Re: farmall 350 weight

Posted by Hugh MacKay on September 29, 2005 at 16:37:40 from (209.226.106.131):

In Reply to: Re: farmall 350 weight posted by PAULIH300 on September 29, 2005 at 09:45:19:

Paul: Answer my question. Why do most highway tractors and indeed many freight trucks have manual transmissions? Are you telling me your smarter than an entire trucking industry? Sure there are a lot of light delivery trucks with automatics, there so dummies can drive them.

My employer has a Chevy 70 series with diesel 5 speed Allison automatic and 20' freight body. He has only one leg, plain and simple the reason for the automatic. He tells me it has had 3 engines the result of transmission causing high revs. The truck has had the transmission rebuilt 5 times.

In my lifetime I've owned 4 - 20 series Chevy pickups, 2 IH pickups, 1 - 50 series and a Chevy Single axle highway tractor, probably close to 2,000,000 miles in total. All had manual transmissions except 1 - 20 series Chevy. After 3 automatic transmission rebuilds it also became a 4 speed standard. So out of 2,000,000 miles, 150,000 of it was automatic with 3 rebuilds. That leaves 1,850,000 miles of driving manual transmissions with no transmission problems and only 2 new clutches. Believe me those trucks all hauled trailers, tractors, hay, silage, grain, fire wood, etc. Many times I've had 20,000 lbs gross on those pickups with trailers.

I can take you to anyone of a number of light truck repair shops and without question, they will tell you guys pulling 15 to 24 foot trailers with automatic pickups are constantly rebuilding. I realize some guys with standards are as well, but then some folks will never learn to haul a load.

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