i had the honor to drive an autoshift truck

Not sure what the idle has to do with clean idle. Mine has the little sticker but will idle as much or little as I want it. Probably a setting on the ECM more than anything.

Autoshift with the centrifugal clutch will not hold you on a hill, neither would a manual withought slipping and wearing a clutch. A clutch should be in or out. But they are not for everybody personally I love mine when easing through construction or accidents.They do operate as a manual if you want. They make (I think haven't seen a new one in a while) an autoshift with a normal clutch. You use the clutch starting out and in reverse.

Backing in a autoshift without a clutch will teach you throttle control or seperate your spine hich ever comes first

 

I think if you set the cruise a 100 or 200 above idle, it will cancel out the idle timer. The trucks i had used in cdl school did that, 10 min n they shut down

 

I have a 2012 Freightliner and that is one way I override and keep the truck idling. I have a standard so I can also push the clutch in and do it (but you have to watch for the check engine light to come on which happens just before the truck shuts down.

 

Those things can give a whole new meaning to the term, "Hit a dock"!!
They're not very nice to kingpins either. I had two of them for a total of eight months, hopefully, auto shifter never again!!

 

We got some new Frieghtliners at work. We have a bunch of 10sped auto shift '06 KW's with the clutch. The Freightliners have disc brakes. You stop and you have to rev it to get the brakes to release. No rolling.

Those discs work good.

 

it does the same thing YOU should be doing when stop. use the brake NOT the clutch to keep it from moving on a hill..!

thats because it an AUTOSHIFT, it's still a 10sp just has a computer and an X Y shifter to do the work. why is it that everyone thinks an autoshift in a truck will shift the same as an auto in a car..? it's NOT an auto like your car has

clean idle has nothing to do with the truck turning off.... clean idle "sticker on drivers side" is so you can idle in CA. the stick does say
'CA clean idle"
OP idle was ordered turned on by YOUR company and can be set for what ever time YOUR company wants the truck to idle 3-30min, so if you don't like it go talk to your company about it THEY are the ones that had it turned on and set for how long. almost all trucks built after 2004 have it, on some of the new trucks (new ecm software) the OP idle uses the outside air temp so the truck will idle if the outside temp is below X (for heat) or above X (for a/c) my 2006 has the OP idle turned off.

 

^^^^^ exactly what he said

 

Well of course if you let off on the brake you're going to roll down hill. That's why if you're on a hill you put the left foot on the brake and the right foot slowly pushes down on the accelerator until you're moving forward, then you let off on the brake.
You still need to use both feet when driving an automatic.