Specification sheetIssued 4 November 2026
Freightliner · truck
Freightliner Cascadia
Freightliner Cascadia, current North American build per the Freightliner USA specification page (Detroit Gen 5 / Gen 6 engines, 116 in and 126 in BBC). The Dimensions (Australian build) group is from the Freightliner Australia Cascadia 126 spec sheet (June 2024), a right-hand-drive build with different engines; kept separate. No North American dimension drawing or weights found.
USA
- Wheelbase
- 4.425 m
Dimensions
- Bumper to back of cab (BBC)
- 2.946 m
- Bumper to back of cab (BBC)
- 3.2 m
- Sleeper roof options
- Mid-Roof XT 48 in, 60 in, 72 in; Raised Roof 60 in, 72 in
- Max wheel cut (up to)
- 50°
Dimensions (Australian build, Cascadia 126)
- Bumper to back of cab (BBC) (day cab)
- 3.22 m
- Bumper to back of cab (BBC) (36 in XT sleeper)
- 3.92 m
- Bumper to back of cab (BBC) (48 in XT sleeper)
- 4.22 m
- Bumper to back of cab (BBC) (60 in XT and 60 in RR sleeper)
- 4.52 m
- Cab height (day cab; heights exclude aero device)
- 3.03 m
- Cab height (XT sleepers)
- 3.455 m
- Cab height (60 in RR sleeper)
- 4.065 m
- Wheelbase (6x4 day cab, standard tare-mass vehicle)
- 4.425 m
- Kerb weight
- 8,200 kg
- Gross vehicle weight (6x4, Australia rating; 24 t New Zealand)
- 26,000 kg
Engine
- Engine model (370-525 HP, 1,250-1,850 lb-ft)
- Detroit Gen 5 DD13
- Engine model (425-505 HP, 1,550-1,850 lb-ft)
- Detroit Gen 5 DD15
- Engine model
- Detroit Gen 6 DD13
- Engine model
- Detroit Gen 6 DD15
- Engine model (400-500 HP, 1,450-1,850 lb-ft)
- Cummins X15N
- Gross power
- 370-525 HP
- Max torque
- up to 1,850 lb-ft
Transmission
- Transmission
- Detroit DT12 On-Highway Series 12-speed automated manual (DT12-HE, DT12-HL); Eaton Cummins Endurant 12-speed
- Front axle
- Detroit or Meritor 12k, 12.5k, 13.3k, 14.7k; Hendrickson Steertek NXT 12.5k, 13.3k
- Rear axle
- Detroit single 20k, 23k and tandem 40k; Meritor single 20k, 23k and tandem 40k, 46k