autoshift companies

I know this might sound dumb but i have never even seen an Autoshift truck. do they drive like a automatic car trans or is it only like semi-auto ?

 

="im old" I can't learn something new. The whole point of working is to get the job you want, leave him alone. YOU ARE NOT HELPFUL ON THIS TOPIC

 

You can add Maverick and Continental Express to your list off auto shift companies.

 

They come in two basic varieties. All of them start with a manual transmission, but the shifting freatures are automated. In some models, referred to as a three pedal design, you still use the clutch for starting and when stopping. Other than releasing the clutch at start, all the shifting is handled by the processors in the control head on top of the trans, floating the trans from gear to gear, and actuating the throttle as it shifts up or down.

The other style is a two pedal design, and you do not clutch it at all. As you feed in the throttle, the clutch mechanism engages, and the truck starts moving. As you stop, the clutch disengages as you come to a stop.

They are not the same as an auto in a car, which is related to the Allison full power fluid drive automatic transmission. What are used in big trucks is an automated manual transmission, not a full automatic transmission.

 

I drive an automatic. I choose to shift it myself rather than letting the computer do it. It waits to long to shift and tends to over tach which effects my fuel bonus. Over the years I have driven all kinds of trucks with different trannies. I can float or double clutch. Some people have a mentality that if they aren't clutching they aren't truckin.

I look at it this way. I don't have to prove nothing to nobody and I am not out here to impress anyone. I am out here to make a good living and provide for my family. It won't be long until most companies will be all auto's anyway. I like my company and I do well with them. They treat me right and they are by far the best company I have ever been with. The driver is their ticket to a pay check and they know that. They have all the safety features that you could ask for and have nice equipment. When my check goes in the bank not one place on there does it say he drives an automatic!

 

thanks for the info Burky.
we don't have any at O.D. and i did not know how they worked. don't know if i would like it or not. it sounds like it might be handy in heavy traffic though.

 

Cowboy,I think you seriously need some hometime with a female

 

What about CR England, they have any autoshifts? BTW Gashauler, if you ever drove in Atlanta traffic with a auto, you'd never go back cowboy!

 

US Express has had them for years which is where I got used to them. I had no problem switching back and forth after I left US Express because manual shifting has it's own delights, as do automatics after you learn how to use them in all types of driving situations to include docking. I now feel obliged to qualify all of this with saying that I like super 10's as well! I learned how to use a super 10 on the fly one morning having just slip seated one by listening to instructions over the CB from another driver just ahead of me while leaving the yard. Desperation really increases the learning curve sometimes! The industry is shifting to automatics so learn to appreciate them as well as get the maximum benefit from them.

 

I take it the automatics allow you to set a maximum gear if you're descending a hill, or to shift manually for what ever reason, don't they?