About to Be Put Into a 2015 Volvo TNL 780 with I-Shift

keep the shining side up !!!!

 

You'll love the big spaciousness of the sleeper. I take it your new Volvo will be powered by a D13 set at 425-450. It will not out race other trucks. It will make your life easier by not having a pop the clutch. Its designed to be an efficient work hauler.

KH

 

easy question. memorize ten things that you could possibly hate about it so you can let all the other drivers know at truck stops that it's as bad as they think it is. then walk back get in your truck and enjoy it cause they really aren't that bad. just don't tell anybody that cause they won't believe you.

haven't driven a 15 myself but was in an older version 12 (?) and it really wasn't bad. it'll take some getting used to in the hill's but with you'll get the hang of it. the first time you get stuck in traffic with it you'll start to like it.. a lot.

oh yeah, backing can be a bit tricky working the break and the fuel pedal at the same time, but once ya get it you'll be fine.

 

Why not a D15?

 

Its like driving a REALLY, REALLY big car. Put it in drive and go.

 

It will take some getting use to how it shifts and especially skips gears. If you have always been easy on the throttle with manual trannys, you might want to have a bit of a heavier foot, especially when pulling into intersections. When it does the skip shift there will be a lull in your movement, and it will give you a quick terrible feeling like you are stuck in the intersection, and then catch and go.

In the big hills you may want to down shift it manually just a wee bit sooner than it wants to do on its own, to keep your speed up, and downshifting one gear in rolling traffic to keep you better in the power band. The only fault I have with my '14 is that it likes to get into 12th as soon as possible, and sometimes that's not quite the right gear for the situation.

 

You mean D16.

Those have been especially troublesome engines from what I've heard. Unless you need top hp and are a diehard Volvo fan, there's no real need to go with the D16. The D13 holds its own pretty good.

Volvo is offering a new XE fuel efficiency package. It's the D13 and i shift reworked to have cruise rpms in the 1100-1200 range. Overdrive with a 2.64 rear end. I think that's what a lot of fleets are ordering.

It's similar to what's been being used in Europe for a while now.

 

Haven't dealt with in automatic since 09 but my experience was,,When dealing with hills you can hit a button and change it to manual using buttons to shift,,backing is tricky theirs a delay you hit the accelerator nothing so you press a little more and will spit you back quick also when about to bump the dock if you hit it a little to hard it will spit you forward you have to play with both pedals wail backing,, once you get used to it you'll love it especially if you in a traffic jam

 

http://www.hhrvresource.com/Images/PDFs/VolvoOperatorsManualI_Shift_PV77620906026.pdf

Good transmission I had one on a 670. Just leave it in D and let it do its thing. There's a manual gear selector, you have 12 forward and 4 reverse gears, you can use the manual mode to hold a gear on grades. It will shift on a downgrade if you want it to. Make sure when youre backing to spool it out with brake modulation/ pick a lower reverse gear. Enjoy traffic in cities a bunch more, enjoy that fuel bonus.