If there was enough demand for a manual it would be available. Just as a 6 cylinder, manual transmission/roll up windows/vinyl seat rubber floor mat regular cab ECT pickup would be available if the demand was there. Not enough demand? Then they ain't gonna build it. Face it guys, even semis are going over to auto trannies. And the trucking companies do a cost analysis before any major changeover like that. So somewhere there is an cost advantage.
Funny thing is I use to sound like a bunch of you guys. Hated autos. But we used a Suburban as a farm vehicle. Pulled implements home from sales, loaded hay wagons, loaded gravity boxes too. 258,000 was when the transmission failed. Added bonus? The wife could drive it.
Knowing how to shift is no big deal. The people who designed your truck/car/new tractor or combine may not know how to drive a manual, but they can design an jet? Can you? The US military found out you can train the lowest level of people to drive a truck or jeep with a manual tranny. That's why the people who scored the lowest on the ASVAB, just above the actual failure point, qualified to be truck drivers.
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