Mercedes-Benz Actros

spider_pig

Would anyone know if this truck is an automatic or a manual transmission? Say If I did a driving test in this truck would I be able to drive one with a splitter box?
I'm asking because I failed my driving test in a rigid today over gears, I'm having trouble with the splitter box, I explained what's happening to me to a different instructor and he suggested come to him in the Actros as I'm in a 01 Scania which is an old truck so to speak

colm_mcm

Far as I know, the actors is auto only for the last 8 years.

spider_pig

colm_mcm wrote: »

Far as I know, the actors is auto only for the last 8 years.

I Was thinking that by the picture of the controls they sent me thanks

porsche boy

Volvo did an auto from around 2000

mayota

spider_pig wrote: »

Would anyone know if this truck is an automatic or a manual transmission? Say If I did a driving test in this truck would I be able to drive one with a splitter box?
I'm asking because I failed my driving test in a rigid today over gears, I'm having trouble with the splitter box, I explained what's happening to me to a different instructor and he suggested come to him in the Actros as I'm in a 01 Scania which is an old truck so to speak

The criteria will be on the RSA website, I think you need an 8 speed box.

bladebrew

Yeah it was updated 2 years ago I think, the rigid has to have 8 gears for the test, I assume it works like a car though that if you pass in an auto you are restricted to an auto?

spider_pig

bladebrew wrote: »

Yeah it was updated 2 years ago I think, the rigid has to have 8 gears for the test, I assume it works like a car though that if you pass in an auto you are restricted to an auto?

It is and the airport driving school charged me 165 for a lesson and won't refund me, no one told me it was an automatic and that I would be restricted, I was told it was a better truck was all

bladebrew

spider_pig wrote: »

It is and the airport driving school charged me 165 for a lesson and won't refund me, no one told me it was an automatic and that I would be restricted, I was told it was a better truck was all

That company have a bad enough name, Colliers seems to be the best place in Dublin, I have heard them mentioned a lot as being decent, I have not used them myself though,
You will get used to the gears, when I started my lessons i was worried about the size of the truck but the gearbox gave me way more trouble!

spider_pig

bladebrew wrote: »

That company have a bad enough name, Colliers seems to be the best place in Dublin, I have heard them mentioned a lot as being decent, I have not used them myself though,
You will get used to the gears, when I started my lessons i was worried about the size of the truck but the gearbox gave me way more trouble!

That's who I'm with, he has me starting off in 3rd I was talking to a driver today who couldn't believe he has me starting in 3rd that it should be second and he said that sounds like my problem
I sit at a red light with 3rd gear pushed in and go to move but the truck rolls backwards I have to take the gear out and push it back in again, it happened me 5 times yesterday so I failed

bladebrew

spider_pig wrote: »

That's who I'm with, he has me starting off in 3rd I was talking to a driver today who couldn't believe he has me starting in 3rd that it should be second and he said that sounds like my problem
I sit at a red light with 3rd gear pushed in and go to move but the truck rolls backwards I have to take the gear out and push it back in again, it happened me 5 times yesterday so I failed

Christ, you got the automatic fail for rolling backwards so?
I always started in 3rd during lessons and the test but some people said it should have been second as you say,
Any sort of incline and it was much more difficult to drive off smoothly, you needed the parking brake and you could hear the truck struggle more,
Maybe it's a problem with the clutch in the truck?

spider_pig

bladebrew wrote: »

Christ, you got the automatic fail for rolling backwards so?
I always started in 3rd during lessons and the test but some people said it should have been second as you say,
Any sort of incline and it was much more difficult to drive off smoothly, you needed the parking brake and you could hear the truck struggle more,
Maybe it's a problem with the clutch in the truck?

I'm leaning towards the truck being the issue my self, I'm going to try get a lesson in a different truck with a splitter box to compare the difference to be sure. I'm being told by a lot of drivers today in work that I should ideally be taking off in second rather then 3rd but the instructor insists on 3rd

neris

Op have you been on to irishrigs or trucknet uk you might get some good advice on either of those

Silvera

(This thread probably should be in the 'Learning To Drive' forum. You'd get a lot more answers there).

I passed my C test in 1999 in a Volvo with an 8-speed gearbox. It does take time to get used to it, but persistence pays off (as it did with me - I passed first time).

When taking C+E (Artic) lessons in 2014, I tried 3 schools/trucks before I found the right one. The first school has a Renault artic - with an 8-speed side-by-side gearbox - which I found impossible to get the hang of! That combined with an instructor with a know-it-all ("f*^k this" "f*^k that") attitude, made me go elsewhere. The second school used a tanker artic, again with a side-by-side gearbox and a not-so-good instructor.

With my third school I hit the jackpot so-to-speak. A sound/easy going instructor and a Scania truck+trailer with a side-by-side gearbox:D (it was worth the 3 hour round trip to Athlone for each lesson!)

Keep at it, dont give up, finding the right instructor for you (plus the right truck) is essential!

This is the truck/school I used btw:
http://www.dlb.ie/AClearSteer-Driver-Training