Does Swift use automatics out of the academy?

The "highest" gear in a 13-speed is 8th but I've never heard of ANYBODY calling a 13-speed an 8-speed.

The transmission that people insist on calling an 8-speed is a 9-speed. Says so right on the information placard and if you can count (low+8=9) IS a 9-speed.

 

So let's just count the gear that makes it go backwards and call it a 10 speed so we can be 100% correct.

Oh but wait, if you hit the splitter it can change the speed of your reverse. Should we call it an 11 speed?

 

Ok op wants to park his auto in a fuel island for swift. All the bases are covered.

 

The little paddle in the front is called Range, not Splitter. But actually you can flip the Range up and put it in LO so technically it is a 12 speed when you count the two Reverse gears as well.

 

http://www.roadranger.com/Roadranger/productssolutions/SpecificationGuide/LinehaulManual/index.htm
No 8-speeds mentioned.

 

Meh honestly just nitpicking , for all intents and purposes it's an 8 speed. No one Hardly ever touches the low gear, except for the blue moon times... Is it technically a 9 speed with 2 reverse gears yea. But come on man stop being a douche about it

 

I use LO gear all the time lol]

 

Yet another genius heard from.

 

Just saying the 12 years driving 8 of those was in a 9 speed I might have touch the lowest gear maybe 3 times

 

Just FYI, the "automatics" are NOT an automatic transmission, like in your car.

They are AMTs, Automated Manual Transmissions.

My last truck had an Eaton Fuller 10 speed AMT attached to a Cummins ISX15.
My current truck has a "Detroit Advantage" 12 speed on a Detroit DD15. Both are Cascadias.

I drove a manual EF10/ISX15 for two years, just before going to the AMT Cascadia, and I noticed NO performance difference. The computer floats the transmission, and NEVER blows a shift.

Moving to the AMT may have saved me from needing to have surgery on my left knee...