A note to the anti-auto crowd

My 9 speed mack devours the hell out of fuel. Owner wants the truck shifted at 1500. Problem is, you shift at 1500 on a nine speed, you end up at under 1000 and it won't pull. You have to wrap it over 1700 or more to make the next gear.

A 5 speed mack wouldn't do over 50mph, would it? I remember those old 9 speed white's my dad used to drive. 55 was it and good luck getting there.

 

I can't control an auto. In a manual I drop one or two gears going downhill and I never touch the brakes.

 

You can control an auto or on the good ones you can set the down hill speed and the auto will change down however many gears are needed to maintain the set speed.

 

Your not a Truck Driver, if you drive an AUTOMATIC, your a Recreational Vehicle Driver.

 

man engine brake is called evb can be recognized by raised heads .....dont know real name for mercedes one we call it here 5th valve

 

Besides, I like playing with nice long thick and hard sticks ^.^

 

Drove and autsohift, 10 speed with first 2 split. LOVED IT! Got in almost 1 million miles on it and never had a problem. But recently it was crushed 6k away from being paid by a steel plate. My current is 13 speed with manual, but it has a stiff clutch. Recently being a flatbedder I should have it loosened up. Plus with an autoshift I didn't have to worry about my 22 ton foot.

 

when considering your starting problems as many members talk about .......parallel connected batteries sounds like even more stupid solution than i thought before

 

you can see some trucks with allison even with 480hp......and even on V8 but it has to be allison 4700 which is rated to 2508nm so torque has to be limited

 

I got that from scanias website, 420 is the maximum size engine they fit it to currently