I’m a retired driver I’ve been retired for 5 years after 43 years driving.When I started driving I drove Mack tractors with tri plex and dual plex transmissions. Then I got with a good company called overnite transportation. There I drove a Mack MB no air seat no air conditioning. Had vacuum windshield wipers, and no power steering . A few years before I retired we got real nice Volvos. Had it all ac power steering air seats. But my body took a beating from all those years of driving and throwing freight especially my back. Also some nasty skin cancer on my left side of face and arm. My guess from the sun coming in drivers window. I made a nice retirement package for my self but paid a steep price

A cascadia with a DD15 and 12 speed auto is a very cost effective truck to have as an O/O. I know all the super truckers out there that shit on anything that isn't a pete or KW, especially the long hood crowd, but you'd be surprised how much more money you'd have over a years time just in fuel savings alone. For someone that does 2500-3000 miles a week for 42 weeks (accounting for some home time) it can be nearly $30k difference in fuel costs with cascadia vs a long nose.

Bought the truck from Richie Bros in LA. I checked out Penske, and Ryder. I ENDED up buying Penske from auction with new 6 pack of injectors, cups, radiator, and surge tank. Worth checking out. It was dedicated lease customer with all maintenance records.

If you turn the truck on and let it run for 60 seconds, then turning off for 60 seconds, and repeat 3 times. It will clear that light.

Back in 2012, I was trained and got my CDL on a Cascadia with 10 speed manual. 5 years ago, when I went to Phoenix and Nogales Arizona and back from Ontario Canada as a team driver, I was in a Cascadia but it was an automatic. Cruise control and engine braking came in handy during the trip. Mountain driving was exciting and scary simultaneously. I loved manual Cascadia when backing and accelerating but for long trips, automatic with cruise control (perhaps I am getting old) make me less tired.

I have a 2016 Cascadia 125 evolution DD15 manual trans and love it! I don't know why some people give these trucks some hate. Easy to work on and reliable. Mine has a little over 744,000 and runs like new. You take care of any truck, and most will last forever. I plan on purchasing a Kenworth w900 in the future, but I will keep my Cascadia.

notorious for a starter replacement good thing DV

I pulled that small cabinet out and got a big dorm frig and straped down in its place. Works wonderful. If im not going to be at the truck for a few days i put it in auto start to keep the battery charged. Top bunk is where my air fryer and electric skillet and can goods are kept along with my cloths and other things. Its like a small rv. Lol

Hi Justin Nice truck have a fantastic weekend buddy!!! Mike from Cleveland Ohio

I got a 2019 they are good, just do the oil change full synthetic with all the filters including the air filters in the cabin. Yes, they are a little slow but, they are very fuel efficient.

Great trucks I own 2 of them dd15 dt12 great combo

The engine light is on because one of the sensors are malfunctioning, but that truck is a really solid truck. I’ve had it for five years no problems just had to replace some parts here in there.

I have a Cascadia with a DD-16. I absolutely love it.

Justin, In California and just bought 2019 126 Cascadia with 550 DD15 DD12 direct drive. Got it for 31k with 794k miles. Apu with aftertreatment for apu clean air idle for both truck and apu. Great truck

Nice truck it has that old BJ & the Bear paint sceme going on

Dd15 is the easiest engine to work on. It's a money maker fuel saver. Great buy.

My company cascadia had the same fault light. It was a sensor, ran fine.

Specs on that engine can likely be changed with a computer. Different fleets have them setup differently.

My 2020 only had a DEF problem, other than that it runs well. Haven't been stuck on the side road yet.

I own a 2020 cascadia. That engine light is a mill light. You can often times cancel it out by turning on the key , on and off and usually will reset itself. Sometimes if you turn off the power to the truck . (On floor next to driver seat) wait for 5 minutes then turn on the power then turn on motor , the mill light should turn off. If not put a computer to it and it could be a NOX sensor.

How unusual Justin picked the red one 😂😂!!!! You got me good in the beginning but I couldn’t imagine you getting a new truck!!! But I guess we’ll see in the video later!!!!

DD15 IS A GOOD MOTOR. RELIABLE AND EASY TO REPAIR. FUEL MILEAGE IS GOOD .. MINE HAS 904,000 MILES AND RUNS LIKE NEW … THE LIGHT ON THE DASH IS A “MIL” LIGHT .. COMES ON WHEN THE DPF DETECTS A CHANGE IN INLET PRESSURE AND OUTLET PRESSURE. IF YOU DON’T HAVE ADDITIONAL CODES IT WILL GO AWAY AFTER 600 MILES …

If I’m not mistaken, the gate brake is either on the left side or the right side on not your turn signal but on the right side underneath your steering wheel on the column

Nice looking great good luck

Detroit Diesel, it’s a good engine, the electronics are another story, you either have a Friday truck and your chasing gremlins or you aren’t

It’s an awesome Allison 12 speed transmission. It selects the best gear. You can override by switching to manual by pushing the right lever, outside button and paddle shift. Very decent engine retarder (break). Coming out of an 18 speed Peterbuilt 579, I quickly adjusted to these Cascadias. I truly enjoy driving them. Plenty of Mercedes technology, great comfortable seats, quiet, nice driving. The 2023 I now drive has no dash dials, it is a computerized dash. Very cool, and user friendly with a high tech look. Some drivers find it difficult to adjust. I, on the other hand, quickly adapted and love the technology.

If you get a step deck or flat bed you'll need to put a headache rack on the beautiful w9 👍

Always love the freightliner cascadia trucks the newer ones so amazing trucks that is exciting for you and also they are amazing trucks

Nice truck!

That truck has a distinctive paint scheme. Like the paint on all the trucks at the plant I work at. If it came from there it is a well maintained vehicle.

Lol I just left Ryder Rental in Youngstown Ohio. We have a cleaning contract with their Youngstown Rental and we also had one with Ryder Transport in Brookfield Ohio but the original company didn’t want to renew the lease and took it over. But Ryder trucks are maintained very well and it’s a great company with amazing employees.

Nice truck just change the dpf filter f and fuel injectors and Knox sensors you will be good to go

The jerk when you first took off was not the Transmission automatics have a brake assist or should I say hill assist to where the brakes are engaged until a certain amount of gas pedal pressure is given and then they release that way the truck does not roll backwards. Looking at the windshield that truck has been sitting for a little while and more than likely the brakes were sticky and that’s why it jumped.

They changed knock sensor in mine and def filter good as new so far

The check engine light without the wrench is the emissions lamp. That light doesn't stay on for more than 24hrs don't worry about it. That light will come on when a nox sensor fails. The newer trucks, 2016 & newer, have DEF quality sensor's those will derate the truck when failing

the yellow check engine light is an EPA light which means you had a fault in the after treatment. which courage quite often. usually indication of a bad sensor. as long as you don't pick up another fault within the next four or five days it will go out

Looks like an old (team used) truck from Cooke Trucking out of Mt Airy NC. They take care of their trucks,always have so I wouldn't stress buying this.

The early ones had lot's of wiring harness issues. I had a 2021 as a company truck. I had a problem once with it shifting between gears. Up shifting. It would die and I had to coast to the side and get it going again.

Auto is the way to go! That truck will pull anything you have to pull. Under 80,000 lbs. DD15 is a reliable and good on fuel, my best match up would be a d13 volvo with Ishift. But cascadia is a more solid truck. And quieter onside and more driver friendly then a volvo, hate the hood latch, noise and the two signal levers on the right side on volvo.

Wouldn't have nothing but a Cascadia!!!!

Good looking truck! It suits you.

The Volvo auto 13s I drove would spin tires at 10 to 15, autos you could switch to manual, reverse in low, best auto Volvo 13 imo

Just got my 2024 cascadia. I love it only 2500 miles so far Carrier Sold.my.2019 with 615k

I'm in a 2024 cascadia it has lane keep assist like my wife's 2020 denali super fancy.. the 505hp dd15 has plenty of power but there's alot going into getting the power to the ground.. the fridge cabinet most drivers pull that cabinet out and put a dorm style.. uhh plastic for sure but I do love the units with the digital dash etc..

The tune is probably on low power settings when u switch to higher setting it pulls right along with petes n kws n really pull when u put a pdi tuner on it

I have a 23 Cascadia Premium and LOVE it. Never thought I would drive an auto but times are changing

7:27 Justin, you mention that in the W900, you have to squeeze between the seats. It is because the cab is narrower in that style trucks. The older styled trucks are a 1.8m wide cab. Trucks like the KW W900, KW T800 and Pete 379/389’s all have the 1.8m wide cabs. The newer styled Aero cabs are 2.0 meter cabs. Trucks like the KW T680, Pete 579, Cascadia, Volvo’s, Anthems and International LT’s all have the wider cabs.

That’s a great choice I have the same truck it’s been great for me

My dad drives those trucks, the transmission is supposed to sound like that since its a DT12 or something like that. That same handle for your engine brakes is how you can manually shift if you have a heavy load.

Hello I am retireing from trucking today be safe out there my friend

That paint job is nice

I drive Cascadia trucks for the company I work for. They get all manner of idiot lights on the dash when you hit a bump the wrong way. Then you hit a bump the other way and they all go away.

That truck has a clutch that activates when the park button is pushed in,that might be the issue with the jumping,the only thing I don’t like is the hood mirrors,you need to be 6-5 to see them setting in the seat

Good afternoon Justin from cork ireland

from park release brake foot on service brake then put it in gear safety feature on them so it does not jump on ya .

That is the MIL light. Malfunction indicator lamp. It’s usually a nox sensor issue in my experience. Also saw ACM fault after treatment control module.

I drive cascadia day cab with an automatic transmission. I’ve been driven over 26 years now! On long haul definitely manual transmission but city work most definitely automatic!

Hey Justin it could be your coolant sensor. It’s on your reservoir. Sometimes you have to bypass it by using a paperclip that happened to me one time and it wasn’t low on coolant but come to find out it was my coolant sensor on my Reservoir.

I drove a 2020 for 6 years from New, company truck assigned to me...got great gas mileage co paired to my old Peterbuilt....Never had any problems...Iheard its the older ones that were played with pollution control problems....

The cascadia I drove, the engine light would come on when the coolant level was a little low. Add a quart and it would go off... Could be coolant level sensor as well.

I have a 2020 579, I'm the only one who drives it. My fuel mileage is 8.8 I pull no weight and it has 410,975 miles. I have had no problem just normal maintenance. Stay safe

Also on them automatic trucks, you’ve got enough experience to know when it ships and when it don’t as it’s fixing the shift let up off the Excelerator like your floating gears and it will help shift the truck better. You can also manually do it and if you need to stay in a gear while you’re climbing lift up on the right side where your Jake brake is and hold it

Pedigree truck sales they’re all old prime trucks, but one prime turns trucks in and sells them. They go through them bumper to bumper and they come with a warranty when you purchase a truck from them Weatherby freightliner Peterbilt Volvo international. They might even have a few Kws

My cascadia had a dd15. Only reason i ever had no fault codes visible and still a check engine light was bad Nox sensors. Easy fix once diagnosed

Every time it rains and I am parked. All my dash lights come on. I turn battery switch off few times it usually goes away. My 22 runs great and good fuel mileage. Yes a little slow but ok on hills

That check engine could be from a recent Regen. It takes a few hours to go away some time.

That’s Old Team truck from Wilsonart out of Fletcher, NC .

Run Max Mileage Fuel Borne Catalyst to keep your DPF system clean. Get it tuned by a Pittsburg Power remote tuner.

We haveTwo of them one of them has a hard code set for Ten years now, it has a Cat C-7 in it but it hasn’t acted up yet.

If I was going to buy one it would be a Penske Truck because they have really good Maintenance programs also on their Maintenances.we have three Now all Freightliners M2-106 Dump Trucks.

Loved my cascadia , there’s a reason the cascadia used sell for 2x a t660

Yes that’s how they shift takes some getting use to mine has the new dd15 515hp I have no complaints loaded or empty I primarily average 34k-43k loaded only issue is in the hills with idling all night I’m still at 7.8 mpg hope with the apu I’ll get 9.5-10.0mpg based on what I’ve had others tell me

I’m in a 22 I’ve never been in the shop for more then a day my power is turned up so I don’t have a problem pulling hills at fully loaded fuel mileage is great

I love the Cascadia 126

My opinion is if you make money on it dosent matter what it is been out here 30 years. From cabovers to hood trucks current in a plastic 23 T680..

The engine light is on because it might needs a knock sensor. I just put one in my 2019 freightliner Cascadia.

Disk brakes might help during a dot inspection .anyways up to 35000lbs the cascadia I drove drop a little depends how there set up good fuel miliage .Ive gotten 9 mpg as I mentioned company equipment .

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Try like hell to get ahold of previous owner/ company just to ask a few questions regarding previous ownership of truck. If able to speak with someone this will tell you A LOT about how the trucks were treated. It is pretty unlikely that they will be able to pinpoint exactly what truck you’re currently referring to/ calling about but I’ve had good luck with that with my one ton pickup truck purchases. I have no experience buying a big truck like you’re looking for but I’d say the information translates to your situation and it might be worth a shot. Dealing with a larger company’s previous fleet might be a different story if you know what I mean. Might be information they do not want to release. Anyway good luck with your purchase!

I don’t know if anybody answered your question or not, but I have heard it referred to as an idiot light. That means that something has triggered a check engine light at some point, but may be running perfectly now. That will stay on anywhere between three, but up to 10 starts of the motor. The computer every time you restart the truck rechecks whatever part through the code to begin with after so many checks, it does not find a fault the light will go out.. the check engine light that is hollow with just the orange outline is the one you have to worry about that means an active code is present in the computer

If your looking for a cascadia. Check out Schneider used truck sales. The trucks are spec'd out better with less miles on them

I was Freightliner dealer shop foreman. Dd15 at dt12 is good. If you have any questions I can help!

Probably regen, I have to run hotshot edt or constantly regen. Seems to be strong motor

would love that grill convert my Argosy so it looks newer

The check engine light usually refers to a mistaken exhaust after treatment sensor that alerts for random reasons. It's part of the DEF system. Junk software that freaks you out for no reason but you won't get d rated.

At that mileage your going to need new injector cups at the very least. And rebuild the def system

Hv the dealer put new Mattresses in it for you . Is it manual or automatic ???

At low speeds it's best to turn off the jake brake.

2018 and up dd15 pulls big bro!!!

Hello from San Antonio Texas

Diagnostics screen with all the 3 letter codes. Highlight the triangle one that's just a few lines down.

Hey, Justin, did you buy the truck pretty nice?

Are you keeping your kenworth if you get a cascadia

I work for Penske and they sell their trucks like they bought them,new tires( retreads) new service,and they pm their trucks 2 ways,miles and time,they won’t let a dirty truck go to sale an you can get the service records on the unit.

The DD15 IS A GREAT MOTER

I just bought the same truck with a 505hp and 309 rears and it has a lot of uphill power with a heavy load. Also the parts are cheapest and its easy to work on. Don't listen to that other crap. This is my second one.

Click the triangle 🔺️ when you scroll. It will tell you what fault on the ECM.

That's a M.I.L light (malfunction indicator light) more than likely had or has a nox sensor inlet issue. Most common issue in new model cascadia. Simple fix freightliner can pull it and reset it.

If its no active faults...the amber check eng light will eventually go off... the truck just needs to cycle an buch if times...

It doesn’t have as much power as a food truck would, but I’ve hauled many heavy loads in my Freightliners