient. They require less maintenance since the added EPA standards that cause many service issues in Trucks that are not Glider Kit Trucks. https://www.wsj.com/articles/epa-bureaucrats-go-rogue-on-glider-truck-emissions-1515800360 Other benefits are they save time due to non existent EPA standards the other trucks are required are required to follow. Glider Kit trucks may cost be as much as 40% less than similar trucks.
Two of the larges glider Kit Truck builders is Fitzgerald and Hoover Struck
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