Auto vs. Manual Transmission......

Om544 · Aug 14, 2018

Thanks guys for ur input

daf105paccar · Aug 14, 2018

stwik said: ↑

An automated manual is not faster than a standard at getting a truck up to speed.
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Look up "Volvo Dual Clutch" .

striker · Aug 14, 2018

striker said: ↑

WOW, another trip over the Mountains of Colorado in my M-Drive Mack, and I lived to tell about it. Not sure how this happened, I mean, supposedly the truck was going to tear down the mountain at an uncontrolled pace and slam into multiple families killing everyone and destroying the nearby feed store.

And yet, there I was, pulling a flatbed loaded with blue stone, 77,800 lbs gross, I climbed the hill west of Denver with grace and dignity, not huffing, puffing and random multiple shifts. I went down the other side with my transmission held in 9th gear, my engine brakes on high, and I never touched the brake pedal. Impossible, I know, god help me, I swear that's what happened, my brakes were still cool, the load was safe, and the sedans full of families, well I didn't harm a hair on their heads.

Then, to top it off, I went up and over a second mountain, this time though a looooooong tunnel, and down an even steeper, longer hill. Again, my transmission held in 9th gear, my engine brake on high, I used my brake pedal once, I held my speed at 37 mph (the speed limit is 35, but I'm a bit of a rebel) and made it safely to the 65 mph limit near the bottom. Never once did anyone have to fear that I was one electrical gremlin away from disaster, the feed store was safe, I never harmed a hair on anyone.

Then, OMG, it gets better, you won't believe this, but, but I went up a third hill, and down a 3rd grade, this one even longer yet. Again, I came down the other side, my engine brake on high, my transmission held in 9th gear, 43 mph, again, I didn't hit the feed store, I didn't harm anyone (well, except for the suicidal bird), my brakes were adjusted and cool, in fact I never even used my foot brakes. BLASPHEMY, how can this be, it's magic, it's sorcery, it's wizardry, I tell you it's bordering on mass hysteria.

And yet, it happened, and I lived to tell about it, come to think of it, aside from that lone suicidal bird, nothing was harmed. How, how can this be?
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OMGAWD, I did it again today, even heavier this time, 79,800 with a load of granite slabs in a 20' container on a 3 axle chassis. I can't believe I made it, this, this has to be a miracle. I didn't wreck, I didn't fall apart in the middle of the climb, I made it, it's it's a miracle. Oh, and I backed into a dock and didn't get whiplash.

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