Who told you that??? What do you do on long grades? Just let it free wheel?? Try that in mountains in auto and see what happens. In Fl it may be fine. Steep terrain you better get into manual mode and have it in a gear that will keep you from running away.
tired of automatic trucks
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lol, auto is too advanced for me, i like that thats funny and maybe you guys are right about the autos as far as driving them, but at least i can control what gear im in instead of hoping that the electronic buttons work and will change it into the right gear when it needs to. i am glad though that other people have this problem and not just me. never been in a volvo but i have driven a pete and a freightliner auto and they both acted the same way. call me what you want but i dont see the point of risking my life and someone elses when the shifting mechanism fail in an auto on a 13% grade. oh yea and to answer chinatowns question, mds hauls dry van and reefers. havent seen any flatbeds so far though.
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Where is mds out of? We have a trucking company around southeast mo called mds that hauls dry bans but they are petes with coffin sleepers. Some are the 387s but most are a older Pete with a coffin sleeper. The trucks are black with a gold stripe I think. At least here, if you want on at that company.. You have to apply through a temp agency
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I am based out of Crossville Tennessee and our trucks are white and they are petes but have plenty of room in the sleeper. I didn't use a temp agency, just went in and filled out an application and as far as I know they only have three terminals Crossville and Morristown Tennessee and somewhere in South Carolina.
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