Schneider is going Automatic.

Had a load scaled out at 85000# target load about 50k in wagon, delv 5 miles from DC. Truck team like a mule.

 

Was that weight listed on the assignment? Meaning did SNI have prior knowledge it was over?

 

Yeah, the autos are great...until it gets stuck in gear. And that's something that will eventually happen. Nothing more than a way to accommodate the newbs. Other companies have tried it, years later went back to the manuals because there was no cost benefit.

 

Basing your opinion on the old or new technology?

 

Usx had the Eaton auto shifts..those were garbage...I know from experience. ...

 

the mercedes DD12 transmissions are a titally new design
dont let your old prejudices show
1975 they said power steering was going to ruin truck driving

 

Power steering did ruin trucking - it allowed me and my chicken arms into the industry.

 

Exactly the opposite, I love technology. Was just stating a fact that the autos do occasionally get stuck in gear. Sometimes they'll reset themselves after several minutes and when they don't you've gotta pull a fuse for it to reset. If neither of those work you'll get towed with a perfectly good transmission and bad technology. The south has nothing to do with it.