OT: Jimlur could probably give a better explanation of trucking restrictions...but I guess since this board is about a company involved in cutting edge technology, trucking laws would be just a little too OT, LOL!
Jimlur, can't respond today to your PM, but you must've been a very good truck driver. My old man told me once a good truck driver could shift gears without a clutch if he was good enough to keep his rpms right and let off the power just at the right time. Remember those old rigs before the synchromesh trans. and having to double clutch, AND keep the right rpms or you would never get the gear?