Manual transmission package cars

[UnionStrong]

I drove a car that had this in it one day. The transmission was a four-speed.View attachment 354344

WTF!

 

[G.V. Rush]

I drove a car that had this in it one day. The transmission was a four-speed and Reverse was where the 5 is.

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Spicer?

 

[DriverNerd]

Any four speeds I've ever driven at UPS have not been doglegs. All five speeds have been.

 

[scratch]

Spicer?

Yeap, luckily I had it just one day. I never liked how those shifted.

 

[allahuakbar]

They crushed our last Manual truck 4 years ago.

 

[specter208]

You don’t miss that high step though. Knee destroyer.

These trucks only had like 20 stops a day.

 

[Whereistheunion]

Just wondering if my center is a minority in the fact that roughly half of our package cars are still stick shift. Is this common throughout the country? We run 45-50 routes per day where I am at.

No that's not common, we had 1 manual shift car out if 145 Brown Trucks. Got rid of it 1 year ago. They are easy to drive, just don't forget the parking brake.

 

[summersaltstains]

Just wondering if my center is a minority in the fact that roughly half of our package cars are still stick shift. Is this common throughout the country? We run 45-50 routes per day where I am at.

My first building maybe had 3-4 manuals out of like 200 package cars. I can count on one hand how many times I ran a route in a manual in 2 years. Since we moved to the brand new hub I have only ever seen one and that was like a year and a half ago. Now we have all new natural gas cars. The new drivers have told me they don’t even get tested in a manual anymore, so I guess that means we are done with them.

 

[Jkloc420]

Just wondering if my center is a minority in the fact that roughly half of our package cars are still stick shift. Is this common throughout the country? We run 45-50 routes per day where I am at.

@IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

@IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U

We only have two left

 

[Poop Head]

I still go to push the clutch pedal when i start up sometimes.

 

[DriverNerd]

The new drivers have told me they don’t even get tested in a manual anymore, so I guess that means we are done with them.

Being able to drive a manual is not a requirement to be a driver anymore (in our hub at least).

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Being able to drive a manual is not a requirement to be a driver anymore (in our hub at least).

We only have 2 or 3 left.

 

[rod]

These trucks only had like 20 stops a day.

My high was 285 stops (with a helper ) one peak in a P-800. 20 stops a day? You're drunk.

 

[rod]

Being able to drive a manual is not a requirement to be a driver anymore (in our hub at least).

The pussification of UPS continues.

 

[Shift Inhibit]

My high was 285 stops (with a helper ) one peak in a P-800. 20 stops a day? You're drunk.

They send cut cars out with 285 in June now.

 

[rod]

They send cut cars out with 285 in June now.

You win---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------or do you?

 

[Shift Inhibit]

You win---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------or do you?

Not me .. I’ve got a nice industrial route .. it’s tighter than a gnat’s ass .. haven’t seen stop count over 100 in a long time

 

[onewithedd]

Everything now is automatic. My first routes were stick shifts with high steps or no power steering.

Good thing we had no telematics then, having to make a 6 point turn in a cul-de-sac always sucked in p1000

 

[specter208]

My high was 285 stops (with a helper ) one peak in a P-800. 20 stops a day? You're drunk.

Did your car look like this.