International truck.OK what is a **** spreader. I always thought that was a trailer with the belt that spreaded the **** out the back
By the way I've been at your terminal twice in the last week, a nice place sort of [emoji12]
Of all the trucks I've driven, the Volvos drive the best and are designed with the driver's instincts in place. And their transmissions are second to none. They shift smoothly and backing up in reverse is much easier than any other truck. Beyond that, the ride stability gives you the confidence you feel behind the wheel of your own car.
If you've never driven a Volvo semi-truck, you don't know what you're missing. Then again, ignorance is bliss for some.
Apparently you've never driven a T-660.Volvos drive the best
Apparently you've never driven a T-660.
Apparently you've never driven a T-660.
I'm not saying Volvos are the best either, they have their down falls but still a good truck.
Volvos drive the best -
designed with the driver's instincts in place - yes they're more driver friendly
And their transmissions are second to none - another downside they will not give you ANY warning of clutch/tranny going out, you're stopped and decide to switch gears D/R - you're dead, truck not moving.
Volvos have had their own issues like any other truck when new, work through them and you'll come to like them, but at the same time I wouldn't have any problem taking a KW with a 18
1. Ride stability. Took an exit once in a Volvo, at the last second, at highway speed, when I was a new driver. Any other truck might've flipped. Low centre of gravity kept my nubie rear in the seat and the truck rubber side down.
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I thought that it would be interesting to point out that 15 years later after the OP nowadays "Automatic" Trucks are the "Standard" out on the road and that "Manuals" have become a special order or "custom" featureI am seeing that some large company use only automatic transmissions in there trucks. For any of you that have driven both, which do you prefer?
It is indeed interesting.I thought that it would be interesting to point out that 15 years later after the OP nowadays "Automatic" Trucks are the "Standard" out on the road and that "Manuals" have become a special order or "custom" feature
the blue screen of death will be the next anti theft device like manual transmissions were back in the dayIt is indeed interesting.
If they still only made manual trucks most of these wheel-holders would not be out on the road but, here we are.
The dumbing down of trucking. No need to be able to shift gears, no need to be able to read a map (GPS). No need to be able to fill out a log book.
Soon to come no need to be able to actually drive for hours, just be there for when the Automated truck Blue screens.
I recall posting about my friend Lolly (now hauling dirt on a road construction project in Cooper Landing, one the the prettiest places in Alaska accessible by road). When down in America, she was going to work for some tanker lash-up. The company was going to put her into a new rig with an automatic. At that, she told the bosses that she was no longer interested in working for them. So they put her in a W900 or something close to that with a big Cummins and a13-speed rig. Although she prefers Cats (particularly NZs), she was happy to be in a truck with a manual tranny.I thought that it would be interesting to point out that 15 years later after the OP nowadays "Automatic" Trucks are the "Standard" out on the road and that "Manuals" have become a special order or "custom" feature
When learning how to shift gears, you do have to put some of your focus on how to do it . If you have to keep focusing on shifting after you've learned, (which basically means you never did learn), you shouldn't be driving.I NEVER DROVE A MANUAL NEVER LEARNED I DRIVE A AUTO AND LOVE IT MANUAL SEEMS DANGEROUS TO MUCH DISTRACTION U GOT TO FOCUS ON WHATS GOING ON IN THE ROAD NOT SHIFTING THE GEARS
ok, i'll add to a dead thread, like the last person did, but if you, @Duner were to be driving on the road with a manual, i cannot see how you'd be "unfocused" cruising in top gear.......I NEVER DROVE A MANUAL NEVER LEARNED I DRIVE A AUTO AND LOVE IT MANUAL SEEMS DANGEROUS TO MUCH DISTRACTION U GOT TO FOCUS ON WHATS GOING ON IN THE ROAD NOT SHIFTING THE GEARS
Currently in a 2029 Shaker Crapcadia..When learning how to shift gears, you do have to put some of your focus on how to do it . If you have to keep focusing on shifting after you've learned, (which basically means you never did learn), you shouldn't be driving.
I have driven 4 different types of automatics for a day or two each. I wouldn't give you 2 cents for all of them together. I don't care what the factory or anyone else says. A computer does not pick the right gear for a given situation much of the time.
Also I had 2 of them decide to just "time out" (or whatever the right term is) when I was crossways on 2 lane highways trying to back into skinny drives at job sites. I had to just sit there blocking both directions of traffic looking like a complete idiot until the computer decided it wanted to work again.
I want to know where you found a time machine, and especially one big enough to get that truck back here.Currently in a 2029 Shaker Crapcadia..
A can of Natty Ice!I want to know where you found a time machine, and especially one big enough to get that truck back here.
2019 I meanI want to know where you found a time machine, and especially one big enough to get that truck back here.