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Originally posted by billege
Why is an Eaton Fuller Super 10 for sissies?
I know dick about big rigs, except that "Son, truck drivers are born lost, and it gets worse from there."
(That's a quote from an older truck driver I was helping out at the paper mill I work at.)
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It's realy not my opinion that Super 10s are for sissies, most major trucking companies are going or have all gone to Eaton Fuller Super 10s. It HAS been said by many longtime, hardcore truckers, that the Super 10 is for drivers that can't shift.
For those who don't know, the super 10 has what's refered to as a split gear system. With most standard transmissions, you shift through a series of 5 to 7 gears, flip a switch, and start the patern over again. With the Super 10, you split each shift in half. To shift from 1st to 2nd you would simply flip a switch and take your foot off the excelerator, and it would automaticly shift for you, then flip the switch back, and shift normaly from 2nd to 3rd. You only actualy move the shifter or clutch half the time. Unless you know what your doing and float gears, then you use the clutch for two reasons, starting and stoping.
It's obvious why all the companies are going to The Super 10s. There are fewer gears, fewer moving shifts, and fewer clutches. This means fewer burnt out clutch plates and chipped gears, and more road time for these trucks.
Now, IMO, the Eaton Fuller Super 10 is a great tranny. I have driven almost every kind from 7 speeds to old 18 speed Spicers, and few of them offer the power that S10s do, and I've never had a tranny that I felt as safe with downshifting a steep grade.