New-To-Me Rig
Here's a couple pics of the new rig I just picked up last month.
'05 9400i C15 475 (not happy with this but price was too good) Autoshift Eaton (liking it so far, it's a 3 pedal at least) New Brakes 75% Virgin Tires Super Clean 385K milesand they even replaced the drivers seat for me (damn smokers LOL) picked it up for $25K cash :) http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...national-1.jpg http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...national-2.jpg http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...national-4.jpg http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...national-5.jpg http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...national-6.jpg |
That is a nice looking truck. I am sure you will get a lot of good use out of it. You may not care for the CAT now, but they do grow on you.
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Looks like one of Roehls old trucks. Is it?
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They got anymore of them???
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It's an automatic, yet it has a clutch pedal?
How does that work? I need to do some searching on automatics.. |
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Everything else is automated. |
So, in other words, it doesnt have a torque converter.
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JR - even the non-pedal auto's don't have a torque converter. The have a centrifigal clutch. They engage by revving the engine. Think of it as an overgrown clutch on a cheap go-kart when you was a kid. Some of the clutches may be encased in an oil-like substance (wet clutch), but it's still a mechanical clutch. The trucks with a clutch pedal have the exact same clutch that's in a standard-shift truck.
In other words, the autoshift tranny's are the exact same as in a standard shift truck. The only difference is that in place of the shift lever plate on the top of the tranny, there is a plate which holds 2 small electric motors (XY shifter) that does the work for you. In fact, you can convert between a standard and autoshift tranny (with the clutch pedal) by replacing the shifter (XY) with a normal shifter plate and by running the airline for the hi-lo range. Other than that, the transmissions are THE SAME. My truck is an autoshift with the clutch pedal. I think it's the best setup. The only time that's a pain is in stop-n-go traffic. But even that isn't too horrible since the Volvo has an easy to push/hold pedal. I've had my CDL now for a little over 8 years. In that time, over half of my driving has been in an autoshift (Volvo & Freightliner) (with a short stint in an ultrashift). With all the miles I've put on an autoshift, I've had literally ONE breakdown related to the autoshift itself. One of the X-Y shifter motors was "sticking", causing it not to shift. I was able to get it into our shop by either riding the rumble strips along the road to vibrate it into working, or by tapping the motor itself lightly if I was stopped. Other than that, I've had one clutch need replacing, and that truck had a little over 800k miles on it at the time. I've also had the back half of one of the tranny's need rebuilding. That one had 850k miles on it and was in no way, shape or form related to the autoshift, but rather just from normal use. I'm still looking/thinking hard about buying a truck and I can guarantee that whatever I buy will do the shifting for me, but I will have control of the clutch pedal. Here's a pic of an autoshift (with clutch pedal): http://www.roadranger.com/ecm/groups...t_10-speed.jpg Here's a pic of an Eaton Ultrashift LST(no clutch pedal) (OTR tranny): http://www.roadranger.com/ecm/groups.../ct_124018.jpg Here's a little info from Eaton's website about the Ultrashift: Quote:
http://www.roadranger.com/Roadranger...peed/index.htm http://www.roadranger.com/Roadranger...tLST/index.htm 10 speed isn't enought for you? Try this one: http://www.roadranger.com/Roadranger...peed/index.htm |
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