Not had a manual truck since 2011
Think it’s like a 75/25 split in favour of Autos at our place. Mainly the older 55s/06s are manual with analogue tacho! Some of the newer rigids are still manual though but most are auto 
Thankfully none left. The Volvo manual box is a pig, usually due to poor adjustment
On the rigid side 1 MAN hiab 8speed 2 Iveco hiab 6 speed 1 18t Iveco 2 7.5t Iveco all range from 56 plate to 08 plate
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Just orderd one, a daf 330 6 wheeler with rear steer, with 12 speed manual. Now phasing out autos. Not one driver likes then for our jobs ie fuel deliveries to site, farms and customer houses.
dave_k:
Out of about 30 lorries (tractor units and rigids - 7.5t, 15t, 18t, 26t) i’d say about 70% auto’s. Everything 2010 onwards aside from a 13plate 26t merc with a 8 speed manual. The handful of older stuff a 55, and some 06 plates and a 58 plate are manual.Its basically just mercs we have as manuals, probably because we keep until end of life over here and they’ll be an easy sell for export?
8 speed knock over Axor was a good truck to drive, only ever had day runs with them though.
I’m driving a 13 plate Scania P320 6-wheeler with an 8-speed split box. Having driven,an auto DAF,and an auto Volvo,I prefer the Scania. But i wish it was auto when I’m pumping the clutch all day around London… As far as I know it’s the only manual left on the company. Manual every time for me on soft ground or loaded uphill. 
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Manual every time for me on soft ground or loaded uphill.
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Oooh err
My 64 plate DAF106 is a manual and with any luck my new one (2-3 months) will be a manual as well.
9 units of our own all auto 12/63 plates, 5 hire unit’s all auto 63/15 plates, 10 rigid’s of our own all auto 10/15 plates, 2 hired 26 ton rigid’s 4 over 4 manual.
I’ve an old Beano manual …
We have 2 03 plate manuals that are still working somehow, rest of the fleet is modern autos, but we do get occasionally hire that are manual.
None …thank god.
I wish. My left leg is bored!
Chunkzilla:
I wish. My left leg is bored!
Try braking with it - that’ll wake it up!
F-reds:
Chunkzilla:
I wish. My left leg is bored!Try braking with it - that’ll wake it up!
Haha with my tree trunks I call legs, I stand no chance of getting them the same side of the steering column!
Most of our rigids are manual but all our artics are autos
My mondao is manual 57 plate