jonathan_dyane:
I’ve finally taken the plunge and applied for my C provisional and when it eventually arrives hopefully will have saved up enough to start training.Pretty much noone seems to have manual training vehicles anymore and while I think taking the test in an automatic would be advantageous it would have been good to have as part of the training some time with a manual box.
It seems that the most common manual trucks in operation are either 4 over 4 or slap over configuration. Would I be right in my assumption that these are synchromesh boxes and that crash boxes are really only seen in the uk in much older trucks or heavy haulage etc?
Doubtful you’ll find a crash box in anything dated within the past 20 years over here. Most 18 tonner manuals are just a straight 6 config box similar to your car. It’s only when you start getting up the weight range do you get the 4 over 4s either slap across or with a range change. You don’t tend to find splits on rigids unless it’s an artic-spec cab. But 90% of trucks are auto these days anyway.