What I learned two days ago

He said floating the gears too. I can tell you after 19+ years of starting/stopping with clutch and floating my knee is ####ed up. In fact I dont know of too many truckers who have been in this business for 20, 30 or more years that dont have problems with their knees and backs.

 

Weird. I'm the exact opposite. I know plenty of people with knee replacements but none of them are truck drivers. I know plenty of old truck drivers and none with knee replacements. Carpenter, farmer (both knees), farmers wife, owner of a sports store and a few more, And countless others with knee operations due to ligament and cartilage damage, myself included but that was caused from sports.

 

I highly doubt that using a clutch screws your knee up. Probably other factors involved like obesity or lack of exercise.

 

The only thing wrong with a 359 is the ride. Those 359s road very rough compared to the 379s. Fortunately its easy to swap it over to the newer suspension.

 

He did not believe I was even a driver in one post. I'm just pointing out how he is grabbing for anything to put down a auto shift and would seem to be most modern truck improvements. Like, disc brakes he doesn't seem to understand the real benefits of them by his remarks about tailgating. He may just be joking but he also may really think disc are just the modern kool-aid as he says. If he doesn't see the benefits of disc brakes. Then I can see why he would say the same thing about auto shift transmission

"Why? So I can tailgate more? So I can go faster down a hill? How do they wok on ice? Rookie Kool-Aid drinkers are everywhere"

 

Its seems this is the way most transport companies are going as the CFO's bottom line over 12 months and beyond is dollars in the bank and in the long run an auto transmission will prove less costly. Gone are the days of gear crunching and learning how to down shift they've taken all the fun away from climbing up a steep mountain highway. And its one less thing the driving instructor has to teach while their out on the road.

 

I know of a trucking company that was on the brink of bankruptcy.

1. They had millions in medical bills from workman’s comp knee replacement claims.
2. Their drivers were getting careless driving citations with one hand on the wheel.
3. Clutches were lasting less than two weeks.

The solution?

They started with one automatic transmission. Before you know it, they are making millions, no more clutch replacements or twisted driveshafts, their CSA score would make WalMart jealous, and each driver started running marathons due to incredible knee strength.

 

Nope, I'm not a tub-a-lard. My left knee sometimes bothers me and I blame it on that clutch.

 

Name the company or it never happened. HAHA