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<blockquote data-quote="pickup" data-source="post: 598290"><p>I can't answer the OT question. But I'll take a stab at the other ones(the one you asked and the ones you didn't ask) . In my neck of the woods in new jersey and other places, I have never seen a shifter that wasn't an automatic: . 1,2, D, R , N. The guy from Hialeah /Fl might have encountered something different than what I have seen. But 16-32 gears. You need gears for power and going up hills, and even so, I have never heard of so many gears for a tractor or power unit: doesn't mean they don't exist but I would bet good money if they did, you would not encounter such a unit at a ups facility. Why not ask one of the preloaders who are training right now what they are driving, i.e. automatics or stick shift(and if so, how many gears)?</p><p></p><p>As for the job itself, at some point after you hook up, you will back trailers into a slots(bay doors, parking spaces,etc), and backing is one of the hardest and counterintuitive tasks for a driver to learn to do. I do not mean to discourage you, but to encourage you to be up to the task. Once you learn how to do it, it is one of the easiest and intuitive things to do. You're going to sweat doing it at first and you will have a knot in your stomach, but if ye be of good courage, you will the better man for doing it.</p><p></p><p>I'll add more as I see fit. </p><p>Anyone else care to grab the baton and run with it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pickup, post: 598290"] I can't answer the OT question. But I'll take a stab at the other ones(the one you asked and the ones you didn't ask) . In my neck of the woods in new jersey and other places, I have never seen a shifter that wasn't an automatic: . 1,2, D, R , N. The guy from Hialeah /Fl might have encountered something different than what I have seen. But 16-32 gears. You need gears for power and going up hills, and even so, I have never heard of so many gears for a tractor or power unit: doesn't mean they don't exist but I would bet good money if they did, you would not encounter such a unit at a ups facility. Why not ask one of the preloaders who are training right now what they are driving, i.e. automatics or stick shift(and if so, how many gears)? As for the job itself, at some point after you hook up, you will back trailers into a slots(bay doors, parking spaces,etc), and backing is one of the hardest and counterintuitive tasks for a driver to learn to do. I do not mean to discourage you, but to encourage you to be up to the task. Once you learn how to do it, it is one of the easiest and intuitive things to do. You're going to sweat doing it at first and you will have a knot in your stomach, but if ye be of good courage, you will the better man for doing it. I'll add more as I see fit. Anyone else care to grab the baton and run with it? [/QUOTE]
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