Bad news for manual lovers

Of what value does that statement provide? Automatics are everywhere, why would it just be limited to Swift trucks getting stuck? Do you see other trucks getting stuck?

 

Getting stuck with an automatic empty or light? Either you have never been in the snow, or you seriously don't have a clue. It happens ALL the time in snow and ice.... AND it doesn't take much, 3 to 4 inches of snow with a little ice... and the wheels are spinning.

OK, so why don't manuals have this trouble?

 

The reason behind this is that SWIFT and Orange Yellow Brown and everyone else can save money when buying the tractor new! This saves a bunch of money so they can cut the rates that you and I won't touch now.

 

I'm a little curious, other than my personal Chevy pick up truck and a few cars over the years, I have never driven an automatic. How do these trucks know when to downshift according to your weight or road conditions? For example, let's say you are eastbound on I-70 just past the Eisenhower tunnel and you are descending down into Denver. (I use this stretch of road as an example because I almost bought the farm there one time near Georgetown when I came around a turn and there was a guy going 15 mph hauling a load of hay bales and I honestly thought I was going to die that day) Are you still using a jake? How does your transmission know what kind of weight you are pulling and do you still manually downshift?

Sorry if I sound ignorant, but I'm just getting back into driving and when I drove in the 80's, the only I guy I knew that had an auto drove a straight truck to deliver beer with and he hated it.

 

The simple answer is, they don't. That is why they are so dangerous on ice. A friend, with 2 million plus under his belt is now in an automatic. He has pointed out that on ice it takes every bit of skill(experience) he has at times to keep the shiny side up... and avoid getting stuck. He only got stuck twice this winter, others in his company were not this fortunate.

 

Thanks...that kinda what I thought. Sorry...I said manual in my first post...meant auto.

 

Yeah, I knew what you meant. The mere thought of having a bunch if new drivers with automatics in the winter wonderland, is a best scary.

 

automatics in trucks,
that ain't trucking

 

I resent comments like that sometimes, there are some decent swifties out there....I said some!
at least I wont have to deal with autos for a long time if ever.

 

If comments like that bother you then you need to grow thicker skin.