I'm running a 740 Volvo in 6x2 configuration. We are getting more Walker tankers in lift axle configuration. The transmission is legit.
Manual or automatics?
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Driver Eight, Oct 29, 2019.
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I figure, we all get paid the same........why do more work shifting?
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That’s just one of the reasons I would never buy an automatic transmission truck.Driver Eight Thanks this. -
1. vocalize expletive
2. put down my coffee cup
3. service brake hard to knock off 15 mph
4. get off brake, clutch in revs up catch lower gear while truck starts plummeting like a shooting star
5. engine brake + service brake, bring that gear down to 800 RPM
6. engine brake off, get off brake, clutch in revs up catch lower gear while gravity adds 15 mph in 2 seconds
7. engine brake + service brake, bring gear down to 800 RPM
8. repeat to the bottom like a one-armed three-legged row boat race
Auto:
1. vocalize boyish excitement
2. gently drag brakes to start getting them warm and turn off cruise control
3. press down paddle shifter and feel to a 12.8 L inline 6 rev match like a super bike from 1200 to 2000 RPM and lock into 9th, without taking my foot off the brake or using my left foot
4. turn on engine brake from steering wheel and let 9th scream like a mechanical banshee all the way from 2000 RPM down to 700 RPM, polishing the inside of the cylinder walls and blasting +/- 100 gallons/second of compressed air through the DPF can
5. double tap paddle to skip shift 9th to 7th, rev matches itself up to 2100 RPM and engine brake toggles itself off then back on to lock into 7th, drag 7th down to +/- posted turn speed
6. turn off engine brake from steering wheel, having never used the left foot for anything and only using the service brakes to bring initial speed low enough to catch 9th at 2000 RPM, and/or additional stopping power with each engine brake drag...D.Tibbitt and Driver Eight Thank this. -
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You can tell who's got an auto and is in a big hurry. Their cab is rocking like they are going down a gravel road. -
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