Most tractors just are put into gear and left there for most heavy tillage and field work jobs. Grain carting would be the exception to that. The truck needs to be adjusted for hills/mountains as you go. I have driven about everything except the mack triplex and was told if you could wave to somebody and shift you had 3 arms. I currently own an old 15 up against the dash and a 18 spd. I wanted a 9x4 when I got it and was kind of talked out of it for the gear drag it took against fuel economy. It would also highly reduce the number of people that would be able to drive it. If a clutch will go a million miles or close to that why would you need the cost of a oil or hydraulic clutch and the added mechanics of it. Especially when most bigger fleets trade trucks out at around 3-600,000 miles. They are just getting broke in good when they trade them. Since most of the drivers today can't even check the tires to see if they have a flat. Do you think they could even begin to learn to drive theses old gears boxes? I'd fall asleep if I didn't have to shift and listen to the engine as I drove.
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