New Model Cascadia Shift Lever???

[mwilson]

To make that a perfect load, wouldn't you need it hooked to a 71 DEEtroit with a 13 speed Road Ranger?

In reality I would have preferred that powertrain for the load, much smoother speed and shifting than the 60 Series Detroit coupled to a Super 10 Eaton / Fuller transmission I was driving at the time.

That's one of the worst trannys that Eaton ever made in my opinion......never shifted when you really needed it to.

 

[slowmover]

I’m now in a 2019 Cascadia Evolution. 15L Detroit with the MT-12.

Back to thread title: I tell my truck driver friends the shifter is just like a forklift. And given who’s “earning” CDLs these days, it’s apt.

Like driving a pickup. Once one learns what it wants. That easy given any semi experience at all.

Pulls hills with the 60K trailer just fine. Driver with two fingers on wheel and coffee cup in right hand. Passing the slower rigs.

Positive shifts either direction. Great downshifts. Maximum EB and it’ll put you into windshield.

Texas and surrounding states. 12k average at 6.1-mpg. Lots of idle time. That’s considerably better than the 12L Cummins with 18 I left behind.

I’ll keep my fingers crossed about reliability. I don’t like the truck, but I do love the drivetrain.

Once one knows how to use right foot and engine brake (not the 2-4-6 of the past), and has set the programming choices, with triple axle disc brakes and an empty trailer I’ve never operated such an easy driver.

Use a toe to accelerate OR to brake.

Loaded, I don’t at all miss the downshifts and upshifts necessary for small towns. Never thought them onerous, but now they’re gone, ha!

Give it what it wants. Set the cruise and let the computer run the drivetrain. It’s very, very good.

I don’t try to push it. It won’t let you. One is soon used to it. Not as fast off the line, but far better than the other autos. It’s such that I don’t feel I have to wait much longer for crosstraffic on a left turn onto a six lane with suicide center.

Bobtail I’ll whup your obsolete Cat to 50-mph. It’s funny as hell how fast this 20k condo accelerates.

Spent a week in an Intertrashiinal. Cummins with Eaton auto. No thanks.

Detroit nailed it.

And

Idles so smooth overnight I’m not sure it’s running sometimes when I wake up. Sure can’t hear it run very far away. Lit DRLs the only giveaway.

I make it a point to turn on EB into towns that “ban” it. (Thanks all you straight pipe *******s. You and the no muffler Harley’s are rolling rifle target practice when the flag goes up. Still getting the windage sense/ bullet drop with an old 9.3x62. Tattoos, tee shirts and dumb *****).

Remember when this all happened with Big Three pickup engines? Quiet, smooth, and ideal trans gears? It’s made it to Class 8.

The part you don’t want is “Driver Awareness” annoyances. More damn beeps, whoops, hollers, bells, whistles and such you don’t have a clue what’s balking. Ha! Most can be learned or turned off thankfully.

Adaptive cruise control is Evil. Pull the fuse on that one.