My instructor says manual isn't for me.

The school I went to had new classes start every 2 months. That way, guys who STILL needed instruction at the end could pay an extra fee, and get some more personalized and more intense instructions with a single instructor.

 

Working for a very small company, with an owner who's very slow to get with current times, we haven't had but one automatic transmission in the 13 years I've been here. And that was one of the early autoshift pieces of trash with a clutch pedal. They ended up scrapping the truck and using the engine and rears for a new glider.

I get a new truck about every 3 years, and I'm really advocating for an automatic. Never thought I'd say that! But I've witnessed what they can do and I'm impressed. A buddy of mine runs a Mack dump truck with an automatic. We just happened to be side by side at a red light one day. He was loaded, 73280lbs. I was loaded but a bit light at 75000. He had 450 HP with an auto and I had 550 HP and 13 speed manual.

He ran away from me like I was on jackstands. I've become a believer

 

If I was buying a used truck to run OTR I'd stick with a clutch, pun intended.
All I do now is fully loaded tank in stop and go big city traffic, surrounded by morons that are distracted. And I don't mind the comfort and ease of the Automatic now.

 

How many transmissions, u-joints and drivelines did you break before you figured out how a manual transmission shifts?

 

I think he's pulling your air horn.

 

I’ve been driving for 43 yrs. About 5 yrs ago my private fleet went to auto’s. I whined like a tittie baby but wouldn’t have anything but an auto now.

 

There's a song for that!