Knothead
Yep.
I hear ya. I just give up and shift the B* manually.
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I believe an indication that the hill assist is successfully disengaged is the the “truck on the hill” image on your dashboard.
HEFFERNAN
Huge Member
Why do I have the strong suspicion your posts were autocorrected !!!!
Knothead
Yep.
He only wears that shirt because no one makes one that says Fifth Wheel Puller.Why do I have the strong suspicion your posts were autocorrected !!!!
Coldworld
60 months and counting
Makes a big difference having an auto... dont like to drive a
ty stick and have my knee almost go out after a night of clutching...
Johney
Well-Known Member
You actually used the clutch?Makes a big difference having an auto... dont like to drive a
ManInBrown
Well-Known Member
It really does. When I first went to feeders I covered a few jobs where I had an automatic and it was such a relief. Now I’m so comfortable I don’t even care. Obviously I’d rather have an automatic like you said to save my knee but it’s nit anything I spend a second thinking about. I had a horrible international tractor a few weeks ago but the AC was ice cold. I’d take that tractor every week if I could.Makes a big difference having an auto... dont like to drive a
Knothead
Yep.
I'll take a S*tty International over the beep-fest any day. Those things move.
Rick Ross
I'm into distribution!!
Not me, I love the armrest and smoother ride. They suck pulling hill but I usually get paid by the hour.
ManInBrown
Well-Known Member
Arm rests suck with manuals. Can’t shift with the armrest down. Useless. Great in automatics
My assigned tractor is an old international, I got no problem with it. Turns on a dime, pulls like a beast, and the AC will freeze your hands to the steering wheel. I mostly bop around local, 7 or 8 TA's and usually build at least 2 sets a night and it's perfect for what I do.
govols019
You smell that?
I have an armrest in my 268 International...never once have I had it be in the way shifting gears.
My rating of automatics, best to worst:
Mack
Freightliner
International
Kenworth
I'm currently assigned a Freightliner, which I would describe as "acceptable" in terms of it's shifting AND pulling out from a stop into traffic.
We have one auto Mack which is pretty awesome.
The Kenworths imho, are frikken dangerous. Stopped waiting for a space in the traffic, floor that accelerator and count 3 full seconds before it does anything. Scary crap, sometimes you have to abort or you'll cause an accident. Couple that with that damn alarm that starts sounding when you're 3/4 of a mile behind another vehicle... Are you serious? I'm too close?? Before my Freightliner, I was in a Kenworth for a long time. You can back under a trailer without hitting the pin at 30 mph, but it takes time to get used to the vehicle (and they're all probably a little different). You should be letting the air out of the bags before going under in any airbag equipped tractor, and reinflating before you hit the pin.
Mack
Freightliner
International
Kenworth
I'm currently assigned a Freightliner, which I would describe as "acceptable" in terms of it's shifting AND pulling out from a stop into traffic.
We have one auto Mack which is pretty awesome.
The Kenworths imho, are frikken dangerous. Stopped waiting for a space in the traffic, floor that accelerator and count 3 full seconds before it does anything. Scary crap, sometimes you have to abort or you'll cause an accident. Couple that with that damn alarm that starts sounding when you're 3/4 of a mile behind another vehicle... Are you serious? I'm too close?? Before my Freightliner, I was in a Kenworth for a long time. You can back under a trailer without hitting the pin at 30 mph, but it takes time to get used to the vehicle (and they're all probably a little different). You should be letting the air out of the bags before going under in any airbag equipped tractor, and reinflating before you hit the pin.
ManInBrown
Well-Known Member
Ok. Well the tractors I’ve used it has been in the way. Lol. I also have short legs even though I’m 5ft11. So I’m sitting very close to the steering wheel which might have something to do with it being in the way.
Yaba Daba Do
Donkey Punch Extraordinaire
I like the old Internationals. They have great power, most shift nicely, and I like the steering in them a lot better than in newer tractors. The newer tractors it seems like I have to do a lot more moving of the steering wheel to keep it going straight but those Internationals go pretty much straight if you hold the wheel straight. That said I will still take a newer tractor over an older one because of the bells and whistles like blue tooth and softer suspensions. The sterlings on the other hand are pieces of smile*. I would rather take a shifter or a package car than a sterling.
Agree!
Yaba Daba Do
Donkey Punch Extraordinaire
How are the CNG and LNG tractors compared to the diesels? Is there less power or do the transmissions feel any different. We don't have and because we don't have room in the yard to put the pumps.
govols019
You smell that?
Could be...I sit all the way back.
silverbullet2893
KILL KILL!!
They sound cool
