137 series and lesser numbers are stick shift
138 and above are automatic
138 and above are automatic
What percentage of trucks are automatic?
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jibbs
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I don't think it matters what percentage of trucks are automatic considering it's required to know how to drive a stick for them to let you through into driving school/Intergrad.
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jibbs
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Really?
, man, maybe I should just sign the bid sheet then even though I've never driven a manual in my life...I mean, with peak coming they might be desperate, right? I might even get to keep my beard, too....
Keep in mind, now, a person can fail a UA one week and pass without a problem the next. Hell, sometimes it's only a matter of days, circumstantially speaking.
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jibbs
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[EDIT: lolololol, I can't explain the double post. I've either got a ed computer or am a little too twisted to just hit enter once. I'll blame it on the day-drinking.]
ed computer or am a little too twisted to just hit enter once. I'll blame it on the day-drinking.]
They make them qualify ,the drivers test on a stick. After that ,brand new auomatic trucks!Really?
I mean, with peak coming they might be desperate, right? I might even get to keep my beard, too....
Keep in mind, now, a person can fail a UA one week and pass without a problem the next. Hell, sometimes it's only a matter of days, circumstantially speaking.
Are they really that desperate? Never seen anything like it. before!
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Not necessarily.
I passed driver school in a brand new GMC rental van. Auto,air, radio....
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PT Car Washer
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Same in my building. I believe it is also stated on driver bid sheet. Must be able to drive a manual shift transmission.
OptimusPrime
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Bid routes are probably at 95%. I can only think of one manual route. As to splits, seems heading toward 75%. Maybe a tad higher. Depending on how big of a truck they need. The real blessing is we no longer have a single truck in the lineup without power steering. Almost to during peak.
The Blackadder
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Your post is very good, but I have one correction. The package cars are replaced about 8 years after their useful life span, some of the older trucks I have driven if they were human I would have pulled the plug on already
Wally
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Are you sure? I thought it was 62.43?
Cementups
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My old package car was actually converted to auto from manual.
BrownTexas
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Sign me up for that shizzle.
JL 0513
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About 50-60% of my building is auto. About 15% of our fleet are still the horrible 1987-1989 POS's. They just refuse to retire them. I get the economics but it's still so aggrevating going through a day without power steering. It's very telling that out of all the physical energy that a driver expends in a day, steering the wheel in one of these beasts all day takes more work than everything else combined, especially on a city route. In 2014, it's completely ridiculous.
So IMO, manuals aren't the biggest problem, non- power steering is what kills a workday.
So IMO, manuals aren't the biggest problem, non- power steering is what kills a workday.
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