Schneider Automatics?

We go thru very few transmissions and clutches. The money saved is in fuel economy. First the amt has 12 years instead of 10 - almost by definition that will allow greater fuel economy. Plus the truck will shift at optimal rpms, avoiding over revving and lugging. Drivers who understand how to shift for good fuel economy can almost equal the amt given a 13 speed. New drivers and willfully ignorant drivers cannot.

 

I'll see what the Intermodel shop we use has to say about it when I get back to base. I'm not going to waste time trying to get Indy to do it.

 

I went to a carrier based school in Ft Worth TX for a reefer company. They started us in manuals, then all of a sudden we were in automatics. Went home on Friday, training in a 10 speed, Monday morning were in Automatics.

Because I tested for my CDL in an automatic, went solo in one. I liked it. As for shifting errors causing accidents, I can see stalling out a truck at a red light and when the light turns green, someone rear ends you or you stall the truck while making a turn and someone hits you, yea I could it happening, but very unlikely.

The reason accidents occur is because someone is not watching what they are doing or watching what someone else is doing. To simply say shifting errors causing accidents is dumb and unsubstantiated. Any idiot can do some research, write an article, get it published and think they know everything.

 

So, I've confirmation. Here's how you get yourself out of an auto if it's assigned to you at Schneider:

Go drive it in the rain

Tell them that it's spinning out because you have no control and you think it's a safety issue

In my case, retract your statement immediately and tell them you LOVE your truck and it's the safest piece of equipment since disposable razors. But hey, if you tell them it's unsafe (especially with a hard brake caused by a tag axle spinning out in the wet and an auto transmission that SHIFTED gears while wheels were spinning).. Sni is all about safety. They'll get you a manual. It'll probably be a Columbia and perhaps you can pair it with that TA92xxxx trailer I saw in Seville earlier

 

Don't be making fun of my trailer!! I dropped it this morning and she's a beut aint she? Did you happen to check out the license plate? Or better yet what's left of it? Check out the doors too. It took me close to an hour to get them to stay shut. That and I couldn't figure out where to put my padlock. Only one handle per door and it wouldn't fit on the handle with the seal in it.


And about the gliders... I'm trying to get one as we speak since my cascadia isn't doing so hot and i dont want an auto. I had a loaner columbia that I ran in Texas for a week and liked it way better than the cascadia. No onguard, toggle switches galore and it seemed to respond quicker during slow maneuvering/backing. Did I mention no Onguard?

 

You put the padlock right there! If someone wants to get inside a trailer, it'll stop them about the same.

Hmm. But I like my new and shiny and only damaged where the two previous drivers of this truck decided it didn't need paint or fairings.

 

How does a tag axle spin out when it's a non powered axle???

 

I forgot the word truck after that.

Drive axle spins.

 

The On-guard should be easy to adjust properly. Just cover and uncover it quickly 3 times. A hammer will work best for this.

 

DELETED. Driver needs no help.