From: Bruce Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Sun Mar 17 2002 - 15:49:16 PST
This all makes perfect sense to me, but I have one question.
Why are the towing allowances higher for automatic transmission
civilian trucks than they are for manual? I would have expected the opposite.
Bruce MVPA 23824
Kevin Strain wrote:
> Kevin Strain Here:
> I have owned 5 Dodge Cummins Diesels. Two had Automatic Transmissions,
> They both had catrostrofic
> failures that cost me $3000-5000. each. Any one that has been around large
> towing vehicles will tell you that auto transmissions to the street cars.
> The military has moved towards auto transmissions because they
> have lowered their strength standards and now have women driving the trucks,
> they can't turn the large manual steering trucks and shift the manual
> transmissions. Talk to anyone that drives these vehicles exclusively off
> road
> about the reason these vehicles have manual transmissions. Also talk to any
> Army or seasoned National Guard
> mechanic about the maintenance nightmare of automatic transmissions.
> Kevin Strain
> Petaluma Ca
> kstrain@earthlink.net
> (415)440-4044
> 1984 M35A2
> 1973 N51A2 Dump
> Three dodge Cummins diesels
> One Toyota 4X4 (Best small Truck I have ever owned)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Shannon <fordpart@bellsouth.net>
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Date: Sunday, March 17, 2002 9:27 AM
> Subject: [MV] Automatic transmissions in M35A3
>
> >This portion is fact:
> > A friend of mine was on maneuvers I think in Kentucky. One of these
> >transmissions went out on the truck ahead of him so they pulled of the
> >side of the road to investigate. Like any good operator they left the
> >trucks idling to cool down while they walked around and looked the
> >situation over. The driver of the ker-funked truck walked between his
> >and the truck in front of him and grabbed the front bumper and dropped
> >down to look at the truck from the front. Truck still idling. When he
> >stepped out from between the trucks the one with the bad transmission
> >locked in forward hit the truck in front and killed the motor. No one
> >was hurt but the fellow had to have a little rest because of shock.
> > They swore it was not in gear.
> >
> >
> >This portion is opinion:
> > I hate automatic transmissions in anything that pulls a load. You
> >have less feel and less control and from personal experience more
> >walking when it goes out.
> >
> >
> >
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