Reconfigured Day Cab facility will close

Freightliner LLC is closing its Reconfigured Day Cab manufacturing operation in Tooele UT. Shutdown of manufacturing operations will occur on a phased basis through October and early November 2006.
Oct. 1, 2006

Freightliner LLC is closing its Reconfigured Day Cab manufacturing operation in Tooele UT. Shutdown of manufacturing operations will occur on a phased basis through October and early November 2006. The Reconfigured Day Cab product was marketed by Freightliner Market Development Corp (FMDC), the Freightliner LLC division responsible for used-truck remarketing and the SelecTrucks brand.

The Tooele operation was initiated in 2000 amid a market shortage of quality used day cabs and depressed sleeper cab values. The 80,000-square-foot facility was dedicated to refurbishing and reconfiguring used heavy-duty vehicles.

Now, after several years, FMDC leaders are discontinuing the reconfiguration operation due to strengthened used truck values, an increased demand for used sleeper cabs, and a more balanced availability of as-built day cabs.

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