BD69: The Owner Operator Chronicles

Right and scooters are useful if you're in elementary school but that's about it

 

Ran a S60 with freightliners ultrashift for quite a while. The best I was ever able to get was 7.2, most of the time 6.8.
I did tend to run it in manual mode more than I should have. When I moved into the DD15 ultrashift, they had fixed a lot of the problems. After a trip to the doctor and a full check-up, I was able to average 7.3 consistently.

The cat motors I could never get better than 6.7.

Internationals all had cummins and 10 speeds. Not sure why the 9900 was getting such bad MPG, the 9400 was a lot better.

 

I can picture you now on your home time! LOL

 

Hahaha all right now that's a good one

 

Obviously, it's all in good fun.

 

Of course it is. My biggest problem with autos in trucks is they have difficulties getting them to hold up behind a little 5.9 cummins

 

Because those are automatics not automated manual transmissions like the DT12, M-drive, Ultrashift, etc that you find in big trucks.

 

I like shifting gears and watch the impatient auto drivers running up my ars as I pause thru the gears winding it up, especially on the on ramps. I see more and more auto drivers trying to get around me like the 4 wheelers on the ramps so I have to pull out early to get on the highway. Sooner or later they will get around me and reach their running speed between 60> 68. When I catch up to them I just put the left signal on and get down the road. Also notice some of these auto drivers have the need for speed to get thru parking lots. As a note here I am not implying that you are one of these types of drivers. It's just an observation that I'm typing about.