I put the eaton ultrashift plus thru its pace for 2.5 years now in a vocational application and love it, its hard to get back into a manual when mine is in for service 😊
I saw when Ron Pratt posted his own videos of his experience and he backed up the one truck at what looked like 20+ MPH, which would be helpful for reaching the scene of a major highway incident. In this video Jeff Poquette from Southside Wrecker says "Automatics Only endorsement" at the 5 minute mark. What he metioned is actually a DMV License restriction as it states the driver is not allowed to drive a vehicle with a manual trasmission.
As a guy the generally prefers the standard transmission, this definitely looks like the game changer. I must agree with several of the guys there. Don't remember which guy there said it, but I can generally shift a standard trans as smoothly as an auto can shift itself.
I'd like to see it, in a winter, with Snow on the Ground.
Love watching Ron Pratt Midwest Truck!!
I am sold
That transmission seems badass!!! Watched Ron Pratts video on it. Super impressive!!!
Yeah, been watching Ron’s content for 4 years now coming up on 5, I’m impressed!
@@noahater5785 he’s a great operator
I put the eaton ultrashift plus thru its pace for 2.5 years now in a vocational application and love it, its hard to get back into a manual when mine is in for service 😊
Fantastic video guys, great to see Ron outside of his channel! 💪⛓🪝
Nice to hear from Lee Roberts.
They need to do some testing with a loaded smooth bore tanker. Much improvement is needed.
I saw when Ron Pratt posted his own videos of his experience and he backed up the one truck at what looked like 20+ MPH, which would be helpful for reaching the scene of a major highway incident. In this video Jeff Poquette from Southside Wrecker says "Automatics Only endorsement" at the 5 minute mark. What he metioned is actually a DMV License restriction as it states the driver is not allowed to drive a vehicle with a manual trasmission.
Yeah, even reversing UP A 15% GRADE loaded down to 145K lbs and the transmission didn’t even break a sweat!
It’s fun seeing the fruits of my labor
Good to see western market finally catch up to European market, for me I prefer standard forces me to be a lot more alert.
Heck, even Ron’s son Ethan got in on this when he got to try out this transmission too, with supervision of course
As a guy the generally prefers the standard transmission, this definitely looks like the game changer. I must agree with several of the guys there. Don't remember which guy there said it, but I can generally shift a standard trans as smoothly as an auto can shift itself.
I prefer the Allison transmission.
This was the same cause Ron Pratt did a video on
One question: how reliable are they?
I don’t think about it. For any driver worth a crap, it just comes naturally like riding a bike. 06:45
Mr where do you live
i bet by the 25k miles those trucks had been towed 2 to 3 times,,,,,,,,
That transmission sucks to work on. Automatics don't belong in semis
If you company owners need these automatics in trucks, then your hiring the wrong drivers.