Superior Carriers 2013-2014

My dad's terminal just got one too. He said it was an automatic. Did they drop a Paccar or a Cummins into it?

 

I like the door on the sleeper. Not that I worry about it, but I have always wondered how I would get out if I woke up and the truck was on fire.

 

Hmmm...not sure how I feel about automatics. Does not seem like that would work very well with tankers. But what do I know...

 

The older ones were supposedly awful with tanks, but everyone who I've talked to that has driven one since the kinks got worked out though absolutely loves them. I do tend to agree about training guys in an automatic, especially entry level guys. I know if I trained in an automatic then went into a manual, I'd have been lost.

 

I thought the surge will kill a transmission in a automatic?

 

I think that was the kinks that David said got worked out.

 

I drove one of our new volvos with the ishift for a few trips and it worked well with a smooth bore tanker. Can't tell you how many times I reached for the shifter and clutch!

 

Yup. From what I gather in the earlier models, the slosh would cause the transmission to shift when it shouldn't have, which tore them up in fairly short order. I have 0 experience driving one then or now though, so what little I know I heard from drivers when I was washing trailers.