wornout wrench
Senior Member
Fact is if you cannot shift a big truck, you should not be in the drivers seat.
I disagree also
Fact is if you cannot shift a big truck, you should not be in the drivers seat.
Fact is if you cannot shift a big truck, you should not be in the drivers seat.
Fact is if you cannot shift a big truck, you should not be in the drivers seat.
Fact is if you cannot shift a big truck, you should not be in the drivers seat.
Aside from the obvious already stated, (never loan out a truck etc.) I would never have an auto. If I had my druthers, they would all still be 5x4s. An auto I believe, allows a bad driver to get worse. A manual requires drivers to think, plan ahead and keep their mind on the task. An auto in many (not all) circumstances allows anybody to just become a throttle masher. They do not have to think about the road as much, thus they do not plan ahead as much and can get into jackpots much quicker. Not thinking gets more folks into trouble than anything. If they have to work at driving, they tend to think more about driving…
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If you can't shift stay out of the truck. Imho
Good luck getting your foot in the door in this industry if you can only drive an automatic.
Allisons are great bulletproof Trans but I'm not sure they're worth the $$.
After a 5 yr hiatus from driving truck I received an offer to drive a push truck w an 18 speed. Nothing new to me. First day on the job, I didn't get a solid job offer till we went up the first major hill, (& I hadn't missed a shift). Certainly didn't try to catch every gear, or even every other gear.
Gross weight @ 600k.
That's a KW C500 by the way. A little heavy for practical lowbeding but great in the bush.
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That is one sharp looking KW!