I just got my cdl but they don’t teach you this stuff and my mentor doesn’t show me either so I did my own research it was hard to find a video like this thank you this was a great video!
My trucking career start in 1976 when I bought a 1971 GMC Astro 95 318 Detroit 13 speed - the career lasted SIX MONTHS - I was leased to a company that had only flatbeds. If I could have had a truck like this one and a box trailer ( no chaining down and tarping the loads ) I probably would have stayed with it. There were a few automatics back in 1976 - very few, though. The new truckers starting today with a nice truck like this one, will have NO IDEA how it used to be.
I really like the way you explained how this automatic transmission works with these big trucks so much so that somebody that has never driven one before can try it and honestly it is really surprising to me why and how some people say that they don't like the automatic transmission when as a matter of fact the manufacturers are doing all they can to use all that technology has to offer to make driving these trucks as easy as it can be especially considering the area of clutching which is the most challenging aspect of driving these trucks.Looking at the trucks built in the 1940s and 50s with all these double shift handles and the ones built in the 1990s and the 2000s one can clearly see how technology is really evolving and truth is that it will not stop,truth of the matter is that it is the people that will have to do the catching up,technology for sure don't wait for people,although there is nothing wrong in knowing how to drive the manual transmission because most definitely it will be an added advantage that can come handy at a point in time to come . One thing that I will like to know is that in which mode can the engine brakes be used,manual mode or automatic mode.Thanks for sharing from your wealth of experience and I look forward to more of it.
I liked you comment because you aren't wrong, but the truth of the matter is that if you truly understand how to drive a manual, the only time you need the clutch ( in a truck... not a car because of car's synchronized trannys) you don't use the clutch at all except to start and stop. Even in bumper to bumper traffic, if you leave enough lead space you barely need to use the clutch. I'd still rather have a manual. Sad fact is the manuals are becoming rare these days. I've heard the wait if you want a truck with a manual tranny, you need to order it 12 to 18 months ahead of when you want it. In my honest opinion most applications for an automated transmission are fine, but in some applications they're useless. Again, my argument in my original comment... useless hauling bulk liquid loads. And then if you really enjoy driving as I do, you have to look at the fun and satisfaction factor... especially if you drive a manual well. On that note, even when it comes to cars I've never owned an automatic. Sadly, slowly the days of manual cars are coming to an end too.
That's a pretty truck, if I had a job lined up with a truck like that I'd totally go get my health recertified for Interstate (I'd pass but I'm intrastate for reasons of unemployment). You explain things so calmly and matter of factly that it's like I'm in the truck with my old instructor (Hope you're doing well in retirement Bob lol). I'm not sure WHY this video was recommended to me but I really wanna either get some therapy to deal with my anxiety or hope I get someone like you as a partner/trainer.
This was a very informative video thank you very much good sir keep up the fantastic job I was thinking of getting into Trucking this year and I hear that Automatic Auto way to go so thank you once again for explaining how they work
I'm not a trucker but I salute you men and women thank you for what you do I have always wondered about the automatic transmissions in an 18 wheeler I was hoping you would actually drive the truck so we could see how it work but it was a good video thanks.
Very well explained, Thank-you. I just started driving 4 months ago, CDL school the month before. Learned a 10 speed. My last 3 cars have been manuals by choice & because of that I thought I'd want that in a truck. My company always gives rookies an automatic & I'm very happy with it. One less thing to split my concentration. My trainer never showed me about manual shift. Hit upon it by accident using the jake. Still not comfortable with it in that: do I have to hit the shifter while at a certain speed &/or rpm? I don't want to do damage to the engine by shifting incorrectly at too high of a speed. My cruise doesn't hold me at selected speed (like in my trainers' truck), so I often find myself playing up & down with cruise speed, jake, & brake pedal for each hill. He had a 2019 Freightliner, but I have a 2018 International; not sure if that makes a difference.
As a woman thinking of getting into dump truck driving I wanted to see how the automatics work. We have to train in semi’s first. Excellent video. Thank you.
Awesome video man. I’ve been driving a 12 speed in the oilfields. Debating whether to drive for a company I know they use newer trucks. Appreciate the insight
I have been driving a manual for a while and i have a driving interview in a few hours with an automatic truck. I've never driven one but this video is very clear and i feel like i have all the information i need. Thanks!
I wish I was driving this during my first swift run. I was trained in mostly an 8 to 12 speed truck. When I rode with my mentor. He had an 18spd rig. Wasn't ready for those extra gears on my first route across country. This year's ago back in 2007
I drove years ago and thought automatics were an abomination but I just found your video and can absolutely see the benefits to the automatics. U have converted me.
Awesome and unbiased video. It would be great if someone could video you actually driving so we can see how it changes gears up and down hills. Cheers!
I'm 63 now started off in a 3/4 cab Browny/mainbox Mack...at my age I'm like most and don't like change...I know the day is coming soon I'll be expected to drive the automatic...Thank you for the video...seems easy enough...
Thank you, that was very helpful I have been thinking very much in going into driving truck so I wanted to see how the automatic transmission worked in a big rig,
Boss I really appreciate your effort May God almighty bless you This my dream job,of becoming a truck driver Thank you very much Am James and nice meeting you
I learned on manual (it was the first time using a manual transmission ever), I'm hoping to go into either Stevens or Schneider, and most if not all of their trucks are automatic. I think to just learn and the stress of making sure you kept your eyes on the road made my anxiety spike. BUT! I got my CDL, and I think I'll be far better on an auto. It's really informative, I appreciate it!
Thanks for the video as I’m working on getting my cdl awesome video if you do have more videos for teaching send them my ways :) thanks awesome video very knowledgeable information
Great video! My company just started bringing in new trucks with automatic transmission and I was kind of butt hurt that they were doing it😅 but this makes me feel better considering I'll be jumping in one next week lol
I just got a new automatic cascadia after only using manuals for the last 11 years… for weeks iv been wondering why the truck “randomly” started in 3rd gear one day and 1st another day. It’s crazy that it detects how much you’re hauling and starts in a more appropriate gear rather than just 1-12 every time you take off. Thanks for the great information!
Thanks for a good overview of how to drive the new automatics. I've been out of the trucking industry for a number of years now, and always drove manuals - I wouldn't know where to begin with an automatic. This was very helpful in understanding changes in the trucking world (who would have guessed that that control stalk was a 4-way controller??). While all of this automation does make things easier for new drivers (and probably more efficient too), the "art of driving" is gradually being lost. It took a deep understanding of how the engine/transmission/differential transferred power to the rear wheels, and how gear changes happen in relation to road speed. Once you understood how all of that is connected, it's way more than just "jammin' gears" - it's an art. Out of curiosity, how does an automatic work with snow/ice/slippery conditions? When you want to have absolutely the finest degree of control of engine/gear/braking to maintain very delicate traction in dangerous conditions, how does it respond? Is manual control best in those situations?
@@Vladpryde after a year, I can say I definitely prefer a manual. There's a lot about the automatic that I don't like...that I see potential issues with. However I have what I have.
I’m looking at buying a new M.A.N. Coach chassis with the 500hp Euro 6 motor and 12 speed triptronic for construction into a dog towing double deck motor home, and I had no idea what this transmission was. Helped heaps and thanks from Australia.
Cheers. Getting my CDL this February, the program says it’s gonna be mostly automatics, so this is a good warmup to that Best part is, I’m being made to learn how to drive a semi, but I’m not gonna be driving a semi lmao
Thanks for some great stuff. Are there any advantages to using manual mode when driving on snow or ice? Example, can using manual mode help prevent your drives from spinning out too much...if so, can you explain that as well as the appropriate use of the axle interlock?
I've been delivering new trucks for 25 years. The first automatic transmission still had a clutch to start and stop. The newer ones like this are very intuitive, however I still prefer a manual and you can float gears on a manual.
OUUUUUUUUUU!!!! Dangggggg lets goooo!!!! If they made semis automatic, I think a lot of people who are not aware about truck driving will try to get into it and then America will be moving more efficiently.
I am greatful for This video , when I come to America I intend to drive one of these even though I have never driven one before but l am willing to learn
omg your a life saver im new to trucking and i was worried that it wasnt any automatics cause most pple want to shift i find it waaay better in the automatic thanks to your video i hope i end up in a automatic also is it possibale to ask for an automatic cause my friend said they made him learn manual
Thanks for this awesome video, I’m a new automatic truck driver My question is: do you have to keep the vehicle on neutral while you using the engine off ? Thanks in advance
Don't forget to mention that each Gear in the autoshift is a half gear in manual shift... not many of you "professionals " understand that. So if you want to shift these autoshifts in manual mode, to take one full gear you need to slap the stick twice.
7.2 avg mpg. Not too shabby! That dash looks more late model pickup style than what I was used to seeing. Quit driving the 379 OTR in 2004. Those trucks have come a long way! The 12 speed auto sure would have been nice in traffic jams and in town!!!
Automatic transmission is the right thing to drive specially when it comes for Technology and today they start creating an automatic transmission to make it easy for driver and easy for company to hire easy for both. Manual transmission old style for driving long distance. I agreed with company’s that hired automatic only better for gas and better for engine and better for drivers and better for a lot of things. That’s way engineer people create the automatic transmission. It is the future.
I just got my cdl but they don’t teach you this stuff and my mentor doesn’t show me either so I did my own research it was hard to find a video like this thank you this was a great video!
I had to learn on manual. Just to drive automatic. Lol
@@antigravity1669 i guess they wer teaching you just in case had to drive a Manual .
You probably were in an older model automatic. Either way you were being trained to pass the DMV CDL test and they don't cover engine brakes.
@@antigravity1669facts 😂
I'm learning manual in school right now, but I can't wait to try one of these automatics. Thanks for the vid!
Greetings from San Jose California Corey you are the best good explanation 18speed, Automatic.
Love your videos, this one is so informative, a lot more than others I've seen.
Very useful info man that was extremely helpful. I'm about to embark on a new job over the road and never driven an automatic so I appreciate it
My trucking career start in 1976 when I bought a 1971 GMC Astro 95 318 Detroit 13 speed - the career lasted SIX MONTHS - I was leased to a company that had only flatbeds. If I could have had a truck like this one and a box trailer ( no chaining down and tarping the loads ) I probably would have stayed with it. There were a few automatics back in 1976 - very few, though. The new truckers starting today with a nice truck like this one, will have NO IDEA how it used to be.
Thank you for taking the time to put this together. I’m one who learns by seeing/hands on.
You made it very easy to understand.
Thanks for sharing, Cory
Love your vids. Best instructor ever. I can't seem to find a video of you demonstrating alley docking.
I really like the way you explained how this automatic transmission works with these big trucks so much so that somebody that has never driven one before can try it and honestly it is really surprising to me why and how some people say that they don't like the automatic transmission when as a matter of fact the manufacturers are doing all they can to use all that technology has to offer to make driving these trucks as easy as it can be especially considering the area of clutching which is the most challenging aspect of driving these trucks.Looking at the trucks built in the 1940s and 50s with all these double shift handles and the ones built in the 1990s and the 2000s one can clearly see how technology is really evolving and truth is that it will not stop,truth of the matter is that it is the people that will have to do the catching up,technology for sure don't wait for people,although there is nothing wrong in knowing how to drive the manual transmission because most definitely it will be an added advantage that can come handy at a point in time to come . One thing that I will like to know is that in which mode can the engine brakes be used,manual mode or automatic mode.Thanks for sharing from your wealth of experience and I look forward to more of it.
I liked you comment because you aren't wrong, but the truth of the matter is that if you truly understand how to drive a manual, the only time you need the clutch ( in a truck... not a car because of car's synchronized trannys) you don't use the clutch at all except to start and stop. Even in bumper to bumper traffic, if you leave enough lead space you barely need to use the clutch. I'd still rather have a manual. Sad fact is the manuals are becoming rare these days. I've heard the wait if you want a truck with a manual tranny, you need to order it 12 to 18 months ahead of when you want it. In my honest opinion most applications for an automated transmission are fine, but in some applications they're useless. Again, my argument in my original comment... useless hauling bulk liquid loads. And then if you really enjoy driving as I do, you have to look at the fun and satisfaction factor... especially if you drive a manual well. On that note, even when it comes to cars I've never owned an automatic. Sadly, slowly the days of manual cars are coming to an end too.
That's a pretty truck, if I had a job lined up with a truck like that I'd totally go get my health recertified for Interstate (I'd pass but I'm intrastate for reasons of unemployment). You explain things so calmly and matter of factly that it's like I'm in the truck with my old instructor (Hope you're doing well in retirement Bob lol). I'm not sure WHY this video was recommended to me but I really wanna either get some therapy to deal with my anxiety or hope I get someone like you as a partner/trainer.
Excellent instructional video. The lighting was fine for the video.
This was a very informative video thank you very much good sir keep up the fantastic job I was thinking of getting into Trucking this year and I hear that Automatic Auto way to go so thank you once again for explaining how they work
I'm not a trucker but I salute you men and women thank you for what you do I have always wondered about the automatic transmissions in an 18 wheeler I was hoping you would actually drive the truck so we could see how it work but it was a good video thanks.
Right on!
Thats very helpful to me.Thanks man.Love from Chinese trucks fan.
Very well explained, Thank-you. I just started driving 4 months ago, CDL school the month before. Learned a 10 speed. My last 3 cars have been manuals by choice & because of that I thought I'd want that in a truck. My company always gives rookies an automatic & I'm very happy with it. One less thing to split my concentration. My trainer never showed me about manual shift. Hit upon it by accident using the jake. Still not comfortable with it in that: do I have to hit the shifter while at a certain speed &/or rpm? I don't want to do damage to the engine by shifting incorrectly at too high of a speed. My cruise doesn't hold me at selected speed (like in my trainers' truck), so I often find myself playing up & down with cruise speed, jake, & brake pedal for each hill. He had a 2019 Freightliner, but I have a 2018 International; not sure if that makes a difference.
I drove a 22 yard dump for a short while. It was a Pete with Eaton Fuller manual. Loved it. But the auto trans would have been a dream.
Excellent explanation, thanks .
As a woman thinking of getting into dump truck driving I wanted to see how the automatics work. We have to train in semi’s first. Excellent video. Thank you.
Awesome video man. I’ve been driving a 12 speed in the oilfields. Debating whether to drive for a company I know they use newer trucks. Appreciate the insight
Excellent explanation, thank you!!
Standing ovations….This is great information
I have been driving a manual for a while and i have a driving interview in a few hours with an automatic truck. I've never driven one but this video is very clear and i feel like i have all the information i need. Thanks!
I wish I was driving this during my first swift run. I was trained in mostly an 8 to 12 speed truck. When I rode with my mentor. He had an 18spd rig. Wasn't ready for those extra gears on my first route across country. This year's ago back in 2007
I drove years ago and thought automatics were an abomination but I just found your video and can absolutely see the benefits to the automatics. U have converted me.
Excellent breakdown
Great video lots of help. Thank you
Watching this video while am in a automatic for the first time time in NYC lol .... i believe i got it ty 👍🏼
22 years driving and I'm finally driving an automatic soon. Wouldn't have known shit about it without this video. Thanks brother 👍
Take it easy Rene!
I still leave the auto in gear after all these Years lol it will go into neutral automatically. I'll never get used to it fully
😂
I hate backing a automatic transmission it's tends to surge when you float the pedal in reverse, bump the dock hard
Good explanation brother ,greeting from Belize
Awesome and unbiased video.
It would be great if someone could video you actually driving so we can see how it changes gears up and down hills.
Cheers!
I'm 63 now started off in a 3/4 cab Browny/mainbox Mack...at my age I'm like most and don't like change...I know the day is coming soon I'll be expected to drive the automatic...Thank you for the video...seems easy enough...
It's super easy Brad, your legs won't get tired from shifting, even after driving all day...
Thank you, that was very helpful I have been thinking very much in going into driving truck so I wanted to see how the automatic transmission worked in a big rig,
Boss I really appreciate your effort
May God almighty bless you
This my dream job,of becoming a truck driver
Thank you very much
Am James and nice meeting you
I learned on manual (it was the first time using a manual transmission ever), I'm hoping to go into either Stevens or Schneider, and most if not all of their trucks are automatic. I think to just learn and the stress of making sure you kept your eyes on the road made my anxiety spike. BUT! I got my CDL, and I think I'll be far better on an auto.
It's really informative, I appreciate it!
so did you get in? are they all automatic trucks?
Keep up to great work on the videos
LIGHTING WAS GREAT ! VIDEO..INFORMATIVE.
Thanks for the video as I’m working on getting my cdl awesome video if you do have more videos for teaching send them my ways :) thanks awesome video very knowledgeable information
Very instructive
Good job bro 👏 👍 👌
Thanks for every tips in automatic truck verry nice class to learn.thanks.
Very welcome
Thank you , you had explained it well
Thank you for sharing. This info it's great ?
New Driver , Love the Video !!!!!
Great video! My company just started bringing in new trucks with automatic transmission and I was kind of butt hurt that they were doing it😅 but this makes me feel better considering I'll be jumping in one next week lol
Thank you! Great video!
Thanks for the class👍👍
Thanks you for your information 👍
It's a great video I got a lot of good information.
Thank you for this info.
I just got a new automatic cascadia after only using manuals for the last 11 years… for weeks iv been wondering why the truck “randomly” started in 3rd gear one day and 1st another day.
It’s crazy that it detects how much you’re hauling and starts in a more appropriate gear rather than just 1-12 every time you take off.
Thanks for the great information!
Take it easy Jay!
It was gr8! I could see right clear.
Thanks for a good overview of how to drive the new automatics. I've been out of the trucking industry for a number of years now, and always drove manuals - I wouldn't know where to begin with an automatic. This was very helpful in understanding changes in the trucking world (who would have guessed that that control stalk was a 4-way controller??).
While all of this automation does make things easier for new drivers (and probably more efficient too), the "art of driving" is gradually being lost. It took a deep understanding of how the engine/transmission/differential transferred power to the rear wheels, and how gear changes happen in relation to road speed. Once you understood how all of that is connected, it's way more than just "jammin' gears" - it's an art.
Out of curiosity, how does an automatic work with snow/ice/slippery conditions? When you want to have absolutely the finest degree of control of engine/gear/braking to maintain very delicate traction in dangerous conditions, how does it respond? Is manual control best in those situations?
Yup, stick it in manual.
Good job in explaining! I want to get a automatic one, now lol
Your video is very helpful ❤️👍
Thanks driver. After 26 years I will be getting an automatic in April and I was very very unsure about it. Now...on to this crash mitigation tech
I'm similar. After 24 years I'm getting an automatic with crash tech, and an apu. Very, very unsure
@@thatmanxguy How is it working out?
@@Vladpryde after a year, I can say I definitely prefer a manual. There's a lot about the automatic that I don't like...that I see potential issues with. However I have what I have.
Very good explanation 👍
thank you. i start my new job with a automatic, i trained on a stick. this helps alot i hope it the same on all auto trucks.
I have this transmission in a crane. I'm going off road with it and starting and staton steep hills is very tricky. I like having a clutch off road.
I’m looking at buying a new M.A.N. Coach chassis with the 500hp Euro 6 motor and 12 speed triptronic for construction into a dog towing double deck motor home, and I had no idea what this transmission was. Helped heaps and thanks from Australia.
Nice to meet you, take it easy!
Cheers. Getting my CDL this February, the program says it’s gonna be mostly automatics, so this is a good warmup to that
Best part is, I’m being made to learn how to drive a semi, but I’m not gonna be driving a semi lmao
Thanks for some great stuff. Are there any advantages to using manual mode when driving on snow or ice? Example, can using manual mode help prevent your drives from spinning out too much...if so, can you explain that as well as the appropriate use of the axle interlock?
Awesome information wish you can train me as a trucker 👍
Thank you, I drive manual for last 15 years. Always wonder how’s automatic transmission works in tractors. This video explains everything.
Thanks 👍 for advice
I am in A International LT625 WITH A AUTOMATIC and I love it
Thanks for the explanation
You got it!
Yes boom! Thank you for the info boom!
Great work🎈
I've been delivering new trucks for 25 years. The first automatic transmission still had a clutch to start and stop. The newer ones like this are very intuitive, however I still prefer a manual and you can float gears on a manual.
I always like & love #Manual drive ...
laki luci well Manual is good when you drive on the highway but when you downtown makes you tired.
Great video🚛
Thank you for the video
I was trained in a manual, but these automatics are great.
OUUUUUUUUUU!!!! Dangggggg lets goooo!!!! If they made semis automatic, I think a lot of people who are not aware about truck driving will try to get into it and then America will be moving more efficiently.
Nice and easy man I like it
I am greatful for This video , when I come to America I intend to drive one of these even though I have never driven one before but l am willing to learn
They are fun transmissions to drive...
@@CoryJDraper I see that , I’m excited already. Which state are u in bro ?
@@rayongraham2872 I ran about 35 States, had a blast driving all over.
I’m at Roadmaster in Saint Louis we are learning the automatic we are driving on the road this week I’m scared shitless
Thank you thank you thank you thank you👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Learned a lot , I never drove manual before .. i want to learn
omg your a life saver im new to trucking and i was worried that it wasnt any automatics cause most pple want to shift i find it waaay better in the automatic thanks to your video i hope i end up in a automatic also is it possibale to ask for an automatic cause my friend said they made him learn manual
This is Awsome I'm going early bext year for my CDL this was really helpful Thanks 👍
thank you so much ,you explaining well, well i have a heavy vehichle driving permit and i would like to get ajob,
Thanks for this awesome video, I’m a new automatic truck driver
My question is: do you have to keep the vehicle on neutral while you using the engine off ?
Thanks in advance
Great video.
Great video bro
Thanks! Have a great weekend...
Don't forget to mention that each Gear in the autoshift is a half gear in manual shift... not many of you "professionals " understand that. So if you want to shift these autoshifts in manual mode, to take one full gear you need to slap the stick twice.
Thanks for the info
7.2 avg mpg. Not too shabby! That dash looks more late model pickup style than what I was used to seeing. Quit driving the 379 OTR in 2004. Those trucks have come a long way! The 12 speed auto sure would have been nice in traffic jams and in town!!!
It comes with 18 speed automatic.
I appreciate that info👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Great explaning
Good amigo ! Thanks..
Good job
good job
Hey Cory, thanks for the great work. Who needs a truck driver? Need some connections. Thank you
Very good information
Great video
Thanks!
Automatic transmission is the right thing to drive specially when it comes for Technology and today they start creating an automatic transmission to make it easy for driver and easy for company to hire easy for both. Manual transmission old style for driving long distance. I agreed with company’s that hired automatic only better for gas and better for engine and better for drivers and better for a lot of things. That’s way engineer people create the automatic transmission. It is the future.
Did a great job
Amazing
U did great with the video I was wondering how those automatics worked
Me2.
good vid Cory. How dose it shift from a dead stop on a hill will it shift like a regular clutched tran?
Same Here all i ever drive so far was an 18 speed manual was wondering how automatic worked
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I appreciate this!