Hello, I have a question.

No argument from me on that but that assumes a lot of things we don't have any facts on.

 

i recall when i went to driving school hundreds of years ago, it was explained to me, that if at anytime, you are in neutral, and IF you have a wreck, and when the investigation SHOWS you were out of gear, you will be hit with failure to maintain vehicle control, and anything else they can nail you for..

would it really be worth that BS..?? to coast like the o/p did?

to simply gain a minute of 2..?? to save what amount of fuel?

 

I agree with you on that but.

Do you know if it was out of gear?
Big motor and hammer down all the time then.

 

coasting denotes out of gear. if he was in gear, can't you see the tach buried? wouldn't that have possibly caused to engine to explode? (or would he have had his foot on the clutch?) which would be equally dumb when he let off the clutch.

in any event, he admitted to coasting at a speed of 80 mph, he got nailed for it and fired for it.

can't say i feel sorry for him, even though it might be a blessing that Swift canned him..

but it begs the questions, at his new employer will he do this again? and if so, and it has a disastrous ending, does everyone still defend his actions and say he will still find work?

 

I didn’t read in his post that he said that he put the trans in nutreul. I would assume in an auto truck you would have to pull selector out of “D” and put in “N”to do that. He did not say he did that. He just used the word “coasted”. That can mean to someone that they took their foot off of all the peddles and let the engine do its thing.

 

I would like to clarify. Just because a engine/ truck is governed at 65 mph doesn't mean at 80 mph the engine was wound to the redline or to the point of scattering. 65 mph on most trucks is nowhere near 2100 rpm. Probably more like 1200-1400 rpm. So all he did is let it roll downhill..bad bad boy..in his nanny truck. That being said its to fast for me, but fired is a bit extreme. But i heard say he was aware of the company policy.

 

Funny thing is those swift trucks could probably do triple digits barely touching red line with the way they are geared.

 

Plenty of piece rate jobs have some sort of quality control attached to it. When I worked in a car audio shop the techs were paid minimum wage plus a job rate, and if it came back they paid the shop back for the time it took to make things right. The shop owner also had all sorts of rules that went beyond what OSHA considered "safe". Remember the Triangle Shirtwaist Company was following all the laws at the time.

It's actually easy to do if you are not paying attention.

Say you're climbing a 'hill' and for whatever reason you cancel the cruise and run the foot pedal. At the top of the hill you come up off the fuel. As you go down the hill the transmission will put you into "E-Coast" - basically Georgia Overdrive. It is amazing how quickly a truck can gain speed in "e-coast".

It's one of the reason's I hate using cruise to control my speed going down hill. If I have the cruise set at 55 mph the truck will have me in 10 (out of 12), with the engine brake on medium. If I touch the brakes what will happen?

The cruise will turn off.

What happens when the cruise turns off?

The engine brake turns off, and in the best case the truck upshifts to 12, but more likely it will go to e-coast. That 55 mph will turn to 70 in a New York minute.

 

Wow. Lol! That’s Ridiculous. Sounds like the only way to keep a speed event from happening is to stay parked.
Thanks for explaining how it can happen. Who woulda thought that driving an auto would be harder than a manual.