Most drivers say no to automatic trans .....but yes maybe it would help a company like swift
Bad news for manual lovers
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by wyldhorses, May 21, 2014.
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I never liked the electric 6 speeds either. I would like to try a non military, modern automatic. I hope they make one that gets used regularly on heavy spec trucks that drive off road some of the time. I just think it's important to realize that there are a lot of jobs, probably a majority, that require the professional driver to use a manual transmission, and if new trucks are getting built for these purposes with a 13 or an 18, and there are plenty of 02s and 03s and up running logs around here, then we have another 1/2 a career at least before a useful driver will not need to know how to split the gears on an eaton manual.
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kinda like power steering did.wyldhorses and milskired Thank this. -
Personally, I spend a lot of time in traffic every day. I'd LOVE an automatic. I can shift, but not having to deal with a clutch in stop and go traffic has to be so nice.
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L Garrision We need more 4 X 4 s too. That would fix em. They've had automatics in heavy airplanes for years. How do you think they get off the ground?
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