No... it is called a Glider, not Slider. International does not offer them, I checked with International before I ordered my Freightliner. Freigthtliner is the 500 lb Gorilla when it comes to glider truck offerings in both Freightliner and Western Star varieties. Pete and KW do it also, but very limited in comparison. No one else offers a truck this way. Not Volvo, Mack, International... no one but Freightliner, Pete, and KW. Now, International could really improve their dismal profits if they would pull their head out of their back side and offer the 9900 as a glider. It would sell like hot cakes.
Detroit shelled out 350 million to expand its engine remanufacturing facilities to meet the demand for the Detroit Series 60 being dropped into many of these glider trucks. They had an article recently, where they had perfected a way of "spraying" metal to rebuild a block that had been busted or punched thru by a rod. And it had an equal or greater strength than an original block. The Freightliner dealer where I got mine, near Waterloo, IA, has 21 crews, 7 on each shift around the clock, finalizing glider trucks. When a chassis/body from the factory gets pulled in to their shop for final assembly, they can have the completed truck, ready to go to work, done in less than 21 hours.
Detroit shelled out 350 million to expand its engine remanufacturing facilities to meet the demand for the Detroit Series 60 being dropped into many of these glider trucks. They had an article recently, where they had perfected a way of "spraying" metal to rebuild a block that had been busted or punched thru by a rod. And it had an equal or greater strength than an original block. The Freightliner dealer where I got mine, near Waterloo, IA, has 21 crews, 7 on each shift around the clock, finalizing glider trucks. When a chassis/body from the factory gets pulled in to their shop for final assembly, they can have the completed truck, ready to go to work, done in less than 21 hours.