- TEST DRIVE - 2023 Peterbilt 389 with no shifter??

[@scottsymons6152]

I've driven a ton of manuals over the years. Now I'm in a 2023 Freightliner Cascadia daycab. Pulling a 48ft Hensley 8 compartment feed wagon. 12-speed automated manual. Run a 12hr shift feeding about 800,000 hogs. 5:00pm. to 5:00am. That auto makes it really nice late at night pulling onto some farms to deliver feed. Tight country backroads. Running through small towns and even short interstate hops. Love the auto. Not so much the Freightliner. That Pete in a daycab would be sharp pulling our feedwagons! Sharp truck.

[@geraldday1388]

Nice clean good looking truck. Wasn’t fan of Paccar motor at first but after being around them more they have growing on me. Worked on them when working for Transport America. Last 2 years I drove a 2015 579 day cab with MX13 hauling grain with hopper bottom. Was smooth running and had good pulling power. Got between 5.5 to 6 miles to gallon hauling around 90,000 lbs gross from field to elevator. I have a friend with 2015 579 mid roof with MX13 that has 800,000 miles on it and still going strong.

[@dougsmoak3057]

Running a flatbed for years w/ a 18 speed, & left knee replacement, the automatic is certainly more comfortable for guys like me

[@alross18058]

same here. 38 years most of it from eastern Pennsylvania to NYC and Long Island and automated trans would be welcome

[@davidrempel1591]

Why would you need your knee replaced just float them gears

[@alross18058]

@@davidrempel1591 wow. You must be one of those real truckers

[@dougsmoak3057]

@@davidrempel1591 hahahah get caught up in that Atlanta traffic for 3 hrs,,, no floating there there!!!!

[@scottsiegler2060]

The company I drive for only uses Frieghtliner’s with auto shift 😢. I will say I enjoy the auto shift in this Southern California traffic, but I love the manual transmission myself. Love your trucks guys and your content too.

[@lucianosenisi4323]

I pull 120,000lbs smoth bore tank and the new autos are great they handle it and shifts like butter

[@mitchwinder1204]

I’ve driven a couple of new autos messing around with friends’ rigs. If I were still still driving today I’d gladly take one, hands down. And I’m an old guy. These aren’t the Allison slush boxes of the ‘70s and ‘80s. This is a real truck transmission that happens to shift via a microprocessor. And it’s shifts perfectly every time. Unlike a human. No matter how good you think you are, that truck shifts better than you can, each and every gear. I’d imagine the savings in fuel alone would pay for it in pretty short order. I can see why it’s the coming thing. I was impressed.

[@donbosconguyen5464]

I love this truck, I love automatic, I have been drive automatic since 2012, man, I love it it's reduced fatigue by 50%, I can drive the truck with automatic up to 17 hours none stop, they have more safety features and more advance than traditional ( manual) especially driving on the mountain, corners, up hills down hills, modern super cars now all automatic, very powerful, very fast, save gas and fuels, semi trucks same things, my 2018 Feightliner now more than 500,000 thousands miles and it's takes 8.6 mpg.

[@chadmock5883]

honestly, once upon a time i would not have wanted an automatic due to the issues they originally had. they have been around long enough and have become common enough that i dont mind not shifting all the time. let the transmission do the work. let me drive and focus on that. love that color, wish peterbilt had left the dash alone, especially since they were just going to discontinue it within a few years anyway.

[@dolguldur4706]

That gear changes is smooth...for a semi truck,shifting that smooth...im impress

[@208flatbedOO]

With the new technology in the 8 and up to 10 spd automatics, couple thay with paddle shifters, the hellcats and mustangs are quick! And you get to hang on with both hands so the stang guys don't end up on the sidewalk 😁 Ive been in a auto 13 spd western star for almsot a year and im still on the fence. I appreciate it when i have my coffee in my hand i spose.

[@scraphaulin]

Love this one! Clean and simple! Automatic trans and quiet....I'll take it.

[@renaldojason]

Automated

[@dougsigman4724]

I’m a big fan of the autoshift and I’m an old guy.

[@Mygirlfriend3141]

Bunch of bullshit 😊

[@mrwaycool7651]

It was 15 degrees when I woke this morning in Wisconsin! Love the color but not so much the auto(because of all the reasons y’all said )

[@jessesager9460]

The automated manuals have come a real long way since the original auto shifts (automated with a clutch pedal). But if you know how to operate one correctly, whether it’s an Eaton, DT-12, mDrive/iShift, they will do what a normal standard shift will do. But I still think the fun I’m driving truck is towing them gears.

[@russelldahlstrom2964]

I drive a mack and I have a automatic transmission in it and I didn't think that I would like it. My loads way about 95,000 pounds per load. I don't plan on going back to shift a truck again.

[@CBCutz-n1o]

😂🍻

[@YARCHLRL]

Auto-shift truck are 90% of the European market AND they run far heavier weights than we do here on a daily basis. This same engine in a DAF runs 520-540 hp and still averages 8.5 mpg.

[@hihaveaniceday9386]

Well, of course, they run more heavier loads than us there, like 90% of the market there like you said lol

[@YARCHLRL]

@@hihaveaniceday9386 are you 4 years old? Because you sound like a 4 year old...

[@hihaveaniceday9386]

@bruce s no, but did i hit a nerve lol

[@YARCHLRL]

@@hihaveaniceday9386 you simply showed everyone here how simple you are. You mean nothing to me, living or not.

[@hihaveaniceday9386]

@@YARCHLRL aww did i stick a nerve looks like you care enought to reply lol

[@richarddecoster4464]

I currently drive a 337 Peterbilt bobtail hauling LPG in Maine and it is equipped with a 350 horse PACCAR diesel and I have a Jake brake as well and backed up Allison 6 speed automatic with 5.57 gear ratio.

[@johnmcclain7072]

Not a fan of auto shifts just because I enjoy doing it myself but man that's a beautiful truck 😎

[@payne7761]

Over the long run your left knee will thank you for running the automated manual.

[@johnmcclain7072]

​@@payne7761 actually my left knee got injured in 87. Been driving since 85. Damage done. Manual is my preference not what I currently drive.

[@Overlord3420]

I’d love to see more paccars in 389/589s they don’t get the respect they deserve

[@sethbarnes7608]

Id love to see a little drag race between an automatic and a manual 389😅

[@randalhuseby]

We have a 389 being built in a month with 605HP cummins and the Endurant XD Pro 18 speed auto. Gonna pull 140,000 lb Super B trailers out of soft yards and fields. Have you guys had a chance to drive this new combo of engine and trans? PS. Have had a Freedomline 12sp and Cummins 500 doing this for 17 years with no issues.

[@KennethHolmes-sk2dg]

Beautiful truck. Classic look.

[@richarddecoster4464]

With the 3000 RDS Allison transmission we can manually shift our trucks into 1st gear for better control in winter weather here in Maine

[@Retired88M]

The only thing I’d have to change is the visor. I’d put a Gangsta 14” drop visor on but not a SLAMMED one like the one shown and also the side window chop visors to match the front. I could never sit on the floor like a lot of people do . I need just enough air in the seat to keep from bottoming out but yet not so much that I would have to lean down to see under the visor The color reminds me of the old Tri State Motor Lines fleet color

[@travisoleck9121]

Love the color beautiful ride again gentleman

[@kennethraymer6457]

I’m leaning towards a auto. Been driving since 1980. I’ve driven all types of transmissions. The technology today is unbelievable. Who has the best. I pull a end dump. They have to be compatible with a wet kit.

[@JASONHJEFFERSON]

the 18sp paccar seems to be ok haul crude oil

[@johnrossi6212]

I’m just outside of Chicago. It was 26 this morning so coat and shorts. Warmed up to 42 so tee shirt and shorts lol

[@DavidZaG-]

thank u for the videos guys love the channel and the awesome work yall do

[@bgood424]

I’d love to see the next show truck be a Aero truck that y’all trick out and show. I love 389’s but I think it’d be cool and different.

[@dewaynetucker3781]

I was in the process of looking for a truck and tried to get in touch with yall to see if yall had or knew of a new truck to buy . But found this one on my profile .

[@patbromwell8701]

You're cold ❄ now and come January-Feb you'll be happy 😊

[@kelvinthegamer2256]

Bruce wilson introduced me to semi casual but hi love this show

[@the_mind_of_pandabear5278]

I’m so happy I finally got to see an automatic 389. They do exist 😊😊

[@Mygirlfriend3141]

They're stupid

[@brothersicko497]

Y'all should come drive around South Bend Indiana lol it's 19 feels like 9 at 1:40 p.m. today lol

[@DancinWitDaDevil666]

this color is becoming more popular now

[@sethbarnes7608]

I totally want one of these, but I'd have to have the 600 horse cummins.

[@robbinstruckinglandclearin786]

Looks good guys

[@mikescaffo4850]

Beautiful truck

[@truckerbugBR549]

I drive an automatic 2022 Cascadia, as a semi local driver, and I love it. I just hit the throttle and go. Trafic lights and high traffic situations are a breeze. I'm not a fan of all the "safety" features they are putting on the trucks now.

[@turkeyslayer63]

Friday it was 4 degrees in Loveland, Co.

[@ydtoonice1450]

My dad been driving for 20 years in a shifted and he has fluids in his knees so I know he needs the auto shift but he hates it lol hes in one right now

[@glennbryant1292]

Heated steering wheels remind me of plains, trains, automobiles.

[@1nicesonoma934]

Hope your going to do a video on the 579’s that where in the background

[@nathanjones5653]

I really don’t mind the automatic in the T680 I drive, but I still would prefer a 13-speed. An as far as the adaptive cruise control goes you can throw it away. Hate it so much.

[@LargeCarLife]

Ram trucks was the last of the big 3 to offer manual trans, but the last year for a manual was 2018. I think fords last year for manual in the super duty was 2010.

[@RodeoJoe1981]

I'm not a hater of the autoshifts. We have a few in out fleet. They are very unreliable. They are great in traffic in Toronto parking lots. But when they act up they leave you stranded.

[@MrKickazz101]

How are they on the downhills? I run Alberta/BC and I don’t know how they’ll do in the mountains

[@RodeoJoe1981]

@@MrKickazz101 you can manually select a gear until you start sliding and then your up a creek. I slid down a pit hill covered in a foot of snow that I jacknifed on half way down. I was feathering it perfectly until it started to search for a gear even in manual mode. Just when it was about to take out the scale shack it grabbed a gear and I was able to pull out of the jacknife. Definitely not your normal roads, but not ideal. The autoshift makes some up hill and downhill shifts in good conditions I don't even think with my 22 years experience I could have / would have tried successfully

[@Demonoid1990]

I haven't tried the Eaton Auto transmissions yet, but I've been I a Freightliner with an auto for awhile now, and only just recently swapped into a truck with the adaptive cruise. As for the automatic transmission I love it, I keep it I manual mode about 90% of the time, and the only time it will still change gears automatically is if the RPM gets too low, it'll pop down a gear or two. Climbing and descending hills it works great. The last truck I was in for a little over 3 years with no issues. I think if I bought/speced my own truck I'd definitely go with the auto now. One of the maintenance guys from our company says the maintenance cost between the Autos and the Manuals in the fleet are nominal at best, they only periodically get a truck here or there that is a lemon, but that's covered under warranty if it's new. On the plus side, regardless of the make, it frees up some floor space at least. I'm pretty young still, 32, but a lot of our older drivers in the fleet prefer the Autos now, especially the guys with bad knees which isn't uncommon amongst us flatbeders.

[@DiaperSNiFFER]

JOE COLWELL I’m looking for a Truck 🚛 but don’t know which is reliable? Could you help me out?

[@RodeoJoe1981]

@Ethan King with the economy right now I'd suggest whichever you get from the company you go work for. I wouldn't buy, never ever lease, or rent a truck until things settle down.

[@Shane75140]

Interesting, thank you for the video. Hey what’s the length of the visor?

[@brianherron5400]

Nice truck

[@thomashagwood5050]

Would love to see you guys dress a Paccar Motor up.

[@dougsmoak3057]

BTW fellas,, that color is awesome!!!

[@daviddhulst1513]

Do you have a column shifter for that truck laying around? We have a 2019 567 with the Paccar powerplant and it is in Greeley Colorado waiting for the shift column. We live in Utah. Sometimes it doesn't go into reverse. That part is on national backorder. Some drivers have been waiting for over 4 month for that part. We are grateful because our equipment has no debt on it. If you have that shift column laying around let me know.

[@sethbarnes7608]

I love the automatics. Much easier to drive, and when it comes to cars, theres a reason mot drag cars have automatics like poweglides and TH 350s and 400s, they shift mych quicker

[@brotheradam]

europe is different as you need larger motors for automatics or they get slow from lights, and burn fuel ,, I remember going from London in a Ford Focus getting 49mpg, and driving a rental in California, that was auto, and got suckie fuel mileage and had trouble leaving at stop lights..lol..cost me more fuel than I had budgeted for..

[@keithnark1369]

Interested in what brand the cab and bunk panels w/under glow lights are

[@SEMICasualShow]

12ga Customs

[@BuckInchuteranch1]

I still don’t see how a automatic will do with a smooth bore tanker. I told my old job I refuse to drive a smoothie if they got me an automatic. I don’t know, even some of the manuals might as well be an automatic, I mean 1 of the Internationals me new work rents won’t let you go over 1500rpm’s in the lower range and only 1700 in the upper 5. And the engine break only works in 8&9th unless you rev over 1600 while downshifting into 7th. And no engine break below 7th.

[@silvioroberti4358]

Love the colour what is the name of it

[@jacobmarvel3474]

Automatics make is possible for me to drive with my injury

[@Thetradingtrucker]

I would want yall driving my new truck around.. 😂.. let me break my own truck in!

[@johnjkh4607]

I would buy one just like that

[@jonathonlovvorn7905]

Are all the truck's going automatic or can you still get them in manual ? I'm asking cause to me a diesel engine ain't a diesel engine without the manual . Also what brand truck is sold more or in other words more popular ?

[@uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh8833]

Manuals are great and all but god damn I love my automatic 😂

[@aadildiamant6886]

Hello i.m from france🇫🇷 i like your video thanks for vids 👍🤝👌test please peterbilt 389 heavy haul please

[@johnzirbes5460]

And then Brian ends it with warming my hands on the motor, funny

[@CDJCBMWOGJRIOGUFHDFLM]

Hey what’s up bros how y’all doing

[@stacyjohnson6695]

Stacy johnson can you help design fuel tanks for a w9 kenworth 2023

[@nasapeterbilt6042]

Because anyone can drive one they have pros and cons if you have certain problems on the road you can't get it in gear and your stuck I'm old school I still won't buy anything but a 18 or 13 speed manual

[@JaakkoIsWatching]

Americans invented the automatic transmission, and automatic became the normal for cars decades earlier in USA than in Europe. Yet in American heavy trucks automatic is still a rarity. Now in Europe all new heavy trucks are automatic, manufacturers stopped offering manuals as there was no demand.

[@billkrahn3568]

The new western star aka freightliner has adaptive cruise control

[@outcold1982]

Does the new dashboard dim for night driving? I was told it doesn’t

[@claudiopeixoto6]

Beautfull baby Green color.

[@JR-ed9wz]

Can’t believe that truck is under 18000. I pull tanker and I want it lol

[@Zabaniyah_ACTUAL]

You can get a manual in mustang if you want to be slower.

[@Mike_The_Hog_A_Nator]

I gotta have an 18 manual in my long nose. I'm Ole School lol

[@HammerHead524]

As Greg A with Wrenchworkz says “ SAVE THE MANUALS “

[@lusoamericanpatriot1984]

🚛 🕹 💯 ‼️

[@banna60tucker]

How do the Jake brake sound

[@RozayENT]

Where the Jake brake sound ???

[@gregory5347]

It's hard enough just driving a big rig so and automatic for me is the way to go,they're easier in traffic and they're less work especially when you're older

[@arrowkart4j]

While I love the truck, it's beautiful. I just don't like the automatic. We have one in our fleet that's a piece of garbage.

[@jamgreen425]

Post your FLEET so we can C them 🤣😂

[@Kevin-wj4ed]

Do you guys have CDL license?

[@jumbo55ful]

nice truck, but they look better with the sleeper extenders.

[@Marine.644]

Where are y’all from city and State

[@huskerboy3471]

❤

[@joshuajuarez3471]

It’s an auto. You get off throttle and let it fro a gear and opposite when accelerating

[@vernfrederick8470]

I prefer a stick hand's down , automatic is ok in traffic but give me a stick anyday

[@johnjkh4607]

Better fuel economy to and in diamond white and light blue under carriage

[@grantmarut7488]

I could see heated steering wheel in Alaska

[@dknight5249]

About 350k?

[@bigiron8831]

Automatics,heated seats,heated steering wheels, what next flip flops?🤔

[@mustafakemaloksuz9185]

Perfect 🌹💞

[@Luckey308]

If you buy a newer truck 2007 and above it’s a guarantee your first couple years owning that truck that you will spend over $70,000 just in replacing sensors that’s a guarantee to buy a newer truck find older one 2007 and older I thought you guys were better than that. I thought you guys just redid all older trucks now I’m really disappointed, thank you for showing us a beautiful. I can’t call it a semi truck because anyone can drive it called forward drivers they won’t be able to reverse but they’re forward driver’s.

[@DavidZaG-]

I want a new truck

[@williamjohns765]

I’m getting this it’s might goal keep working hard and I’ll have it

[@Overlord3420]

Why truck manufacturers decided to integrate digital dashes before heated steering wheels is beyond me.

[@mercuryblues226]

learn the difference between automatic and automated. it not automatic!!Its a auto shift!

[@huskerboy3471]

Hi

[@Livewire1722]

Absolutely steering wheel holders

[@coach2208]

So the customer isn't really a truck driver 😁😁😁😁😁 otherwise it's a good looking truck.

[@Mystic-l3r]

Paddle shifters

[@Drakonniz]

I am 100% a manual transmission guy. I hate automatics. I have the perfect gift for an automatic transmission. Its called a stick of dynamite.

[@svtnick5412]

Anyone know that color?