Procision test track evaluation

The "long hill" at Eaton's Marshall site sported a 15% grade on the front end and an 8% grade seen here on the backside.

The circular turnaround space at the "long hill" abuts the off-road testing area at Eaton's Marshall Proving Grounds. Note: the gazebos seen in the background function as driver swap locations for safety.

Reporters tested out the "auto grade braking" feature within Eaton's new Procision medium-duty truck transmission while descending the 15% grade at the "long hill" site at the Marshall Proving Grounds.

Preparing to tackle 20% grade at the "short hill" site behind the wheel of a Freightliner M2 crew-cab truck equipped with a dry van box, Cummins 6.7 liter ISB engine and Procision transmission.

This is one of the areas where reporters tested out the Procision's "Hill Helper" feature.

What goes up must come down: tackling the 20% grade of the "short hill" in the opposite direction.

Look but don't enter: the 37% "V Ditch" testing area remained off limits to reporters piloting the Procision demonstration vehicles

A variety of Eaton product experts, such as Ed Magner in the foreground, rode shotgun with reporters piloting test trucks at the Procision event.

Eaton's vehicle test engineers at the Marshall complex didn't miss a beat despite the Procision demonstration event being staged on the tarmac behind their main garage.

Everything from light-duty pick ups to highway tractors gets put through its paces by Eaton's test engineering team.

Different track surfaces create different impacts on vehicles tested at the Marshall complex. For example, note the roadway "cutouts" on the track surface to the left of this driver: those simulate potholes

A faux loading dock allows Eaton's engineers to test the "creep" functionality of its transmissions. Reporters participating in the Procision event steered clear of this area.

The Marshall complex's oval track covers 1.6 miles.

Top speed for trucks on the Marshall site's oval track is limited to 60 mph; banks must be taken at 30 mph.

Wrecker trucks were part of the assorted vehicle configurations provided to reporters for testing the Procision transmission.