I can tell you from personal experience that the allison will take anywhere from $1800.00 to $4800.00 to repair. The Autoshift will cost less but they can be expensive, in the $1500.00 tp $3000.00 range. The manual Transmission can cost between $800.00 to $2800.00 to rebuild. All should go a million or more miles if taken care of. Synthectic lubricants is the way to go with them.
My unit has an Autoshift and it is the 2nd one I have had in a used chassis and I have had no real issues out of either. I think the first one shifted a little better but not by much.
As for Bill's last statement about the driver pool he is right. You now have a bigger pool of drivers out there but if they are just wheel holders then you really do not have a "Truck Driver". Real truck drivers are few and far between........
So do not worry to much about the autoshift it is a good choice and won't kill the re-sale.
Wick
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