Automatic rigs

Haven't heard any mechanical issues with autos. If you off-road the rig in the mud with chains, I suggest you stay with a manual. If it's strictly a highway rig, autos are fine.

 

i drove tri drive with auto, 100% off road in the mountains...drove fantastic, foot to the floor, let the trans do the work

around 12,000 hrs they got problems, but still under warranty

 

Just specced a Volvo with I-shift yesterday at $167,500 + tax. I'd take a 75% discount in a heartbeat.

 

Ya! Me too! Who gives a crap about the scratches... we'll call em "battle scars".

 

Do you any other trucking companies that have automatic transmissions? Besides us xpress, pam and maverick.

 

Based on those companies sounds like you are looking at US companies. You might want to look outside of the Canadian area of the forums.

 

WE have 20 of them and getting more. And all our work takes us off road.

 

Welcome to the forum, BTW - Haven't I seen you before at a baseball game ?

You may also consider visiting the following sub-forums:

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...l-talk/258259-how-did-you-pick-your-user.html

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/religion/

'Luck - Out.

 

Bad Speedy. Bad, bad, bad ! That was a Football game ..... oh, btw, Welcome to the Forum.

 

I have a 2014 volvo with a ishift and I swear by it. I haul oil doing infield work with it and it's flawless. If I leave it in economy mode in the mud it will bog down as economy shifts between 1000-1500 rpm but power mode 1500-1900 it will tear #### up!!!!! That thing will shift quicker than I could even think of shifting a manual and my auto with my highway rubber will pull through the mud just as good as my manual with mud tires any day.

I have never once had to run it in manual mode but it's there if I need it. Can't wait till next spring when I get a good mud grip on this beast.