BLEECHH!!!

Although I wouldn't go out of my way to get an autoshift and if I'm buying a truck, wouldn't even consider one, I have heard few complaints from those who have them ...as long as they are working. I also understand they can be switched to manual if you want. I've never driven one, so I don't know first-hand. I hear they're really nice when you're stuck in traffic, though.

Wave of the future: drivers who can't figure out how to properly shift a standard, so the companies avoid all the extra maintenance by going to autos.

How many times have you heard someone putting their truck in gear from a stop and it sounds like "R-R-R-r-r-r-CLUNK!" because the ijit driving either burned out the clutch brake or doesn't know how to use it? Seems to me day-cabs are the worst for this.

 

From what I've heard, the newer ones are more reliable. I drive all autos on base. I kinda hate it. They work fine, but it makes me feel like a trained monkey.

 

Heck I love mine. Love the space with no stick in the middle. Love no on and off clutch in traffic. Love auto-downshift when some idjit really pulls a ##### and I need both hands on wheel.

By the way mine is in an '08 387 Pete Eaton Ultrashift.


I will warn you though. Better practice your throttle control though. Backing into a dock will give you whip lash if you don't

 

Give me a Automatic...I've driven a stick..double cluthching and floating for 10years..ive proven im a man...now gimme a auto.for Atlanta and Chicago and LA traffic.

 

I'm like you kitty. I wouldn't have one, but I wouldn't lose a job over it. Drivers with longevity should have trucks spec-ed out for them.

Make the best of it and look at the good points of it like traffic backups. Like everything else you have to walk that mile before making final judgement.

All my personal vehicles have been stick also. I have an automatic now and kind of like it that I'm older. Free's your hands up. You can always pretend the clutch and shifter is still there, lol.

 

This is very true! Light pressure on the accelerator is key. Don't want to slam the dock but on the other hand you don't want to just be sitting there revving the engine.

 

I have a 2010 Pete with an autoshift with clutchpedal. 15 years of driving log trucks with 18 speeds. I wasnt sure I would like it but, I love it now. I pull oversize and if I dont have to worry about shifting I can concentrate more on the traffic and my turns.

 

Well, not sure how the auto and pulling a tanker will work out, my guess is it will suck because you will have less control.........but I dont know if "starting at the bottom" is worth the trade off. Even a little bit of seniority has something going for it.