The problem with Maverick!
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- Опубликовано: 1 май 2023
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Today I address some of the things that some drivers have with Maverick.
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Jeremy Tate
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Thank god my boss custom builds all his trucks. Manuals for life
Jeremy the problem with what you said is “GOVERMENT”. Accepting that is our problem. And no offense the electric is not gonna pick up like you think
My opinions man
Thank god I don't have that restriction. My 10 speed makes me pay attention all the dang time, lol!
PS, I'm definately interested in working for Maverick! 😁
I deal with trucks everyday man and I expect to see manual trucks around for a good while longer. Another 10-20yrs at least is my opinion, but I could be wrong. They are still heavily rooted in the vocational, heavy haul, owner op, and small company markets. Which is the lifeblood of truck sales really. There is a lot more out there than just mega carriers. And electric is too far out to even consider at this point. That’s what I was referring to when I said don’t limit yourself. Not everyone wants to stick with a mega carrier for their entire career. There is nothing wrong with doing so however, and there is not a thing wrong with Maverick. They are a great company for sure. Their trucks are tuned and spec’d for efficiency and mileage. Not all auto trucks are that way though, some are the complete opposite. Depends on engine/trans combo, rearend ratios, and driving habits.
I hear what you're saying. However, one thing you may have forgotten is our government. Regulations are changing, and the way I see it, manuals are gone sooner than later through mandate.
Yea the government pushing electric trucks do not care about non mega carrier drivers transmission preference. It’s going to be like HD pickups before long and not even be an option anymore because with new technology and advancement in machines autos are holding up. In my opinion before long manual transmissions will be an endorsement rather than a restriction on how common it will be. I could be wrong.
I sincerely doubt manuals will be regulated out. They might stopped being produced in commercial trucks, they'll still be out on the road long after electric/diesel-electric becomes required.
never been worried about shifting
I agree. I trained in a manual and have no restrictions. I got my CDL before coming to Maverick. I just wish the trucks we're at 70 instead of 65 for the governor. overall I like it here. especially the fact that I am dedicated at home every weekend thanks to my awesome FM. but I definitely agree on you that it's much easier and less work with an automatic!
I like not working so hard for my money. Thanks for watching!
using a clutch is not work? literally use it to stop and go that's it. and it'll never go away if there's a demand just like with anything.
@@thee114manngm To eaches own. At the end of the day trucks are made to transport goods to one place to another. I don't really care or get into the hype about it. 🤷🏾♀️💁🏾♀️
@@thee114manngm yea just wait to see the look you get when you go to order a manual for an electric truck because that’s all the government will allow to be sold. Sad times but you can hide from reality.
@Daniel Elij electric is going no where as of now and you still need diesel or some other source to power electricity 🤔 do you research anything @J B there's no hype literally stating my opinion like everyone does.
I allways subscribed
I’m running a 2004 Peterbilt 379….330” wheelbase, 3:36 rears, 13 speed, pre-emissions, 2.3 million miles with a CAT, tuned to a 650 hp, marine cam….I run flatbed and run 75 mph all day long AND idle my truck all the time….and I average 7.45 mpg!!!!!
It’s all about the tune!!!
I have ran an automatic while I was having my CAT rebuilt….computer glitch and jumped into gear and pushed me through an intersection….I almost took out an old lady…..that’s why I hate automatics. I like to control my gears….and the automatic, in the mountains, shifts up and down even when I had it in Manuel mode on it on….that’s why I hate autos….with my 13 speed, I control when to shift on what’s safe to climb a hill or down it…..
….that’s my experience and opinion….truck on driver….truck on….
Been driving an auto for almost 4yrs and have never had that happen. Bet that was scary.
hey stop smoking that 💩.. man i hadn't laugh that hard in a long time.. 7.6 mpg 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.. 1000% you also wear a trump 2020 hat 🧢 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. my fleet includes 15 cascadias and i keept my 94 flat top and 2002 379.. my profits more than double going from peterbilt to freighliner.. so keep running that 5.0 mpg 65000000 hp 6nz going broke 😂😂
I would of thought it makes it easier when driving in big cities with a auto gear boxs in a truck . Love watching your videos Sir watching from the U.K.
It most certainly does! Thanks for watching!
@@BigTrucking ok I am not a truck driver it fascinates me what truck drivers do and i have appreciated truck drivers even more now though watching your videos and other videos about truck drivers
Drove for Maverick in the 90s, liked the co,tore my shoulder on the tarps,fate I guess no more flatbed.
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Another question: Why did you choose general flatbed over the glass division?
Glass is a mandatory 2 weeks out. I go home every weekend.
The plan for most people is to be a company driver. My plan is to be an owner operator. The manual transmission is cheaper to repair. The day when all trucks are electric is well after I'm out of driving trucks. My truck gets better fuel mileage at 65 mph but not that much better. Must mega carriers do the governor for insurance reasons. Owner operators used to be in another pay level before things went to the dumps.
Owner op should really not be the goal if you want to own a truck. Owner of multiple trucks is the way to go.
@@BigTrucking Still deciding on when I should get my second truck. First truck has 5 more payments and then she will be all mine. Trying to be as lucky on my second truck as my first.
I run 72 all day everyday and still get 7.6 to 8 mph in my 2019 Pete
How long have you been driving?
Since maverick school 2 years ago I left and came to TSH
I don’t care what anyone says in my opinion it’s pointless driving a truck without a manual I hate the automatics I’d rather shift I can control the truck better
I'll ask you the same thing I have asked everyone who have said it's control, why? Why do you think you can control a truck better with a manual. Nobody has answered this yet.
😂😂😂😂.. ahhh so funny to hear silly comments.. i drive 18 speeds all my life, you couldn't pay me enough to go back to that 💩
Having an auto restriction on your license screws you. You make more money when you specialize and get away from
The big fleets. I drive an automated Peterbilt but where I’m going only use 18 speeds. They go up to 13 axles. Those heavy haul don’t use automated trans … yet. The Volvo vnX though with their 14 speed is dope
Is your daily personal vehicle have a manual? If so how old is it?
Besides that it's about bottom line, the insurance companies have determined automatic transmissions to be safer + average annually savings of per unit of $9-18000k & to order a New Semi with Manual is now a $18000 add option
30yrs the Europeans have had Automatic Semis
FYI it's +/- Manual Selector at lest in the 22',23',24' Peterbilts 579s teamed up with the Alison 4000 Automatic
ONLY 6 GEARS with 605 HP Trans have been AMAZING in the OH,PA,WV Oilfield
I run a 13 speed everyday hauling asphalt and I'll take an AMT every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Damn skippy. I bet your left knee is screaming at the end of the day.
I started in a 13spd .then when I got my own truck and it has a 18spd manual an I dont mind shifting gears
First time I've seen you fold a tarp that way in a longgggg time lol. Caught me off guard at first haha. Keep doing what you do brother. I don't ever have any desire at this time to do the Maverick thing but genuinely enjoy the content. I only drive about 1500 miles a week but I'm only local and may go regional at some point who knows.
Thanks for watching.
Who you work for
Montgomery Transport, Boyd bros, P&S, Melton, TMC, louden county, etc ALL still have manuals in their fleet
Doesn't mean they will continue.
Not really
Melton have autos, TMC does too
Honest and transparent! Thanks for the video!
Fedor Tmc 14395
Thanks for watching
I get 7-8mpg’s all day everyday at 70mph in w custom bagged w9. The mindset that slow plastic trucks exist for fuel mileage is crap
How long you been driving?
What kind of trailer and how heavy you run? Anybody can say they get X.Xmpg but until I see it on paper it means nothing. As a former mechanic, 8mpg in a W900 running 70+mph sounds suspicious.
@@tonyjohnson7408 😂😂😂sounds like a bunch of bs.. most guys don't even know how to figure mpg... he will probably say " it's a 6nz"
Going to have to try folding my tarps like that.
Saves a bunch of time
Saw Jeremy do this year and a half ago when I went solo. Won't do it any other way. Thanks BT.
The reason glass cant do 70 is because they go to canada. In canada it is illegal to have a cmv that is capable of going over 65, even if it is temporary. Also, some boat divisions cant have 70 for the same reason. The guys in elkhart go to canada so their trucks do t have pass smart either.
True
Try driving in the mountains and a snow tell me how you like the automatics
We do all the time. Snow is not a problem. Mountains are slow if we are heavy.
My niece is looking at Maverick. How much does the tarps weigh? Thank you 😊
Our small tarps are like 40 lbs, and the large tarps are close to 100 lbs. The large ones rarely get lifted more than a foot off the ground. Usually, the lift driver will put them on top of the load for you, or the shipper will have a tarping machine to help get it on. I spoke to a female driver today and she probably didn't weigh 125. She's been doing it for 6 months now and loves it.
Thank you so much for responding so quickly! She is supposed to be starting their driving school this month. 😊
How much of a slowdown are you seeing? Also, if you have a clean driving/criminal/work history should there be any issues?
I slowed down for about 2 weeks but now I'm getting like 2300 to 2500 miles
Shouldn't be any if your clean
@@BigTrucking That is good to hear that things are going pretty well. I was debating on whether to try to come in this summer or possibly put it off until next year.
@@BigTrucking Yep, haven't touched a thing since HS back in the 90s....last speeding ticket was 2005, been at the current job for 16 yrs and no criminal record at all.
I never saw a automatic Semi truck
thing about automatics is its more computer controlled don't matter fuel mileage ,shifting, etc..... computer takes control except in bad weather
You can still screw your fuel mileage by putting too many revs in before it shifts. Lead foot causes low fuel milage
Can you talk about dd13 engine and apu batteries
Nope. Don't have an APU and I'm not a mechanic.
The only reason these big companies are going with automatic trucks is because its becoming harder to fill their trucks and to find people who can or will learn to shift in this new generation. If you think having to shift is an added factor that makes your job even harder, than you definitely never drove a manual truck. I went to school and learned stick shift and I can drive 8LL, 10, 13, 15, and 18 speeds all day long and shift just fine. And you dont press the clutch 700 times a day, you can float the gears which I recommend and only use the clutch for starting and stopping. Not to mention the automatics cost more to repair.
This logic has seriously got to be the most comical out in left field delusion theory possible in the trucking world. I’ve heard it before. Truck manufacturers are producing mass automatic trucks not because the hard rare special unique skill of shifting a transmission is just impossible to find these days, it’s because it’s old technology that’s not needed anymore. People are not being taught because it’s not really needed and is fading out everyday. It’s equivalent to saying people have been watching Hulu/Netflix because young people can’t drive to blockbuster anymore. All these companies investing in the research autonomous trucks do you really think an automatic transmission is a roadblock in their journey? They are running self driving trucks in these times with “safety drivers” on board. You can’t make this stuff up.
I've seen 2 autonomous trucks in the Chicago area. It's coming.
@@BigTrucking I think we got awhile but yea it’s coming, there’s a lot of changes that will be made but not sure hows it’s going to play out. I think it’ll be 15 years at the least before no driver will be around the truck but these guys who believe a manual transmission is required in todays times is just flat out comical. Everywhere is going automatic because of progress, not because people born before after 1975 just can’t seem to be born to preform a skill of moving a shifter to a transmission. You can’t make up their logic.
It's a lot easier to make drivers go to licensing and remove the auto restriction than to change an entire transportation system, from a business perspective. Thus, it is not due to a manual transmission driver shortage.
@@ilildragon drivers with restriction is irrelevant and getting that way more and more each year. Manuals are a thing of the past no matter how much people want to kick scream and cry about it.
Seen too many ambulance chaser signs to not have that camera.
Well they need to change there policies. They are a starter company. And they promoted U to promote it.
They don't tell me what to say in my videos. I've had this conversation a few times with the higher-ups. This is my channel, and I have free range to say what I want to say. I get tapped for things because of my RUclips channel, they way I handle myself, the way I speak, and the way I explain stuff to you guys. This is my work and my vision of my world. I just let you see it.
I drive a manual and i get 7.4 miles to the gallan, at 70 miles per hour. Most companies are going Automatic to attract more drivers, because most cant grasp the concept, on how to drive a manual. A manual cost less to fix, and you have better control of the truck.
7.4 isn't bad, but these mega companies want more per gallon. I also disagree with you on whether or not "most" can grasp the concept of shifting. It's not a hard thing, it just takes practice. Besides, why would you want to make the job harder? Shift it into drive and be done with it.
They've said for 15 years manual transmission would be obsolete. They will always be around.
Don't think I'd say that. There are lots of things that people say would never go away and they become obsolete.
In 15 years you’re hoping there will still be manual transmissions around. I’m just hoping in 10 years there will still be truck drivers around. Autonomous trucks is a scary thought.
fucc they got 18 speed autos now
It just save on fuel but that is smart so they can save on fuel
Boat division does not have 70mph smartpass ...not aloud neither does glass
No they don't
How many miles do you average a week?
Lately, between 2200 and 2500 a week
Tell everyone how much you make. I test on a manual and no restrictions.
I tell everyone how much I make every year in January. Go back and look at my vids.
Maverick like another melton I drove for melton only thing different is the Wi-Fi n the truck n the placement of the tool box
The Maverick way is what is frustrating about Maverick... like I got palatized coils rn. Why would I use chains when straps with edge protection works just as well or imo better because more surface area is being used. andLiterallyy, everyone else uses straps. Also Definitely the 65 is lame especially going through Texas but diesel is expensive so.
Maverick teaches steel on steel for most things. I still see lots of guys using straps
@Big Trucking yeah you know if I were to take it to little Rock and not leave early enough Floyd would stop me and re do it...
Man I'd rather use chains than straps any day. Lot quicker and easier to use chains.
Is maverick hiring out of the Little Rock terminal yet?
As far as I know. There are students coming through each week. Are you having issues getting through?
@@BigTrucking I was set up to start in December, but a week before my start date he called and said they had put on a hiring freeze for the Little Rock terminal… so now I am running for Swift but looking to still come to Maverick..
Sir are you still at Maverick?
Yep
We need to change the government then most rental trucks have only standard transmission
Hello
There is nothing easier than a 10 speed I come from a trucking family my GRAND MA could run a 10 speed automatics are heavy components manual is the only way to go for fuel economy every one knows that when you are deadheading or bobtail you skip shift and if you don’t like to make that range change or split gears there is the fleet proven 7 speed and Mack has the famous Maxitorque 5 speed all this whole automatic mania is about is putting inapt People in the driver seat a lot quicker
Thanks for the opinion.
Or start in 4th gear
Come to Jordan guys . We get paid more and get miles
My son drives for Jordan. I know the issues he's had so no thank you.
@BigTrucking his issues is not your's.
Let’s not forget electric trucks are automatic also
Yep
Manual for me if anybodys is asking 😅
Never get your CDL from a trucking company. Go to a driving school and get manual training.
I drive Oversize/heavy haul mileage is not an issue.
Proper use of a manual /clutch doesn’t “ kill “ your leg. Clutch only used when you stop and start all rolling shifts are without the clutch pedal.
I get that bit in some driving there's a lot of cluth use.
Tell everone how much you make without other BS.
I do, every year in January. Go back and look.
Why do you care so much?
Self-driveing trucks are going to take. Truck driver jobs will be lost alot so it don't matter.
Already testing in Chicago area and down I70 in Indiana
I know they have been testing them
They still will need a driver in that truck. I don't think the public will like we fact they don't have a driver in a truck. That is a dangerous situation. Computers fail.
I can’t wait for self driving trucks. Government will pay my retirement
electric is junk and so is automatic. idk if anyone else talked about it. I'm not going to look through all the comments. I'm going to say this, how are you going to get electricity? diesel generator... do you know the price difference from automatic and standard transmission? way more. even with mega carriers always buying new trucks because new engines and auto transmissions are junk. clearly most not all new drivers/students is what is killing the industry. I hate to say it but I went to school with guys and girls are going to hurt themselves or someone else because their just flat out steering wheel holders not knowing left from right. same with the government trash and its not going to last. normally I don't say shit but people are dying and being killed over stupidity that obviously isn't gong to change one can hope though. I might not be politically correct but it's my opinion just like everyone has one.
Thanks for your opinion.
And you wonder why the interstates are backed up and there is no accident because you have to dumb ass truck driver's side by side holding everything up I wish they make a law where the penalty for this 1500-2000 dollar no reduction it don't make sense