For many years the auto's have been a rarity in class 8 trucks. But in the last 3-4 years the # of auto's being sold on new trucks as gone thru the roof. Most of the very large trucking companies are starting to spec the auto's for 2 reasons.
1) maintenance. no clutch to constantly adjust becouse of poor driving habits (riding the clutch)
2) many of the drivers coming into the market today are not learning to drive the stick but are schooled in an auto. Auto's bring in more new drivers becouse they are more like the cars today.
Now the 2nd part is scary becouse todays new crop of truck drivers are coming out of schools and driving the class 8's like it was a car....more accidents.
Wick
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