Every week manual shifting is less and less important. Since about 80-90% of newbies quit before they finish 1 year in trucking, manual vs auto is nothing to worry about. EVERY NEWBIE builds up the difficulty of shifting trucks into some Godzilla like difficulty and EVERYONE that tries is virtually expert at shifting in few days to a few weeks. It's not the end of the world to make a mistake when shifting. EVERY driver, new, old, and in-between makes them. Just take a breath and fix it and move on. It's now easy to drive your whole career and drive nothing but autos. But in school is the best, cheapest, and easiest time to avoid the restricted license. You never know when a great job will open up and they might require manual experience.
Automatic only in school?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Stallonejr, Apr 26, 2022.
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Get into the tandem dump truck world for a couple days you’re gonna have a sore arm if you haven’t drove in a while lol
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Go to a dealer and see what they have on the lot or try to order a manual. In a few years, you aren't going to see any new manual trucks. They flat out told me I was going to have a tougher time selling my new truck in a few years because I ordered it with an 18 speed.
Large fleets are not going to spec manual trucks either. They don't want to deal with the maintenance costs. If I was going to have someone else driving my truck, it would've been spec'd with the 7 speed Allison. The new auto and automated transmissions are very good.
In short, the restriction isn't going to matter down the road.Another Canadian driver, Bean Jr. and fngmoto Thank this. -
It’s better to have something and not need it, than to need it and not have it, right?
After my last run in with a school, I’d strongly recommend a school that teaches on both. Try for manual, and if it’s really too hard for you (It’s not. I knew what to do by the 2nd day and could do it by the 3rd), tell the school to stick you in an automatic. Best of both worlds.
The problem with learning manual is not the shifting, it’s the confidence with the truck. If I had a school, I’d buy a huge plot of land and let my students only drive on that until they felt confident handling the truck. So it’s possible that a school could start you on auto to get you used to handling a truck, then switching you to manual. That’s another good option.Tmocha29, Another Canadian driver, Bean Jr. and 1 other person Thank this. -
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99% ? Better check your sources and refigure your math.Another Canadian driver and Bean Jr. Thank this. -
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