Of what value does that statement provide? Automatics are everywhere, why would it just be limited to Swift trucks getting stuck? Do you see other trucks getting stuck?
Bad news for manual lovers
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by wyldhorses, May 21, 2014.
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OK, so why don't manuals have this trouble?2Girls_1Truck and mje Thank this. -
The reason behind this is that SWIFT and Orange Yellow Brown and everyone else can save money when buying the tractor new! This saves a bunch of money so they can cut the rates that you and I won't touch now.
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I'm a little curious, other than my personal Chevy pick up truck and a few cars over the years, I have never driven an automatic. How do these trucks know when to downshift according to your weight or road conditions? For example, let's say you are eastbound on I-70 just past the Eisenhower tunnel and you are descending down into Denver. (I use this stretch of road as an example because I almost bought the farm there one time near Georgetown when I came around a turn and there was a guy going 15 mph hauling a load of hay bales and I honestly thought I was going to die that day) Are you still using a jake? How does your transmission know what kind of weight you are pulling and do you still manually downshift?
Sorry if I sound ignorant, but I'm just getting back into driving and when I drove in the 80's, the only I guy I knew that had an auto drove a straight truck to deliver beer with and he hated it.Last edited: May 22, 2014
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automatics in trucks,
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at least I wont have to deal with autos for a long time if ever.wyldhorses and TruckDuo Thank this. -
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