Shifting gears, 12 speed Volvo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 เม.ย. 2008
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sharing with youtubers, driving modern heavy vehicles.Today I'm in an 2007 FM12 Volvo, fitted with Volvo's own electronically controlled 12 speed automatic/semi automatic clutchless gearbox.
I must admit I didn't like the Idea at first (I'm a roadranger man myself), but after spending a couple of days with this, I was hooked, real bit of trick gear, others European truck manufactures have similar concept's (likely sourced from ZF), HEAPS more drivable than the self shifting Roadranger, faster and smoother than the 'BENZ. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
the first part of the video, one of the most 2007 video ive ever seen, that music, camera quality
I've driven one or two of those and I have to say I never thought I'd prefer it to the manual three over three with a splitter but I do. So easy to use, especially in built up areas.
love the sounds of the braking & turbos.
I love the ergonomics of the cab. Well thought out.
I love how the transmission jump from 4th to 7th gear at 2:49
2:49
Love the sound of that turbo :D
Hey thanks for posting this video, I always wondered how the semi-autos worked.
Take care and drive safe!
Never really seen a right side Volvo before nice video Love the sound of the truck!
The i-shift is a manual gearbox which is shifted automaticlly, so it has a clutch =) there are two versions now, single clutch and dual clutch, dualclutch version is magical, it feels almost like a variable or stepless with no losses in torqe :) sorry for my bad english..
That's right :)
That engine sound😍😍
That truck had a 13 litre, Euro 3 engine of 440hp. The company that owned it now uses the 11 litre Euro 5 engine of 450 hp, which actually pulls harder, although the engine brake doesn't work as well due to the smaller capacity engine. The Volvo I shift would have to be the best automated gearbox in production.
This is some pretty cool stuff there with this semi-automatic shifter. It almost makes me wish sometimes that I could take one of these volvo trucks out on the highway for a short "spin" just to see what it can do.
This was the wagon I had until recently. I still miss the “MRUH” sound when it changed up a gear.
thanks for this demonstration. It was very interesting because I've never really seen this before. :)
gday mate...Mark G here. i used to drive 1 of these,,very nice indeed,cheers.
The mushy Allison does have it's place and I've had plenty of experience in them.
Downshifting, upshifting, skip shifting, full throttle, half throttle whatever you can think of, will always result in an as smooth change as you see on here.
You can nearly sit a can of coke on the dash board and not spill a drop during shifts (apart from accelaration).
As much as I like American gear, they are behind the eight ball compared to the Euro stuff electroniclly.
I STILL want a gear stick!! :)
God that engine sounds beautiful!
Gracias por mostrar tu vehiculo aquí viéndolo en 2020 desde Veracruz México saludos
Nice truck.
Love the Volvos.
thank you for this, i need this for my ets2 driving :)
Music and phone brought be back to the 90s
nice i'am kiwi living in sweden and drives a semi for a livin'. Happy trucking mate and be safe out there.
Nice video. The engine sound while turning left and automatically shifting from 10th to 7th gear (at 01:57 min) is awesome...
Much different than when i used to drive a Volvo FL10.
Great video!
btw, great video Shane, keep em coming :)
that's pretty cool. I had no idea big trucks could get an automoatic with that many gears.
I like how it uses the engine brake when it skips 1 or 2 gears on upshifts.
I love this sound ! :)
I'd love to see a video if it auto shifting WITH OUT being in economy mode, full power lets see how she does! Great vid.
Thanks for good quality
The two blinker lights show truck and trailer (one each), but rarely seem to work the way they are supposed to.
The bar lights around the tacho are guides, the green idicate where the motor operates and it most efficent, red is the nogo zone.
The lights around the speedo only come on with the cruise control and only one little bar will light showing where the cruise control has been set
Nice truck, man :D
Heavier loads, plus moving from a standstill going up hill, rarely needs first gear but in soft boggy condidtions it becomes usefull
nice vid.
Im not a european truck fan much, but it seems like those volvos such is this one are really reliable and useful.
nice video
Some one has said it is David Guetta - love dont let me go.
It was what was on the radio at the time
Moving off from a standing start uphill & manouvering
You can skip shift, on the dash board display there are little arrows that point up and down, 2 arrows up means you can skip 2 gears up, 3 arrows up, 3 gears up same for down shift. if you look at 3.25 you can see arrows changing accordingly
Get in the car my man is a smashing out some tunes
@StackedDecks In this situation, it doesn't need 12 gears, however, loaded to maximum weight, in steep undulting terrian, sometimes 12 isn't enough to keep the motor in its optimun working range.
Thats why the most popular gearbox in Australia is an 18 speed
so cool!
@Sanders83 It is sequential, but if you want to block change, just press the button how many times you think it could handle, ultimately it ill up to it, to decide if it can do it
correction all volvos with the semi auto gear boxes have a clutch it just the auto matic gear selector tht engages it every time it changes gear i had to change a clutch on one last week
very good !
Dayum...... that's pretty nice for a truck
You are soooo right!
What was I thinking?
i have a VOLVO FH, with i-shift too, and what i do is, in manual, pass from 7th to 10th, reaching the 2000RPM in each gear. great video anyway :)
Wow 12years video 😁😁
I do have to say the streets are A LOT smaller in Europe, so smaller trucks equals the size of our trucks and the roads here in America
David Guetta v the egg - love don't let me go, It was what was on the radio when I turned it on
fantastic, a hgv driver on 12th gear (on the motorway) driving with one hand holding a camera!!!
At least this time I wasn't drunk
OnlineBackupServices you are IDIOT!
You must have been driving in town I take it only only 118kms covered over an approxiamate 3 hour period. They are certainly making them simpler to drive now, although I would hate to pay for a gearbox rebuild.
Spot on again, Generally I drive 1100 to 16/1700 no need to go any higher, you see me reving it out on the Video, thats just for show, Its not my normal style plenty of torque down low (1200)also.
These don't have SCR or adblue but I beleive the generation will, The 08 model Scania do,as well as the Japanese stuff.
The engine brake does that itself, I have no control over that, some say it's bad for crank, volvo don't seem the think so!It's remarkable how quick and smooth the skip shifts are.
The torque really tails off after 1600rpm so much that at 2000rpm the power output is as low as at 1250rpm. This is why people shift up at 1600rpm which is about max power to only go down to 1300rpm which around max torque hence max power for that engine speed. Modern Peterbuilt trucks seem to have a flat power output between 1200 and 1800rpm so missing a gear each shift is quickest.
@ 3.36 rofl :) onya Shane, at least you're big enough to admit it when you've been outfoxed. OTOH when it's in manual mode does it allow you to skip shift or can you only go thru each cog one by one?
The blackbox is an option, most larger fleets get them but you do not have to
@the124Lscania. . . anything up to 6th, if it's too higher gear it will beep at you and instruct you to change down
You are right, I havent driven a twin stick, but If a chace to came up,i'll be there with bells whistles and camera
There are drivers out there that have never used a gearstick, thats scary to me.
Not my normal driving style, have a nice day, thanks for the view
does this truck come with extra safety features that allow you to drive it whilst pointing a video camera at the dash?
@Engineer9736 Stick shifts can be chqnged to whatever gear the driver chooses,just because there are 12 gears there, you do not need them all the time,
I like the turbo gauge beside the tacho! FULL PULLL!! lol
What do you mean by loose 2 gears?
When in auto mode, the gearbox selects what gear it thinks is best, ithas the ability to skip to what ever gear it thinks is right, it is only sequential in "manual" mode
I have a full HGV licence and can drive an artic as well as a rigid. I've always been one for a good old clutch and gear lever, but the auto box must make life a bit easier. By the way, it the engine a 12 liter straight six?
Men that truck have all the gadgets in there.
it needs 8 guears to reach interesting, good video.
nice vid. What is this meter on the dashboard in a left upper corner!? Is it the turbo pressure meter??
That's right, it's the turbo pressure
woohh u must take extra care driving that while filming!
@desde714 Driving like that will definitely use more fuel, not because it's in manual, but because of the way its driven, the main thing I was showing was how much quicker it was getting to speed when in auto
It was what was on the Radio at the time.
@shaned8845 they are not clutchless ,they have an air-over electric acctruator on the side of the gear box,which engages the cluch every time you push up on the stick.Did you also know they have 4 reverse gears.they are still the same box ,but air and electrics come in to play.
@urbex2007 the 440 is a 13 litre 6 cylinder 24v
i-shift is one of the best automatics you can have in a truck!
Firstly, i know nothing about trucks so be kind. Just wondering when the camera was on the pedals....is that pretty much foot to the floor the whole time?
@024reredrum , This model volvo came with 2 types of gearbox depending on customer requirementss
i have shown the 'I shift' here on this video, It has the ability to be fully automatic or manual, by saying manual, the driver controls what gear when. the gearbox does the rest.
The 14 speed I'm reffering to is the old school manual, you know, with a clutch pedal and you change gears with a stick.
Volvo FH16 Euro Truck Simulator2 !
the fastest way to shift is 4-7-9-10-11-12
+Ido Гуссейн thats in ETS2 for sure if you have 750hp
In ets2 you can only have a trailer loaded to 24-25 tons, how you shift depends stronly on how much you carry
The big one is for the truck, the small one for the trailer.
I have a 2007 9 speed Volvo (8 if you want to call it that) and love the truck but hate my gears. My last two gears will often get stuck when trying to move one up forcing me to have to bring the gear back to neutral and losing rpms. I have not encountered this problem on other trucks I've driven but hear this is common on Volvos. I'd like to try an automatic.
There is a difference between a metric Tonne and the US Ton. A US Ton is 2000 pounds as you have already stated. However what you don't know is that a metric Tonne (as used in Australia etc.) is 1000 Kilograms. Since 1 Kilogram = 2.204 pounds, a Metric Tonne is 2204 pounds. Hence the assertion of 88,000 pounds is absolutely correct as it accurately represents the load he was carrying both here and abroad. This is because a Tonne here is different to your Ton.
What's the range of one of these when fully fueled up when driving in ideal conditions?
a little too much but hey....its all good.had a bourbon myself and am enjoying the coolness after a storm.
It seems that when Volvo developed the gearbox they wanted to get the truck to the highest speed with the fewest gear changes possible; this being the most economical way. They succeeded.
When changing up it will jump a number of shifts, dropping the revs to 1000RPM, this being the start of the torque band.
why are there two turn signal indicators per side(left and right) on the dash? the big and small one.
@drknockers1 Yes I know, my description is poor, I know it has a clutch, just no clutch pedal, similar to the Benz Actross
Wasn't sure if it was a 12 or 13 liter, thanks
is it hard to drive on the right side, and also this looks nice but ill stick with my manual 13 speed eaton fuller
The Euro trucks are the same width as the American stuff and actually have higher mass limits, they have strict lenght limits, thats why you hardly see any bonnets
To keep the motor in its torque band, most deisels only have around 1000 rpm range to work with
All the "power" mode does is hold the gear a little longer on upshift, It doesn't increase the power, just revs 200 rpm more, that would make stuff all difference in accleration
if the truck starts off fine (and slow) starting in fourth gear, what are the other first 3 gears for? 1st gear for 1.5 km/h,,, 2nd gear for 2.5km/h? so on?
If that is a volvo i shift box it will have a clutch which works off a electronically controlled hydraulic clutch booster. They are reliable box I work on a fleet of around 300 2005-2008 volvo fm12's! It is basically an electronically controlled manual box.
Wow, 435L in the tank and it's half full?? My car's tank holds 42L max... unreal. How much does it cost to fill up this thing, and how often do you have to do it? Looks comfortable though :)
I like the boost guage, simple.
Ok, makes sense. Thanks :)
and also what are the bar lights around the rpm and speedometer??
@aqua707 can go much lower then 1000rpm and it picks it up nicely hehe.
Lucky Guy where you working at, that you can do this movie...I'm drivin a DAF 95XF, but i never would have the time for making a movie....
can someone tell me the name of the song that sounds when you turn the truck? Greetings!
As the other reply has said, however it rarely seems to work the way they are supposed to
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