Bad news for manual lovers

I hear Kenworths and Peterbilts are better than Freightshakers (well, the older ones... sounds like the new Pete's are similar to Crapcadias).

For me, it's all about the comfort of the truck. My Evo bounces around like a basketball and doesn't have the creature comforts the 780's have.

I hear some Crapcadias have air ride steers now, but I highly doubt they'll match a Volvo for riding comfort.

 

That's true enough. I got about 7.3 mpg over the last week, and I've been keeping 'er floored to hammer out miles.

 

yup those new fangdangled auto petes sure are good 5/5 have all been in the shops for a week or more at a time waiting on parts all have under 50k

 

I hear those Volvo's ride good too but, the thing I notice about those there Volvo's is they always have pieces coming off or missing...

What you driving to get 7.3mpg with hammer down?

 

Crapcadia with 35k in the box.

Volvos don't break down any more than Freightshakers, it's just more noticeable when they do due to the lack of service centers. Fortunately, the brand's growing popularity is resulting in more service centers.

 

Cougar 8040 .40cal.
My problem isn't with those wishing to drive an automatic. My problem is the kids coming in sponsored by swift, training with nothing but automatics because it's easier. Learning to drive a manual is/should be part of the training process or their future with other companies would be severely limited.
As for the mileage issue, swift isn't exactly made up of the most skilled drivers in the industry. So let's make them even less skilled by making everything as easy as possible? The hand/foot coordination necessary to drive a stick properly and efficiently will be lacking.
Like it or not, the n00bz looking to advance their careers after driving for swift for a year with no experience driving manual transmissions will be a problem for prospective employers down the road.

 

What I always tell people is that to me it doesn't make sense to drive a big rig or big piece of equipment with an auto. Big rigs or equipment needs more attention while driving and I believe that the manufacturers are making these big rigs too comfortable. By making them too comfortable like a caddy, in my opinion, is causing drivers to loose focus on what they should be doing while driving a big rig. Also, causing more sleepiness because they are riding in a Caddy Rig. Now this opinion does not apply to veterans, who have created long lasting habits but to those noobs.

 

I have drove those Cascadia's to know that with that DD15 good fuel mileage is easy, right from the factory. But, I still like my non egr, def & dpf I will have to work a little harder to get above 7 but I know I can get to 8 pretty easy, with just a few add ons.

I will stick to my previous statement about Volvo's... I have driven Freightliners for 6 years and I have never seen any, where the body parts were just falling off, unless damaged by the driver running into something. But I have seen plenty of Volvo's running down the road with body parts just hanging, or missing, or shaking so bad they look like they will fall off. The outside of a Volvo, in my opinion, looks chinsy. Not very well put together. I know Freightliners are not as great as Pete's or KW"s but I believe they are better than Volvo's in that respect.

 

So you actually think the clutch is ingaged all the time in a manual?
I've been driving for ten years and there's nothing wrong with my knees, dad been at it almost 30 and he's fine also.

 

When you put 1,000,000 on those volvos with the auto, come talk to me. If you still have it that is.