Why do alot of people dislike auto trucks please explain

I would also like to point out that most companies that went to automatics (Interstate, US Xpress, etc) have gotten away from them and went back to manual transmissions.

 

I hope you are right, but it IS the nature of things, lowest common denominator, dumbing down. Things get simpler, easier.

 

Nothing wrong with simpler, easier--all other things being equal. Like pay.

 

I drive an automatic pro star (most bland/boring/gutless combo in existence) I can't stand when I'm slowing down to a light that suddenly turns green I step on the fuel and this thing decides to hesitate in neutral for 3 seconds than drop 2 gears into the lowside and fall flat on its face, whether mty or loaded. I don't need 3rd gear for 2 seconds just for it to skip up to 5th. This usually happens in 7th or below. If it makes a difference its a push button auto. I've been in Volvos with autos and prefer those any day if I had to drive an auto, otherwise I'll take the manual.

 

Autos are simpler and easier, but the nature of some drivers is to mess with it until it breaks.

 

Volvo owns Mack and there's no lag like that. Our loads vary from nothing to 40K and the adjustment to the auto's pretty easy. Now, super singles plus the auto in the snow...

Well, I pulled smooth bore tankers, so no problem.

 

I agree the Volvo/mack trans is spot on, no jerking or revving the hell out itself to drop to a useless gear, luckily we have duals and no DEF its the only positive I see with my truck

 

That's precisely why, when choosing my first company out of cdl school, I went with one flatbed company over another. One had all manual transmissions while the other was all autos. Figured I'd not be doing myself (or my new career) any favors by jumping into a truck with an automatic (edit) transmission after only a few weeks of learning how to basically shift only well enough to maneuver a big truck legally thru traffic (i.e., just enough to get the license! lol)

 

Once you learn to drive a manual I don't think you ever forget. You may get a bit rusty in knowing the right gear selection, but that would be different for every truck depending on trans, axle ratios, engine power and load anyway...and that is before you factor in different clutch friction/bite points.

I am not sure why anyone thinks that driving an automatic anything would mean they forget how to shift. No you won't be as smooth after a year or two away from a manual, but that is to be expected, but it will come back to you within a few miles. I believe that will be more down to learning that particular truck rather than "remembering" how to shift though. I suspect that even a season manual user would still need to learn a "new" truck.

 

You didn't do your new career any favors if you selected the company with the all automatic fleet. Now, when you try to change jobs having experience in the industry, you STILL cannot shift the gears (but this next company will expect an experienced hand to be able to drive). At least a newbie straight out of school has an excuse. By starting in an auto having never become proficient shifting gears, you have limited your options to auto-only companies...because that is all you know how to drive. Anybody who can drive a manual trans CAN (although they may not enjoy it) drive an automatic. It doesn't work the other way.